Best budget processor for recording games?

JohnSnackbox

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Hi there, I want to be able to record games like minecraft, Dota 2, Tom clancy ghost recon online. I have a okay computer at the moment but I want to upgrade my CPU for better performance. Here is my current specs.

Intel core 2 duo E8400 3GHZ
GTX 650TI (Slight bottleneck with CPU)
8 GB DDR3 Ram
2 x 160 GB HDD (Enough since I don;t have many games)
500w fsp hexa PSU (Not to good but told it will be fine)

I really want something that I won't have to upgrade in the next year, I will also need a new motherboard, if you know any good budget motherboards please suggest them aswell.
 
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This would last you for a few years easily.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Total: $298.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-18 11:25 EDT-0400

Ignore the incompatibility warning. PCpartpicker is wrong on this one.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-DGS%20R2.0/?cat=CPU

logainofhades

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This would last you for a few years easily.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Total: $298.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-18 11:25 EDT-0400

Ignore the incompatibility warning. PCpartpicker is wrong on this one.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-DGS%20R2.0/?cat=CPU
 
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