Best CPU for under £200? (gaming only)

[lamps]

as title says. Building a new system purely for gaming, just need some input on what would be the best cpu <200

thanks

 

[95thrifles]

are you looking at ADM? or intel?
absolute would be E8500
or AMD I'd recomend the 720 they reportedly clock well and are decent buy and will offer relative future proofness being new socket and paired with a true AM3 mobo with DDR3

 

[n1kunj]

If you can stretch by £35 you can get the i7 920. Be prepared to pay lots and lots for a mobo + ram though.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-265-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1272

 

[lamps]

not really fussed if its amd or intel, just want the best one possible for less than £200. Dont really fancy an i7 just due to the amount needed for the mobo + ram

 

[MrAlex]

If you want, buy a Phenom II 940.
But you'll be using older DDR2 RAM.
But will be cheaper + better/similar performance

 

[CK61938]

this should help:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=793

As someone suggested the E8400 looks like ur best bet...and I have seen people overclock that CPU to over 4GHz...

 

[reflux]

E8400s usually do 4ghz pretty easily.

In your position I'd go for a Phenom X3 720 or an E8400. Both are great CPUs.

 

[linktoinsanity]

E8400s are brilliant processors. I'd go with that I'm probably going to go back to one from my quad tbh...

 

[Chong Warrior]

Another vote for the E8400, got one myself.... great bang for buck CPU

 

[Rawkus]

or AMD I'd recomend the 720 they reportedly clock well and are decent buy and will offer relative future proofness being new socket and paired with a true AM3 mobo with DDR3

What he said, although I'd be cheap and go for AM2+ board and ddr2 since they're tried&tested (some nice OC mobos), cheap and ddr3 just insn't a big enough increase for the price atm. Although if you're future proof mad then it's worth weighing up.

 

[95thrifles]

theres only about £40 in it, unless youre really stretched Id recomend AM3 + DDR3

 

[ro55o]

AM3 720 BE or the E8400. The AMD is cheaper and can be paired with either DDR2 or 3, the latter making it a bit more future proof.

 

[Rawkus]

theres only about £40 in it, unless youre really stretched Id recomend AM3 + DDR3

Yeah fair enough last time I was looking the selection of 790fx am3 boards was a bit stingy. Just had a look and in the last month they've rolled a lot out so that negates my other point. Go ddr3