Budget CPU for gaming?

MrAlanSmith · Sep 6, 2014

I got a Sapphire R7 260x thinking it would fix my fps drops in some games i play and i got told some games are CPU intensive and i didnt know that -.- Ohh god.

I dont understand, I always thought it was about the graphic card but nope SWTOR is CPU intensive not GPU intensive, gg to me lol

What CPU will help me play those's CPU intensive games?, Will i get more FPS out of it if i get a stronger CPU?.

My specs right now

Windows 7 Pro

AMD FX 4130 3.8GHz

Sapphire R7 260x OC

8GB of ram 1333

Asrock N68-VS3 FX

2x 500GB hard drives.

If i upgrade i dont want any bottlenecking from my system.

DubbleClick · Sep 6, 2014

To be going great with gaming, I'd suggest an I5 4440 and a h81 motherboard (that supports the I5) if on a budget. It's only around $200-$220 amd will deliver enough performance for single gpu's. It for sure won't bottleneck anything under an r9 290.

zeyuanfu · Sep 6, 2014

If you can afford a 4440, then you should get the 4690K, which would CRUSH the 4130 and is only 10-30$ more than the 4440.

MrAlanSmith · Sep 6, 2014

DubbleClick :

What, I have to change my mothebroad? -.-

MrAlanSmith · Sep 6, 2014

zeyuanfu :

What about the AMD FX 8350?, Only like £125 and its for intense gaming, Thats what i want my system to do so i dont have to swop my motherboard?.

DubbleClick · Sep 7, 2014

You would likely need to swap your motherboard for that one too. And get an aftermarket cooler.
If you can afford it, I5 4400 + h97 board are in the best spot. I5 4690k is like $50 more for 0.2ghz speed increase.
If you can't afford it, save up money. No point in upgrading from a bad to a bad cpu.

mdocod · Sep 7, 2014

The N68-VS3 FX shouldn't be used to power any FX chip for sustained heavy workloads (gaming included). Sorry. Time for a new board. May as well switch to an i5 at this time.

For the same reason you shouldn't really use your motherboard for extended high CPU workloads, you shouldn't use most H81 boards with an i5 for that either. Weak VRMs will result in a very hot running motherboard. Check out the GA-B85M-D3H. Comes with 4 phase CPU power with a heatsink. Much better for a budget gaming or workstation rig.

Rationale · Sep 7, 2014

Tbh, an i3-4130 would be much stronger than your FX-4130 for gaming. You could probably pick up an H81 motherboard + i3-4130 for about $160 total, and you'd be all set, with an upgrade path eventually to an i5 in a few years. Of course, there is literally no game where an i3-4130 would bottleneck an R7 260X.

zeyuanfu · Sep 7, 2014

The 4130 isn't worth it. The 4150 is, and it's cheaper (at least here in Canada).

Rationale · Sep 7, 2014

zeyuanfu :

Thing is, he'd need an H97 board to run that without a Bios update. If he can afford it that's better anyway, but at a minimum they cost $30 more.

zeyuanfu · Sep 7, 2014

True, but think about Broadwell ans stuff like that. OP would have to buy a new board if he/she wished to upgrade. Not worth it, IMO. The extra 30$ gets you better features.

BTW how do you know OP's a he?

Rationale · Sep 7, 2014

zeyuanfu :

Aside from the user name being MrAlanSmith, you mean?

I don't, but I'm male, and everyone I've heard refers to people of an unknown gender as the speaker's own gender. I wish this language had a decent gender-neutral word for things like this, something that's not plural by default.

MrAlanSmith · Sep 7, 2014

Rationale :

zeyuanfu :

Aside from the user name being MrAlanSmith, you mean?

I don't, but I'm male, and everyone I've heard refers to people of an unknown gender as the speaker's own gender. I wish this language had a decent gender-neutral word for things like this, something that's not plural by default.

Im a man and im 22

mdocod · Sep 7, 2014

Lots of 80 series boards had haswell refresh support long before release. In fact, some of them have had haswell refresh support since their release. Check out the CPU support list of a Gigabyte 80 series board. In most cases, the BIOS version required to support the refresh CPUs is the first BIOS version released for the board.

zeyuanfu · Sep 10, 2014

MrAlanSmith :

Rationale :

Im a man and im 22

OK

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