Hi folks
I've just bought a barebones Fujitsu Esprimo E420 E85+ to build into a PC to run a couple of old games such as Civ 5 and Freelancer, plus Canon EOS Utility.
System requirements for the Canon software are low - 1.3Ghz P3 and 2gigs of RAM.
I'll be running Windows 7 and I have a pair of 8Gb RAM sticks, a 128Gb SSD and a 1TB HDD I'll drop in.
However, I don't have a CPU so need to buy one.
The system has a socket H3 - LGA1150.
This is an ultra-low budget build so I'd like to spend as little as possible.
Xeon E3s are probably a waste of time as they don't have integrated graphics, meaning the added cost of having to buy a low profile graphics card.
So I suppose my choice is between a G series Pentium or an i3. I don't think any of the software I'll be running takes much, if any advantage of multiple cores, so single core performance is all I care about. The other thing is the integrated graphics, I have read that the i3 has much better GPU than the G series Pentiums.
So, what do folks suggest is my best bet in dirt cheap CPU choices?
I've just bought a barebones Fujitsu Esprimo E420 E85+ to build into a PC to run a couple of old games such as Civ 5 and Freelancer, plus Canon EOS Utility.
System requirements for the Canon software are low - 1.3Ghz P3 and 2gigs of RAM.
I'll be running Windows 7 and I have a pair of 8Gb RAM sticks, a 128Gb SSD and a 1TB HDD I'll drop in.
However, I don't have a CPU so need to buy one.
The system has a socket H3 - LGA1150.
This is an ultra-low budget build so I'd like to spend as little as possible.
Xeon E3s are probably a waste of time as they don't have integrated graphics, meaning the added cost of having to buy a low profile graphics card.
So I suppose my choice is between a G series Pentium or an i3. I don't think any of the software I'll be running takes much, if any advantage of multiple cores, so single core performance is all I care about. The other thing is the integrated graphics, I have read that the i3 has much better GPU than the G series Pentiums.
So, what do folks suggest is my best bet in dirt cheap CPU choices?