Best MOBO and CPU combo for $50?

[aquivery.rez]

as the titile suggest ye i need a pc upgrade badly
my "gaming rig" is rocking a q8400 its decent enough for CSGO but other than that its eh
i want the combo to have a good upgrade path (like this i3 has a good i7 on its gen) ram isnt a prob for me i hvae 12gbs of em (new or used is ok)

 

[Jwpanz]

Are talking $50 total or $50 for the motherboard and $50 for a CPU (totaling $100)?

If you want to upgrade for only $50 then you’ll need to find some super cheap parts on eBay and they will probably not be anywhere near i3’s and definitely not i7’s.

Are you running off of a graphics card or the IGPU of the 8400?

 

[aquivery.rez]

Are talking $50 total or $50 for the motherboard and $50 for a CPU (totaling $100)?

If you want to upgrade for only $50 then you’ll need to find some super cheap parts on eBay and they will probably not be anywhere near i3’s and definitely not i7’s.

Are you running off of a graphics card or the IGPU of the 8400?

wait a q8400 has an igpu? well i am running a gtx 960 and well yeah $100 total (should have clarified)

 

[Jwpanz]

My apologies, it does not have an IGPU. I was thinking of a different processor lol.

Ok $100 gives you more to work with. If you want to keep your RAM then you’ll stay with Haswell processors and below. Here’a what I would do:

CPU: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282815887677

Motherboard: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F152855942220

These are used items but the best I could find for $100 that can still use your RAM. You can play around with the options and maybe find a similar or better chip for about the same price. I went with the i5 to keep 4 physical cores and that they’re excellent gaming CPU’s.

I think eBay is your only option as Newegg and Amazon have limited and expensive parts for DDR3 systems.

 

[aquivery.rez]

My apologies, it does not have an IGPU. I was thinking of a different processor lol.

Ok $100 gives you more to work with. If you want to keep your RAM then you’ll stay with Haswell processors and below. Here’a what I would do:

CPU: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282815887677

Motherboard: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F152855942220

These are used items but the best I could find for $100 that can still use your RAM. You can play around with the options and maybe find a similar or better chip for about the same price. I went with the i5 to keep 4 physical cores and that they’re excellent gaming CPU’s.

I think eBay is your only option as Newegg and Amazon have limited and expensive parts for DDR3 systems.

ok i found $130 G4560 + H110M and the DDR4 memory can be provided by my school (they have alot of of old and broken down i5 6400 systems and hopefully one of the ram works and as far as i can see the i5 and the 4560 has a 10% difference in performance but at the same time the 4560 has better upgradability

 

[Jwpanz]

Hey, free RAM nowadays is like gold lol. If you can swing getting free DDR4 RAM then spend the extra $30 for the Pentium and motherboard.

 

[aquivery.rez]

Imma eait till tom. To fjnd out if its working so should i go for the pentium instead of the i5? Is the slightly worse performance worth it for the pentiums upgrade path?

 

[Jwpanz]

The upgrade path is worth it in my opinion. The fact that you can grab free RAM is a huge plus. You could sell your 12GB of DDR3 for a decent chunk of change, too.

 

[budgetgamer12345]

Imma eait till tom. To fjnd out if its working so should i go for the pentium instead of the i5? Is the slightly worse performance worth it for the pentiums upgrade path?

What are you're full PC specs?
Do you have DDR2 or DDR3 ram?

 

[aquivery.rez]

Q8400
GTx 960
12GB DDR3 Ram
3TB HDD
128GB SSD

 

[budgetgamer12345]

Q8400
GTx 960
12GB DDR3 Ram
3TB HDD
128GB SSD

Where do you live? In which country?

 

[aquivery.rez]

Q8400
GTx 960
12GB DDR3 Ram
3TB HDD
128GB SSD

Where do you live? In which country?

Philippines

 

[budgetgamer12345]

Here is the motherboard for you:
https://www.ebay.ph/itm/GIGABYTE-GA-B150M-D3H-DDR3-R-1-0-INTEL-B150-LGA1151-DDR3-MICRO-ATX-MOTHERBOARD/332508825279?hash=item4d6b1206bf:g:vF0AAOSwRQxaahl-

Here is the CPU Pentium G4560:
https://www.ebay.ph/itm/Intel-Pentium-G4560-3-5GHz-LGA-1151-SR32Y-3M-Cach-2-Core-HD-610-54W-14nm-CPU/122466187263?hash=item1c838db7ff:g:2bEAAOSwHHFZAVYk