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Which Intel CPU can I use?
- Thread starter benparker
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https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/B150I-PRO-GAMING-WIFI-AURA/HelpDesk_CPU/
Your best bet would be one of the i7's but they're silly expensive (even second hand) at the moment given the age of the chip. It might work out more cost effective for you to sell what you're currently running and get a second hand B450 and Ryzen 2600 or similar.
Your best bet would be one of the i7's but they're silly expensive (even second hand) at the moment given the age of the chip. It might work out more cost effective for you to sell what you're currently running and get a second hand B450 and Ryzen 2600 or similar.
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I think that was only for HEDT and for a short period?
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7th series also.
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You have to read it out loud for him as well so you'd better swap phones numbers.
The comment above mine said 7th series so thought it was 7th gen.
I have a b250m paired with a g4560 and exploring upgrade paths too.
Even if I splashed for an i7 7700k and got lucky to get one used for say 220 quid (there's one on ebay atm at 206 quid with 3 days left and 11 bids so far) it's no better according to cpubenchmark.net than getting a r3 3100 with a new board which would be ~ 95 + 60 = 155 quid for brand new, so could do cheaper if look used. Or looking at a r5 3600 with the same board for 240 quid, it totally blows the 7700k away.
For 100 quid you might be lucky to get a i5-7600, which is really inferior to the r3 3100 I mentioned.
If 100 quid is a hard limit then it is tricky because the new mobo cost (even a cheap one) is a very significant part of the total. If you can squeeze the 150 for a r3 3100 then that's a big improvement on any value you could get from your b150
Even if I splashed for an i7 7700k and got lucky to get one used for say 220 quid (there's one on ebay atm at 206 quid with 3 days left and 11 bids so far) it's no better according to cpubenchmark.net than getting a r3 3100 with a new board which would be ~ 95 + 60 = 155 quid for brand new, so could do cheaper if look used. Or looking at a r5 3600 with the same board for 240 quid, it totally blows the 7700k away.
For 100 quid you might be lucky to get a i5-7600, which is really inferior to the r3 3100 I mentioned.
If 100 quid is a hard limit then it is tricky because the new mobo cost (even a cheap one) is a very significant part of the total. If you can squeeze the 150 for a r3 3100 then that's a big improvement on any value you could get from your b150