AMD FX-6300 or Intel Core i3 4170

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a39232

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I would go with a skylake i3 if you can (i3-6100) z170 or h170 motherboard it would allow you to have DDR4 support and a better upgrade path with it being a brand new socket (1151) and a Skylake build is going to be nearly the same price, but if you don't then still the i3.
 


and their isn't too much of a performance difference. for now haswell is still the way to go.
 

a39232

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the only reason why I suggested it is if he wanted to upgrade later would probably be the better option. Haswell is perfectly fine for gaming though Skylake just offers more features on their motherboards cpu improvement is only about 10%.
 
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