Suggest a cpu and mobo in INR 10k

[rounakr94]

A good cpu and mobo in 10-11k INR(Rupee) which can handle games at hogh res and wont bottleneck my r7 260x 2gddr5oc

 

[JonnyDough]

$150-160 USD? Electricity is expensive in India right? That is where you are from?

 

[JonnyDough]

Which games? You would probably be best served with a newer Core i3 or Pentium Processor and a cheap mATX motherboard that uses DDR3 so that you have very fast cores and you will save on energy cost over an AMD processor, if your electricity is not cheap there.

 

[rounakr94]

Electricity bills wont matter as i wont game for long hours but when i do play for a hour or so it needs to bee stutter free. And I had in mind a i3-4130 or a fx-4300 or a i3-3220

 

[rounakr94]

Cod, bf3, bf4, ac3 onwards

 

[JonnyDough]

Battlefield is pretty CPU intensive and will do better with more cores, but faster cores are generally better than more cores for the other games you listed. Saving money on energy costs even a little will help offset the price difference between AMD and Intel, so Intel may be better - especially if you want to keep a room cooler in a hot climate.

Clock speed still makes a big difference in most games due to how applications and operating systems require a system to work to spread processing across multiple cores/threads. I'm not sure you can play BF4 with the price you listed but I would go with the i3 Intel chip and a cheap motherboard so you can get an i7 someday when they are cheap. Do you currently have any RAM or a solid PSU?

 

[rounakr94]

Yes i have 8gigs of hyperx fury 1866 and a cx430 80+bronze psu

 

[JonnyDough]

That should work then. Gives me more to go on with the price you gave. Makes more sense to me now. So you are looking for a CPU and motherboard for $150-160 USD that uses DDR3. Got it. Are you ordering from the USA and having it shipped, or is pricing there similar?

 

[JonnyDough]

I would try to buy a cheap (small) mATX motherboard and use a Core i5 if you can. I have quite a few computers, including two Ivy Bridge Core i5's and they handle anything I throw at them pretty much. But faster cores = more frames with any video card I use so AMD really is subpar to Intel I have found. I'm not really a fanboy of either, just something I have noticed from experience. Intel really does provide a better gaming experience, sadly.

 

[rounakr94]

No taxes and import duty in india is very high. I just need a mobo and cpu. You can suggest mdcomputers.in and vedantcomputers.com you will get a idea how high prices are here

 

[JonnyDough]

I'm a bit concerned that 4 cores of either an FX-4300 or an i3 may not provide quite enough power for some of the games you want to play, namely BF4. A Core i5 would probably do better and be a bit more useful in future games too. Get as much power as you can for your money if you can. I would lean towards Intel chips though as they are faster per core for some games.

 

[JonnyDough]

I see. Find your best deal on a skt 1150 motherboard and see what your remaining money will get you for it.

 

[rounakr94]

Okay thanks mate

 

[JonnyDough]

No problem. Glad I could help. Too often people come to forums for help and get no answer.