Best socket 155 cpu to look for

[Matt_Hirst]

Been out of the market for a long time and have a Z77 gigabyte wifi motherboard sat in a sff pc with ram etc not being used.

Intend using as a media PC, connected to a tv but occasionally I need it to run visual studio so what is the best bang per buck cpu I should be looking for??

Originally it ran an I5 2500K but that processor is now sat in my daughters PC, so I could look for one of those but wondered if there was any newer chips to look out for?

regards,

Matt

 

[Matt_Hirst]

Thanks guys, what sort of money am I looking at?

Going to Google the xeon as never heard of that variant.

Most of its life it will sit as a htpc, yes over kill but as said every so often I need to use visual studio so it needs the power for that.

Regards

Matt

 

[Matt_Hirst]

Thanks for the advice, I have placed a wanted ad for either a 2600K, 2700K or 3770K.

Still googling the Xeon.

Matt