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Hi guys, i want to build a desktop non gaming, but i dont know what are the best options right now for a budget price.

I check the list of this link, http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html
But clearly say "If you don’t play games, then the CPUs on this list may not be suitable for your particular needs."

Here I leave some of the models that were proposed to me.

a8-7600 / a10-7860k / G3260 / i3-6100 / Other option?

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If you can wait a few more weeks, AMD'z Ryzen may have a few much better performance-per-buck options than anything currently available, though the first models coming out won't have an IGP so you'd need a discrete one for that.

If you don't care about that and won't be doing anything particularly CPU-intensive, then the A8 should be good enough for the foreseeable future.
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If you can wait a few more weeks, AMD'z Ryzen may have a few much better performance-per-buck options than anything currently available, though the first models coming out won't have an IGP so you'd need a discrete one for that.

If you don't care about that and won't be doing anything particularly CPU-intensive, then the A8 should be good enough for the foreseeable future.
 
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^ I'd agree with the above except that in the event of needing more power, you've no where to go. Therefore the intel offerings make more sense, as they are they are the pentium is sufficient, but will allow you to scale all the way up to an i7 should it be needed in the future. And I can't see that gaining that flexibility would cost much more than the A8.
 
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What do you plan on using the computer for? Depending on your needs would effect how you build it. For example if you are just looking to something to surf the internet and check email, then you may just want to buy a tablet instead of building or you wouldn't need a powerful CPU or a ton of memory. If you need to edit video then you'd want to build a system that has a fast SSD and a lot of memory and possibly a graphics card that can work with your editing software, etc.

Either way, choose a rock solid PSU. Don't skimp on it. Also, if this build is something that you are going to want to upgrade over time, choose peripherals that you can use is successive builds - enclosures, HDD, SSD, etc. Investing in higher quality of those will lessen the need to replace them in a year or two if you upgrade.
 
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Considering how much more expensive going with Intel would cost, it may be cheaper to get the A8 for now and get Ryzen later instead of getting an i3 now and an i7 later despite having to throw a new motherboard and DDR4 at it.

Here, I'm assuming that AMD will do the smart thing and gun for a compromise between driving market share up while still substantially increasing gross margins instead of attempting to match Intel's greedy cost-to-performance ratio. I'm hoping that Ryzen 4C8T will retail for ~$200. Since the first Ryzen chips won't have IGP, the 4C8T version should be smaller than an i3. There is no reason for a simpler chip to cost significantly more.
 
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