Best LGA1150 CPU Max $85?

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Hi,

I would like to build a low power home server, and since I have a spare LGA1150 motherboard, I'm looking at just choosing a cheap Celeron in the sub $100 category.

Here is the link to a list of lga 1150 cpus in that price category on Newegg's website:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007670%20600436886%204026%204027

To me it seems like, the G3250 is the best for the price, but I'm not sure what to look for. Would anyone have any recommendations which of those would be best for my server?

Thanks
 
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Intel Pentium G3460 3.5GHz 2 53W $67.99

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Thanks for replying!

Noob here. Could you explain how I can use pcpartpicker to analyze which is best?
 
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Best is a term that is hard to define. Ask 100 people what makes a CPU the best one for them, and you are likely to come up with 40 answers,

What I use pcpartpicker.com for is to see what is available on the market today, and who has the best price. Doing research on an item that I cannot buy, either because it costs too much money, or that is out of stock everywhere, iz a complete waste oif ny time. So like you, I define a price that I can or will pay. Then I enter those limits into the filters on the left side of the screen.

Once you see what is available out there, then use Google to find and read some reviews on that or those items. Not all reviewers are good reviewers. Some are biased toward one brand or another. Some have no clue how to do a proper review. Stick with the sites that tell you both the good and the bad on an item. TomsHardware, AnandTech, PC Perspective, Tech Report, Legit Reviews, and then specialty sites like Jonny Guru who speciakizes in reviewing power supplies, and so many others. Read every review with a pinch of salt. Doubt anything, good or bad, that you only read in one review. Over time, you will learn who knows theirstuff, and who doesn't. I spend hours almost every day reading reviews, and when it comes time for me to buy something, I often will focus on a group of products for months, slowly eliminating and sometimes adding new products, until I reach a conclusion on what I want to buy, and then I will setup some price watches at pcpartpicker.com, to alert me when a nice sale on that item happens. Then I try to figure out why these went on sale at a single place... But when those sales happen, they often are one day or two day sales just to clear out some inventory. So do not drag your feet. Sometimes the sales last for months. Its hard to find out when it will end in most cases.

This all takes time and effort, but I rarely get a product that I am not happy with by doing all of this.
 
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