Intel I5 3470 3.0GHz is better for gaming or Intel core I5 6500?

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Gogeto_16

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Hi,guys just want to ask that Intel I5 3470 3.0GHz is better for gaming or Intel core I5 6500?And BTW which one is budget able and is i5 7600 is really a good Pc some friends told me that is crap but I don't believe on that please clear my confusion and guys anyone tell me what is the rate of i5-3740 3.0ghz in Pakistan and my budget is about $430 suggest me a i5 for gaming like todays :) which should be better then Core 2 quad and i3.
 
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The motherboard for the i5 3470 is the same mother board used for i7 i5 and i3 it's all LGA 1155 socket so yes you can find motherboards easy for the 3470 and you can still buy them brand new for about 200 bucks
Butbif your building a gaming pc just get like 8 gigs ddr3 1600mhz and a gpu like a GeForce gtx 1050 you will be laughing the 1050 has 4 gigs of ddr5 dedicated just for the graphics
 
Sorry I ment the nvidia GeForce gtx 1050 Ti Scc gaming edition has 4 gigs of ram ddr5 128bit it's around 200 Canadian what ever that is in USD. Hope I've helped you on your build I use the same cpu the i5 3470 that's why I just had to comment on the post
 


okay I understand but will GTX 1050 Ti bottleneck with I5 3470?
 


No it wont bottle neck you can use any gpu under a titan or gtx 1080 the 1050 works amazing and the ivy bridge auto over clocks to 3.6 ghz so you will be laughing trust me ivy bridge with 1050 is amazing for gaming
 


What is the price of I5 3470? and would you recommend me a I5 4760 ? somebody just recommend that what about you?
 
It's a price jump and you won't need it you will be able to play high settings with the 3470 set up if you wanted to step it up get a model with K at the end and you can over clocks a lot more anything with K at the end means it's unlocked and you can use it to it's full potential
 


Well then my Budget is 350 - 400$ budget suggest me a good one a whole pc
 


I live in Pakistan and I was using states Dollar for other guys our currency is RS ..... 112RS = 1$