Best 200$ cpu+mobo for gaming?

[corymartin66]

im looking for a new cpu+mobo for around 200$ something better than my amd athlon x4 640

 

[th3_ory]

Anything will do. As long as ur GPU is good

 

[twelve25]

What motherboard do you have? If it takes the newer FX chips, then you can keep the MB and just spend the whole $200 on an 8350.

 

[Rammy]

Assuming he has the motherboard in his sig he is stuck with Phenoms unless he changes motherboard.

$200 isn't a bad budget for a CPU+motherboard though, around that price bracket it's likely you are going to be looking at an FX6300 or i3 3220, depending on preferences and usage.

 

[corymartin66]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=5750572&SID=skim27956X901262X221f4f4f558a33c23fb119b27aa14341 mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961 cpu is what im looking at

 

[djangoringo]

Get the FX-6300 and the asrock extreme 4 :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286&Tpk=fx-6300
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262

The FX-6300 is a better cpu than the FX-8120, since it's from the piledriver architecture.
Or the FX-8320 for 169.99$ : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285&Tpk=fx-8320

 

[corymartin66]

what cooler would be best to use?

 

[djangoringo]

It depends on your budget, for about 20$, get the xigmatek gaia, for 30$ get the cm hyper 212 evo.

 

[feeblepenguin]

Is your processor really the bottleneck in your system? i3 3220 would only be a 15 to 35 percent increase in proc. power. If it is a bottleneck, just ignore me.

 

[XMorsX]

I dont believe that you should upgrade in anything less than this, because Athlon is still pretty strong:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262

 

[corymartin66]

my budget is around 500$ for a mobo + cpu + AMD 7870

 

[djangoringo]

Either the FX-6300 or the FX-8320 is a good upgrade from the athlon, if he can afford the FX-8320, obviously it will be better.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/188?vs=699

Well then get the FX-6300+asrock extreme 4 and xigmatek gaia for just 242$ and get the 7870XT sapphire(7870 tahiti le) in amazon for 245$.
Or the FX-8320+asrock extreme 4+ xigmatek gaia for 278$ and the 7870 ghz edition in newegg.

 

[corymartin66]

will that mobo support the FX-6300 out the box? i don't want to update the BIOS