Is and I5 3470 worth buying for cheap over something modern?

[Terence McCormick]

I found a 3470 on craigslist for 50 dollars, and I do not know if it's still worth buying when there is all these new cpu's coming out

 

[boosted1g]

What is the rest of your computer, and what are you doing with your computer?

 

[Terence McCormick]

What is the rest of your computer, and what are you doing with your computer?

I'm planning on selling my current PC entirely, or selling my current CPU/RAM/Mobo and GPU then getting the I5 and a new GPU and Mobo

 

[boosted1g]

Then no.

The cost of finding a 6 year old, 4 generation old motherboard and ram is going to be harder and could even cost MORE than new parts.

This is a great budget gaming build for around $180 USD:
Pentium G4560 (it is bassically an i3 due to having hyperthreading)
B250 Motherbaord
8gb DDR4 ram

 

[Terence McCormick]

Then no.

The cost of finding a 6 year old, 4 generation old motherboard and ram is going to be harder and could even cost MORE than new parts.

This is a great budget gaming build for around $180 USD:
Pentium G4560 (it is bassically an i3 due to having hyperthreading)
B250 Motherbaord
8gb DDR4 ram[/quotems

I found the i3 7350k for 130 dollars is that a much better option or no

 

[boosted1g]

No.

The Pentium g4560 at $60 is just too good of bang-for-buck that it makes any i3 not worth it.
There is no i3 that offers a significant improvement in performance to be worth paying $40-60 more.
After the G4560 the next worthwhile CPU is straight up to an i5.

 

[Ditt44]

In general, "No", going cheap is never a good idea. Every situation is different. If you can only afford to spend X$, then you do the best you can. Often you end up spending X now for a cheap solution and in a short time, you spend X++ to upgrade where having spent X+ the first would have cost you less +. If that makes sense.

In general, buy the best you can afford. It usually saves you in the long term.

 

[boosted1g]

In general, "No", going cheap is never a good idea. Every situation is different. If you can only afford to spend X$, then you do the best you can. Often you end up spending X now for a cheap solution and in a short time, you spend X++ to upgrade where having spent X+ the first would have cost you less +. If that makes sense.

In general, buy the best you can afford. It usually saves you in the long term.

I like to explain that concept like this:
You can spend $500 now and $400 latter to end up with a $700 computer, or you can just save up until you can buy the $700 computer.