Best CPU with integrated graphics for around £50?

[pumaz]

Hi

Trying to build myself a cheap as chips Linux Mint Download / Kodi box. Will need to move large files around and use 7zip and quickpar but nothing else and definitely no gaming!

At the heart of it will be the CPU and I don't mind either AMD or intel, so what's the best one for my needs for around £50

Rest of build will be:

ITX Motherboard
Cheap small as possible case with PSU
120GB SSD
4 or 8GB Memory (can't decide if I need 8)

Hoping to do it for Sub £200!

Thanks

 

[pumaz]

I was looking at a AMD 5350 I know it would be fine for Kodi but would it have enough grunt for extracting large files etc?

 

[pumaz]

I was googling late in to the night and came to the same conclusion Malachi, however I started looking at Nucs (again) and for £225 it's possible to buy a NUC5i3RYK + Intel 530 80GB M2 SSD and 8GB of ram. I know it's slightly over budget but form factor is great just wondering about its i3 performance against a AMD build for the same budget?

 

[pumaz]

It's a download an d file server box as well so will need to move large files around my network, extract zips, rars and run quick par etc.

I really struggle to quantify how well low end CPUs cope wth this sort of stuff!

 

[pumaz]

Thanks for the advice guys I've had my head turned slightly by the prospect of a cheap i3 NUC or Brix main reason being form factor.

Another thing I'm struggling with is a good cheap small itx case with PSU. I've seen a few cheap ones with 300w PSU's that would do but they're not pretty of small! Want something with just enough room for the bits I intend to put in it.

Thanks Malachi I'll google the CPU you suggested