Best CPU under $300 for gaming?

[BrianOKC]

Like the title asks best CPU in your opinion for under $300 for gaming?

 

[AKM880]

Are you upgrading or building a whole new system

 

[BrianOKC]

It will be a new system. My current system is just too old to upgrade. If there is a best option for the money that might be the way to go as well. I just don't want to sacrifice a lot of performance to save $50.

 

[dirtmountain]

Strictly CPU that would be the i7 920 imo $280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

 

[AKM880]

+1. But shouldn't there be a i7 coming out on the i5 platform?

 

[smithereen]

Give us a budget for your whole system in the "New Build" section.

 

[dirtmountain]

Sept. 6 for a ~$200 i5 CPU, but no solid benchmarks so far.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20090525220145_Intel_Projected_to_Release_Core_i5_Microprocessors_in_September.html

 

[BrianOKC]

So the quad core is the way to go now a days for gaming? I only ask because the last system I built the quads had just came out and everyone's opinion was the Dual cores at a higher clock speed were far superior to the lower speed quad cores for gaming.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Dual Cores for gaming. Quad cores for gaming + virus/adware scans.

 

[xtc28]

^+1

 

[lrh9]

Agree on the 2 cores for gaming, 4 cores for games and virus/adware scans. Or if you don't mind buying AMD, you can get one of the 4 core processors with a locked core for 3 cores at a lower price than a 4 core.

If you only play single player games, then it would be entire feasible to have two separate accounts. One where on startup it would be networked and have virus/adware applications running, and one where on startup it would have networking disabled and not start virus/adware applications. You might be able to squeeze online games onto two cores, but I'd probably disable virus scanners then and trust a proactive firewall like Comodo.

 

[smithereen]

Me likey my triple core!

 

[xtc28]

Me likey my octo-cluster! haha

 

[raiyanahmed55]

Strictly CPU that would be the i7 920 imo $280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

It's 339 $ and its not good for gaming (2.66 GHz of crap speed)

 

[raiyanahmed55]

Aa, I prefer these CPUs: Intel® Core™ i5-3570K Processor
(6M Cache, up to 3.8 GHz) $230

Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1230 v2
(8M Cache, 3.7GHz) $ 240

Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor
(6M Cache, up to 3.7 GHz) $ 225

Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor
(8M Cache, up to 3.8 GHz) $ 310

Intel® Core™ i7-3770K Processor
(8M Cache, up to 3.9 GHz) $ 330

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1683548/intel-cpu-300.html

 

[theLiminator]

HUGE Necro.

 

[GhislainG]

Strictly CPU that would be the i7 920 imo $280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

It's 339 $ and its not good for gaming (2.66 GHz of crap speed)

4 years ago it was excellent, but why revive such an old thread?