Best cpu for 45/55$?

[Michele42]

Hi guys, what's the best CPU you can get for 45/55$? I need it for web surfing and word. Thanks.

 

[giantbucket]

the price of the CPU is small compared to all the other stuff you will need. there's a motherboard, ram, power supply, and drive to consider as well. and an operating system, which could be free Linux or $80 for Windows.

 

[RCFProd]

The Intel Pentium G3xxx series would be ideal for that purpose.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $52.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-20 08:15 EDT-0400

 

[Michele42]

The Intel Pentium G3xxx series would be ideal for that purpose.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $52.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-20 08:15 EDT-0400

Would it be much different from the g1840 (which is a lot cheaper)?

 

[smorizio]

http://www.microcenter.com/product/435187/G3258_32_GHz_LGA1150_Boxed_Processor
the 3258 is an unlocked cpu can over clock it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80662g4400
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h110ma
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f42133c15s8gnt

 

[RCFProd]

The G3258 is the best deal at 49.99, didn't see that before, and yeah take that over the G1840 Celeron. Worth the 10 dollars more.

 

[Michele42]

The G3258 is the best deal at 49.99, didn't see that before, and yeah take that over the G1840 Celeron. Worth the 10 dollars more.

I'm in italy and it actually costs 20$ more, which makes it 50% more expensive... is it worth it (related to my goal)?

 

[Inkiad]

The G3258 is the best deal at 49.99, didn't see that before, and yeah take that over the G1840 Celeron. Worth the 10 dollars more.

I'm in italy and it actually costs 20$ more, which makes it 50% more expensive... is it worth it (related to my goal)?

In my opinion any new CPU will be sufficient for web browsing and word processing. So buy the one that you want. You will be good if you don't stream 4K video and don't buy something like core 2 duo .
Aside that my recommendation would be to buy the latest Pentium G if you can afford it, like the ones with number G4xxx, as they will have better graphics and support DDR4 ram. So you can use the ram later in a future build. But newer tech costs more. There will always be trade off, choose the trade off that you can live with.