Best budget quad core cpu to pair with GTX 750Ti ?

[elderMat7]

I have a A8 3850 and I bought a 750ti. Now I need THE BEST BUDGET friendly CPU + Mobo Combination. Please suggest DDR3 cpu because one 8gb ram stick costs as one 750ti. I was looking at a 860k with a mobo at the same price of the CPU. What do you think?

 

[delaro]

I see a few options

Athlon X4 860K $60 "Ebay" Provided your motherboard has the support for it.

Athlon X4 860K $60 "Ebay"
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Rev: 3.0 $50 "Ebay"

i3 4130 "$55 Ebay"
ASUS B85M-E LGA 1150 "$60 Ebay"

FX 6300 "$55 Ebay"
A 970 Chipset Board motherboard "$60"

Performance and cost are about the same.


For gaming only this is a step up and cost a little more.


G3250 "$50 Ebay"
Z97 Motherboard "$70-$90 Ebay"

FX 8350 "$80"
A 970 Chipset motherboard "$60"

i5-4570 "$90-$110"
ASUS B85M-E LGA 1150 "$60 Ebay"

And then there is this which is a better combo over the above and your 750 TI.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $241.56

Surfing the used market could knock $30-$40 off.

 

[elderMat7]

Are you sure that my GA A55M S2HP Supports the 860k? Because if yes thats gonna be great news!

 

[Wayfall]

Avoid the Athlon and the FX series CPU's....

Just get a Haswell i3 or i5.

The amount of times i have gone to help a friend or replied to a forum post about gpu low usage and it has always been because they had a super old AMD cpu.

 

[elderMat7]

Then what i3 or i5 do YOU reccomend?

 

[delaro]

Are you sure that my GA A55M S2HP Supports the 860k? Because if yes thats gonna be great news!

Which is why I said "if". G55 boards support up to Athlon x4 6xx and the first series A8's. You would need a new motherboard preferable x88 but 78 chipsets can work to.

Then what i3 or i5 do YOU reccomend?

"i3 4130" Haswell i5-4570 Haswell

Out of everything here the i5-4570 would give you the best experience and better chips are going to ramp up in price considerable more, you failed to list a budget so I gave you cheaper options. Frankly a 860K and 8350 are still decent CPU's, your not playing AAA titles at Ultra settings or matching them with a 300+ GPU's and expecting to get Max everything but they do perfectly fine for the price and gaming in general. I would suggest the LGA1150 would be the best starting point though or just anti up for the lower end Ryzen APU's or LGA1151 Pentiums since then you would have a current platform you can build around instead of a dead one that will receive nothing any longer.