cheapest 1150 cpu that won't bottleneck 750 Ti

[pegotico]

Hi
what would be the cheapest 1150 cpu that won't bottleneck 750 Ti gnu

thanks

 

[InvalidError]

That depends on the games, output resolution, detail settings and your personal definition of how good is good enough.

Games with low CPU requirements like Diablo 3 would play fine even on a Pentium or even a Celeron while games with heavy CPU requirements like multi-player BF4 can show some performance scaling all the way to i7-4960X.

 

[13thmonkey]

sweet spot is the i5 K. if you run too close to no bottleneck you could just end up with them both bottlenecking at different times. It would also mean that if you update you gpu you'll get zero benefit and you'll have to update all at once.

 

[geofelt]

A decent rule of thumb is to budget 2x the cpu cost for the graphics card.

Using that rule, I would look to the upcoming Pentium K which should sell for $80

 

[pegotico]

thanks

 

[WoodenSaucer]

If you're only going with the 750 Ti, I doubt if even an i3 4150 or 4350 would bottleneck it.