MERGED QUESTION Question from owenelstone11 : "best CPU for my budget?"
owenelstone11 :
my budget is £100
my other system specs are
GT 1030
8GB RAM
my motherboard is a H81M-P PLUS
WildCard999 :
What is your current CPU? New the only decent CPU is the i3-4170 but your probably better off looking for a used i5 (1150 socket).
owenelstone11 :
yeah i was looking at the i5-4570 for £85 and my current cpu is A6-APU-7400K
vapour :
Those are totally different sockets, won't fit. You can not change from AMD to Intel CPUs with the same Motherboard...
TechyInAZ :
owenelstone11 :
yeah i was looking at the i5-4570 for £85 and my current cpu is A6-APU-7400K
How is that possible? APUs aren't compatible with H81 or any Intel based motherboards.
owenelstone11 :
no im upgrading my motherboard to a H81M-P-PLUS so its the same socket and the makes asus
vapour :
The used i5 you have there is pretty good.
WildCard999 :
Ok so yes that will work fine with the i5-4570. As a side note if possible I would look into the GTX 1050 (or Ti) instead of that GT 1030 as it isn't really a gaming card.
owenelstone11 :
yeah im hoping to upgrade to a better card in the next month