Best budget cpu for gtx 1050

[elcancer]

What is the best budget cpu for gtx 1050?

 

[gussrtk]

it would be best to give your budget and location and current build. that way you can get a variety of suggestions that would fit your needs better.

Budget could be ryzen 1300... budget could be ryzen 1600... or i5-8400.... it all changes on what your budget is. you should not limit your CPU by your GPU. this plays various rolls in overall system performance as well as future upgrades. say you take the ryzen 1300... it'll be very budget CPU.. .but next year or in 2 years it'll struggle to perform with new games or what not, so then you're upgrading both CPU and GPU (likely). if you buy an i5-8400, then the next part you'll upgrade is the GPU, CPU would last for a while.

 

[elcancer]

Im gettin a mobo, cpu and rams the budget is 260$
What is your suggestions?

 

[gussrtk]

well at that budget, you're really looking at


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $254.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-29 05:59 EST-0500



Also... you may need windows 10 if you don't own a license

 

[RCFProd]

Nice list by Guss, although you can use Windows 10 for free without a license with a few minor limitations if a license can't be afforded yet.

 

[elcancer]

Thx for the help

 

[elcancer]

Which is better i3 6100 or ryzen 3 1200?

 

[RCFProd]

Which is better i3 6100 or ryzen 3 1200?

R3 1200, 4 cores 4 threads.

i3-6100, 2 cores 4 threads.

R3 1200 has decent IPC compared to the i3-6100, It's definitely the better choice.

 

[gussrtk]

Yeah the Ryzen 1200 is a good pick over the others, for the reasons that RCFProd stated.