Motherboard + CPU 270$

Falcon_2014 · Jul 12, 2014

hi i want to buy a new motherboard and CPU for gaming and i have a budget of 270$

Can you help me to choose the best ?

Ali Shayyan · Jul 12, 2014

Amd or Intel ,?

andrew9292 · Jul 12, 2014

I'm going to make a couple assumptions that you need an ATX motherboard, as well as live in the US and are using this PC for gaming. Here is a recommendation based on those assumptions.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.66 @ Newegg)
Total: $231.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

envy14tpe · Jul 12, 2014

what purpose?

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $239.97

Ali Shayyan · Jul 12, 2014

For Intel build do go with Andrew9292 , for amd It is FX 8320 150$ and MSI 970A G43 ~ 70$

Falcon_2014 · Jul 12, 2014

envy14tpe :

i want them for gaming i want to run games like BF4 and call of duty ghosts

Ali Shayyan · Jul 12, 2014

Bf4 takes advantage of many cores so fx 8xxx series will perform better than i3 where as fx 6300 will also perform better than i3 , but for skyrim situation is different, not to mention you can overclock amd processors , but i3 can not be overclocked

envy14tpe · Jul 12, 2014

Falcon_2014 :

i5 will give you better performance than i3 or fx-83xx. No one questions this if they are knowledgeable. i5 is king and has been for a while.

Ali Shayyan · Jul 12, 2014

In BF4 fx 8350 is on par with i5 or is a little better and in multithreaded optimized games and apps its on par with i7, but your right currently for gaming i5 is the best to go as very few games actually take advantage if more than 4 cores ,

Ali Shayyan · Jul 12, 2014

Isn't i5 4430 usually around 200$ ?

envy14tpe · Jul 13, 2014

This is pushing the budget but you get an extremely fast i5 for under $200 and a mobo that supports USB 3.0 (which is good if your case has usb3.0 in front of case).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.28 @ Amazon)
Total: $261.27

If you don't care about USB3.0 on front of your case (but you have on rear) then this is a good option:PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-K Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $245.98

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