I am going to build a gaming computer and I dont know what cpu to get. I am mostly going to play overwatch and minecraft. While doing that, I will most likely be listening to music on youtube. I could be recording but not while listening to music. Which will give me more fps. P.S I already got a graphics card gtx 1050 ti. I want something that works with windows 7. Please make sure it is within $0-120. Could you also tell me a motherboard compatible with it. (please make sure the motherboard is ($0-80). P.S I have an 1151 socket motherboard already. Thank you.
Which CPU is better for Games
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Kunra Zether
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Out of thoughs two I would pick the Intel i3. Fx is an old generation and atleast with the Intel you can up grade later on to an i5 or 7.
You could also look at the Ryzen 5 1400 it's the new entry level CPU offered from AMD and it oc pretty well and it will give you 4 cores 8 threads.
You could also look at the Ryzen 5 1400 it's the new entry level CPU offered from AMD and it oc pretty well and it will give you 4 cores 8 threads.
photonboy
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I agree the G4560 can make the most sense for a budget build.
It's not too different from the i3-7100 but much cheaper allowing money towards a better graphics card or other components.
G4560 - $75USD
i3-7100 - $110USD
RYZEN is also a good choice, but I'd need to have a TOTAL BUDGET to balance the system. I can't just choose between CPU's.
Here's PASSMARK scores. Both single and total thread count matter. However, I'd rather have the R5-1400's total performance despite it's lower performance per core.
i3-7100: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-7100+%40+3.90GHz
G4560: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G4560+%40+3.50GHz
R5-1400: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+5+1400&id=2992
You also need faster DDR4 memory for RYZEN than you do with these Intel CPU's. At minimum I'd get 2666MHz in DUAL CHANNEL (i.e. 2x4GB or 2x8GB).
So you see it gets difficult to BALANCE A BUILD without the budget. Lots of pros and cons.
It's not too different from the i3-7100 but much cheaper allowing money towards a better graphics card or other components.
G4560 - $75USD
i3-7100 - $110USD
RYZEN is also a good choice, but I'd need to have a TOTAL BUDGET to balance the system. I can't just choose between CPU's.
Here's PASSMARK scores. Both single and total thread count matter. However, I'd rather have the R5-1400's total performance despite it's lower performance per core.
i3-7100: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-7100+%40+3.90GHz
G4560: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G4560+%40+3.50GHz
R5-1400: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+5+1400&id=2992
You also need faster DDR4 memory for RYZEN than you do with these Intel CPU's. At minimum I'd get 2666MHz in DUAL CHANNEL (i.e. 2x4GB or 2x8GB).
So you see it gets difficult to BALANCE A BUILD without the budget. Lots of pros and cons.
photonboy
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https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html
Overwatch performance starts to drop significantly with i3 and similar CPU's. The R5-1400 should be up near the i5-3470 (if DDR4 is in Dual Channel and fast enough) so you clearly want to look at 4-core or more CPU's, not 2-core CPU's.
Keep in mind that's with a GTX1080 so the FPS will be lower with a weaker GPU. So it's critical to BALANCE the CPU and GPU within the budget.
Overwatch performance starts to drop significantly with i3 and similar CPU's. The R5-1400 should be up near the i5-3470 (if DDR4 is in Dual Channel and fast enough) so you clearly want to look at 4-core or more CPU's, not 2-core CPU's.
Keep in mind that's with a GTX1080 so the FPS will be lower with a weaker GPU. So it's critical to BALANCE the CPU and GPU within the budget.
synphul
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Overwatch may benefit from 4 cores, minecraft is still mostly single threaded so the i3 would excel there. Doubtful you'll lose much fps in terms of min fps vs the 8300, the older i3 6100 was on par with an fx 8320 in overwatch.
https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html
https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html
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