What is the best "cheap" cpu for gaming?

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Lew7989

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I need a cheap cpu for under £100, I'm thinking about an I5 2500k or an FX 8300, but i'm not sure which one will fit be the right choice.
(I'll be pairing this with a 1050ti, 1060 or an R9 380).
Any suggestions will be much valued, thanks.
(I'l have a Corsair TX 650 PSU also)
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

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Here's a base:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.34 @ BT Shop)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.39 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£63.18 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£140.66 @ More Computers)
Total: £321.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 23:23 GMT+0000
 
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idontknowwhatcpu

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Indeed, the best under 100 with the absolute best price/value solution is the new Pentium g4560!

It is like 6% weaker than the 120 euro i3-6100. But the pentium costs the half!

Do not confuse this new G4560 Penitum with the old ones. The new kaby lake g4560 came out a few weeks ago and has now hyperthreading, like the i-series. This makes it so strong, and almost exactly as strong as the i3 6100.

Also: When it comes to gaming as you mentioned. Believe it or not, in most games the Penitum g4560 is better than FX 6300, 8300 and even 8350. With better I mean sometimes up to 10 fps better.

You can not get more up to 100.
 
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That feeling when you build a pc and the RAM costs more than the CPU, the feeling when bascially everything costs more than the CPU :D :D But it is the way to go budget-wise, since this new pentium came out! :)
 
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