Low End CPU to watch 1080p videos

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Hey all,

I am gonna build a low end pc in order to watch full HD videos on YouTube and play Facebook games. Nothing else. But I want it to be smooth. so what can you suggest me to buy ?

Im not gonna buy a GPU.

my budget for CPU + Mobo ist 200€

I was looking for Intel Celeron kabylake CPU. I guess AMD won't be good for this purpose, as it's CPUs are weak when it comes to single threaded applications.
 
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Since those motherboards don't offer anything extra that you pay for what you won't even use ever, a cheaper motherboard is the most logical option.

If you're afraid that cheaper means that it will break down easily, it does not, I play high demanding games with an i7 and gtx 1070 on a 70$ motherboard just fine :)

the G4560 pentium cpu is the price/performance king cpu these days, it's basically an i3, and can even run the most demanding games like battlefield 1 (with a good graphics card), so facebook games and 1080p videos is nothing for him. Just as sizzling said, try to find a cheap B250/H270 motherboard with 4gb or 8gb of DDR4 ram and you will be good to go.

Do you have the other parts aswell, like the powersupply?
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You can get way better for the budget. Why not add an SSD to make boot times faster? Since even on a Pentium you can save alot of money.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£53.31 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£67.42 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£66.50 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £187.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-03 10:42 BST+0100





Because an H110m motherboard will require you to update your bios otherwise it will not run. The cheapest motherboards you can find are b250 as I suggested.
 
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Since those motherboards don't offer anything extra that you pay for what you won't even use ever, a cheaper motherboard is the most logical option.

If you're afraid that cheaper means that it will break down easily, it does not, I play high demanding games with an i7 and gtx 1070 on a 70$ motherboard just fine :)

the G4560 pentium cpu is the price/performance king cpu these days, it's basically an i3, and can even run the most demanding games like battlefield 1 (with a good graphics card), so facebook games and 1080p videos is nothing for him. Just as sizzling said, try to find a cheap B250/H270 motherboard with 4gb or 8gb of DDR4 ram and you will be good to go.

Do you have the other parts aswell, like the powersupply?
 
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oh okay.
I forgot to say that I already have a PC that I want to upgrade.

specs are:
AMD athlon 64 X2 4400+
Asus m2n-vm dvi Mobo
GeForce 9500 gt 512 mb
Corsair ddr2 2gb 266mhz

so if I buy a modern Mobo, I need to buy a new ram too. as my current ram seems to be the bottleneck
 
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No lol no bottleneck here, you'll pretty much need to buy everything new. So I am guessing PSU and HDD is an exception?
 
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You do realize that the Ryzen 3 1100 will be the cheapest Ryzen processor and will cost 130$? While his budget for Mobo and CPU is only 200 euros. It also isn't going to have an integrated GPU.
 
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Where have you pulled that number from? There aren't any official statements about the Ryzen 3 processor prices.


Also, I'm talking about the APUs here. They will be quad cores with Vega cores as the iGPU. That would be much better than getting a dual core Celeron. I'm pretty sure they'll be priced very competitively.
 
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There were some leaks on a few sites. So how do you expect it to be in his price range? Since you don't know the actual prices obviously it's just an assumption by you.
 
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200 euros is above 210 US dollars. Let's say the processor is $130. That would leave him with around $80 for a motherboard. It would easily fit his budget.

If you want a system now, then by no means go with the Pentium. However, if you would like a more future-proof processor, that is more powerful, I'd recommend you to wait for the Ryzen APUs.

 
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The cheapest AM4 motherboard is 80$ which equals to 210$ which is over the budget. Going with a pentium g4560 which is 60$ and a B250 motherboard let's assume 70$ = 130$ which leaves plenty of money for another upgrade such as SSD or CPU Cooler.
 
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Dont forget he also has to buy ram, atleast 4gb which is 30$? if you want 8gb you already at 60/70$, the the ryzen 1100 which is 130$, thats already around 200$ and then you dont even have the mobo.

The pentium is the only option, or he could get something like an amd a10 7870k which has a good integrated gpu. though the pentium is the better cpu.
 
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It's not. As I said, 200 euros is over $210.

He only said he wanted the processor and the motherboard, and he doesn't want to get a graphics card. The iGPU on the Pentium sucks. It's an HD 610 instead of the HD 630 found on higher-end Pentiums and all of the other processors, which is still not that good. An APU would be a much better buy imo.

We don't know how much the APUs will cost (I'm talking about the APUs, not the Ryzen 3s). But let's say they're over a hundred dollars. It's still very worth it. It's a QUAD core with a very strong iGPU. What's not to like here?

He said the budget for his processor and motherboard is 200 euros which would be enough for the APU and motherboard.
 
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