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Best CPU and MOBO for under $380total

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Last response: May 11, 2012 12:05 AM in CPUs

ridd21

May 10, 2012 5:13:40 PM

Wondering what is the best Mobo and CPU to get that would be under $380 after tax which is 7% where I live.

Ive looked at this Mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... but if their is one better for around the same price give or take a few dollars.

ive also looked at this CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... again if their is one better for around the same price give or take a few dollars lol just would like to not go over $380 after tax also what kinda preformance am I looking at with this CPU? will it run CPU dependent games such as MMO's like Tera and GW2 at Max settings easy with ppl around? right now im using a FX-4100 cpu and it does alright but I want some more bang out of my cpu. any thoughts would be great aswell as suggestions thanks

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dedekind

May 10, 2012 5:32:04 PM

You might want to look at micro center for the i5:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml...
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml...

If you can go for $410, then you can get the i5-3570k with http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml...

You can spend $20 less and go for the 2500k which will perform essentially the same way, and you can also spend a little less and go for a gigabyte Z77. It's better and more advisable than Z68.

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IntelEnthusiast

CPUs Master

May 10, 2012 5:51:37 PM

I would have to say that the Intel® Core™ i5-2500K and ASRock Z68 Extreme3 would fit under that point and make a nice pairing. Also for a couple dollars more you can with the Intel Core i5-3570K and the ASRock Z77 Extreme4.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team