Which CPU?

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Well i am building a new gaming PC, plan to play 1080 for now then upgrade to 1440 in the near future. its my birthday today and plan to start to buy some components very soon. I just can’t decide what CPU to buy, i had originally planed to use AMD FX-8350/70 after i have good experiences with AMD in the past. But this seem a little bit of a poor choice with Zen around the corner.
I have considered a I3 but iv a lot of bench marking that says the FX series is better than the I3 for a lot of games. So the next choice is an I5, but most of the I5’s that seem to be the best ones to use like the 6500 are a little more than i really would like to spend! Plus the DDR4 ram is that bit dearer to buy, what all eats away at my budget. Starting to fell a little .
Its seem today there is far to many choices when it come to component these days! If it helps i plan to get a RX480, to go with what ever i choose.

 

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The FX would be a poor choice even over i3, at least in the case of the latter you can upgrade to i5 or i7 down the line, whereas AM3+ is a dead platform now.

If budget is a major concern, just get a H81M motherboard and a cheap 2nd hand haswell i5 like the 4460 with 8GB DDR3. Costs around €180 here in Ireland, so around £150-160. Much more stable and reliable than the FX with good upgrade option to Haswell i7.

Or else just get a H110M, i3-6100 and 8GB DDR4, with a view to upgrading to i5 at some later stage. Depending on the game, a Skylake i3 is pretty solid performer - beats the FX in a lot of 2015/16 titles as well, though in games like BF1 the FX would be better.

BF1 is one of the main games I after, i haven't brought it for my PS as iv had enough of playing first person shoots on controllers and total war warhammer is the other main game. There is also a lot older games I have missed the years iv been on console.

 

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Been spending sometime this morning looking at buying a 2nd hand graphic card, seen a few gtx970 and r9 380 going for around 125-175. This would free up the money for a i5 6500 and this would give me a good foundation to build apon, to up grade the GPU in a year or so time.

 

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if there's any chance of stretching the budget go for the £500 upcoming black Friday deal with a 6700K, decent Z170 board, AIO cooler, memory and two games. Probably a lot more than what you want to spend but if you want to play upcoming games at 1440 this bundle (with a suitable graphics card) will see you good for a few years yet

Nice idea, but that would push me beyond my budget as i need OS, monitor, mouse and keyboard as well. Thats what i get for having laptops and consoles for years now.

 

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I can't believe some of the prices people are willing to pay for previous gen CPU's specially 2nd hand ones. Been monitoring the prices of I5's on a auction site as well as certain graphics cards. Skylake 6400 and 6500 no considerable saving with them and the Haswell 4690 and 4570 still going for a good chunk of change. I don't want to sound like a tight b*stard but it has shocked me. Might just go for an I3 and upgrade later, as thats within my budget.
My brother in law has now thrown a spanner in the work after i decided to go for a Intel build, he has offered me his old FX8350, as he just brought a FX9590. He hasn't said a price yet, i know its been well looked after but has been considerably overclocked and well used.
Ill be having a good look on christmas day and boxing day now to see if there is any decent deals going on. Hopefully by then he will had given me a price or i will have found a deal for a CPU i would like.