What 1150 cpu for HTPC

[Megahurtz400]

Grabbed an 1150 mobo from the MM, now need to pair it up with a cpu and ram for my HTPC which does some light gaming.

Looking for something cheap so will be sticking a wanted thread in the MM, doesn’t need to be overclocked.

Am I worth waiting until prices of the 4770 etc come down? as this isn’t really needed, HTPC currently does everything I need it to, but know how hard it can be to get an ITX mobo at times so grabbed one while I could

 

[Megahurtz400]

Well, I have a 4130 in mine, and it handles it very well. Only reason I'm considering upgrading it to an i5/i7 myself is as the machine is also essentially my backup PC and light bedroom gaming rig (although I am also having to factor in heat and power consumption as well as cost), but the thing is, if you can grab an i3 for 10-30 quid, you're probably better off grabbing that now and then seeing if prices comes down later in the year as the Ryzen 'reshuffle' kicks in. If 2nd hand prices don't change, maybe pickup a nice i5/i7 for a decent price then.

Decent Haswell i7s are still holding pretty high value (again I suspect because only recently more cores and threads have become a wider thing, which is why if Ryzen 3000 shakes this market up, we may see second hand fluctuate more).

My HTPC is my backup gaming/test rig as well, which is why i'm keen to keep it updated. Can I afford to? Not really, but i'm really getting addicted to PCs and tinkering with them again.

Fair enough, if you only have 100 to spend and not 200 then that little upgrade will be just that, a nice little upgrade (and by 'have' I mean 'can justify'...)

Is my post count going up yet?

Just get int GD and start spamming in there lik everyone else