[SOLVED] i3-7100 , 1050ti good for games?

[Cubixty]

First of all , yes I know these are not the best specs for todays standards but this is for a friend that is wanting to get his first gaming pc . I was just wondering if it would run games like CS:GO and Fortnite at 100+ FPS on low settings? I also see that it has 2 cores at 3.9Ghz and Im not sure if he should pay $30-50 more for a 4 core or just buy this instead . Thank you for any help

 

[AJNameS]

If minimum settings at 900-1080p, most of the time it should be >100 FPS with esports games.

About your processor, even s.th. like a i5-4690 performs better most times. If you can get s.th. like an i3-9100F, cheap mobo and 8 gb ddr4-2133, I guess the price 'd be fine for you, while also the performance better. It has no iGPU, but you'd use a dedicated GPU, so it doesn't matter much.

As for the GPU, well, it's at least a cheap one there, I guess. GTX 1060, GTX 1650 and 970 all perform better, but the price is different. If it is just games like these and you can find a cheap 1060 3 GB, with some tweaking the settings it can be significantly faster as long as you don't exceed the 3 GB threshold, though with Esports games it's rather easy not to exceed it. It'd need a 6-pin connector.

 

[punkncat]

I would ask what the price was before final thought?

The 7th gen doesn't offer the most astounding upgrade path. Just the same, if the build is cheap enough and according to the remainder of the build might be worth starting with.