Recommend me a good budget friendly CPU to go alongside an RX 460 (for LGA 1155 Socket)

[Alexander Cuki]

Title says it all

Here are my specs:

Intel Core i3 3240 3,4Ghz
AMD RX 460 OC 2gb
LC-Power 450W PSU
Gigabyte ga p61-s3 motherboard
Windows 10

Budget between 100-150 euros

 

[13thmonkey]

It says everything except the budget.

You'll be looking second hand, so any i5/i7-3XXX will help

 

[Alexander Cuki]

It says everything except the budget.

You'll be looking second hand, so any i5/i7-3XXX will help

Yeah i missed that haha Sorry 😀 Budget is somewhere between 100-150 euros

 

[13thmonkey]

so the answer still stands, second hand i5/i7-3xxx depends what you can get in your neighbourhood.

 

[Alexander Cuki]

so the answer still stands, second hand i5/i7-3xxx depends what you can get in your neighbourhood.

Thanks! So one more question, i was just wondering is there a big difference between (for example):
Intel Core i5-3570K and Intel Core i5-3570?

 

[ARICH5]

for 150 euro you wont be getting any faster than your core i3 already....pricing indicates youll be getting into pentium territory which isnt an "upgrade"
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/2cVBD3/intel-pentium-g4620-37ghz-dual-core-processor-bx80677g4620

 

[13thmonkey]

for 150 euro you wont be getting any faster than your core i3 already....pricing indicates youll be getting into pentium territory which isnt an "upgrade"
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/2cVBD3/intel-pentium-g4620-37ghz-dual-core-processor-bx80677g4620

It's a 5 yr old processor so partpicker doesn't really help

 

[13thmonkey]

so the answer still stands, second hand i5/i7-3xxx depends what you can get in your neighbourhood.

Thanks! So one more question, i was just wondering is there a big difference between (for example):
Intel Core i5-3570K and Intel Core i5-3570?

http://ark.intel.com/compare/65702,65520

Nope, the k would be better if you had a Z-board, so either will do.

 

[Alexander Cuki]

for 150 euro you wont be getting any faster than your core i3 already....pricing indicates youll be getting into pentium territory which isnt an "upgrade"
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/2cVBD3/intel-pentium-g4620-37ghz-dual-core-processor-bx80677g4620

Here where i live, Serbia, you can find a good i5 for as low as 80 euros, for example
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/Intel-R-Core-TM-i5-3570-3-40GHz-LGA1155-46019935-oglas.htm?filter_id=122633550

 

[13thmonkey]

for 150 euro you wont be getting any faster than your core i3 already....pricing indicates youll be getting into pentium territory which isnt an "upgrade"
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/2cVBD3/intel-pentium-g4620-37ghz-dual-core-processor-bx80677g4620

Here where i live, Serbia, you can find a good i5 for as low as 80 euros, for example
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/Intel-R-Core-TM-i5-3570-3-40GHz-LGA1155-46019935-oglas.htm?filter_id=122633550

What about an i7?

 

[Alexander Cuki]

for 150 euro you wont be getting any faster than your core i3 already....pricing indicates youll be getting into pentium territory which isnt an "upgrade"
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/2cVBD3/intel-pentium-g4620-37ghz-dual-core-processor-bx80677g4620

Here where i live, Serbia, you can find a good i5 for as low as 80 euros, for example
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/Intel-R-Core-TM-i5-3570-3-40GHz-LGA1155-46019935-oglas.htm?filter_id=122633550

What about an i7?

Surprisingly they are not that much more expensive, here is one for only 140 euros and its new
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/i7-3770-Ivy-Bridge-up-to-3-90GHz-Socket-1155-45740250-oglas.htm?filter_id=338775

 

[13thmonkey]

Get the i7 if it is in budget, it'll remove any chance of an issue for not much extra, and will happily feed up to 1080ti, the i5's are starting to struggling on CPU-thread heavy games.

I'd estimate that the i7 would last for 2years longer than the i5 before it starting to affect performance. This is purely based on heavier thread usage causing problems for the i5. (i'm using an i5 3570k and am happy with it, but a few games struggle unless i free up a core.)