Troubleshoot CPU and Mobo decision help

[blueblackwow65]

Hi hopefully this is in right section if not sorry anout that. I am looking for help on deciding on a budget build.I am loooking for a cpu under 150$ and mobo under 150$.I am wondering should I go Ryzen or latest intel (Coffee or Kaby)?I do some mild gaming once in awhile and video converting other than that browse and other misc on my computer.Would like the option of a mobo that can OverClock.Any suggestions ? Thks

 

[SHvFl]

You are asking a bit too much with the overclocking. If you can forget that get an i5-8400 and the motherboard you can afford, with that is left, that has the features you need. Your budget can't do any decent ryzen processor so they are out of the question.

 

[blueblackwow65]

Thks for reply ,why I put the oc in there for mobo is because of the z170 boards that can oc latest pentiums. I was looking at Ryzen and it seems the 1200's would be a buy ,just over 150$. I'll look into i5 though.

 

[SHvFl]

Thks for reply ,why I put the oc in there for mobo is because of the z170 boards that can oc latest pentiums. I was looking at Ryzen and it seems the 1200's would be a buy ,just over 150$. I'll look into i5 though.

The 1200 compares to a low end i3 and maybe even worse in some cases. Terrible idea.

 

[blueblackwow65]

Ok just checked prices of the i5-8400 100$ almost over budget.Any second choices pls .lol
Forgot to mention in canadian prices.

 

[SHvFl]

Price should be ~190 as soon as prices stabilize. Don't expect that to happen on release day. Maybe after a few weeks if they have enough stock.

 

[blueblackwow65]

If possible any second choices pls

 

[SHvFl]

If possible any second choices pls

You should get one of the intel 8th gen cpus. They forced most older models to irrelevancy and no reason to buy them new. Maybe if you want used that's another story.

 

[blueblackwow65]

No used for me intel 8th gen hopefullt will go down in price by dec

 

[SHvFl]

No used for me intel 8th gen hopefullt will go down in price by dec

They probably going to normalise by that time if intel doesn't fail with the stock.

 

[AlanOstaszewski]

video convertings

pick a Ryzen CPU
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (200€)
MOBO: MSI B350M PRO-VD (70€)

I know the CPU is a bit expensiver but I picked for you a motherboard that is a bit cheaper. With this mainboard you can (/You must! Running this CPU without overclocking is a waste!) overclock the CPU to 3,8GHz minimum(!). Because the boxed cooler is good you doesn't need to buy a new one. Keep in mind that you need DDR4 Ryzen compatible RAM

 

[Vasudev]

Get Ryzen 5 1400 or i5 7th gen.

 

[blueblackwow65]

Which mobo for the i5 ,that can possibly oc?
Ryzen5 1600 and the MSi mobo 380ca$ pretty good.

 

[zzz00m]

All you really need is a fast i3 and a good GPU to do what you want. I can run Skyrim or Witcher 2 maxed out at HD 1920 without any lag.

You said mild gaming and that's all I do. Got a GTX 950 on sale and it plays all the older games just fine. I don't find it CPU constrained at all. Probably the most limiting thing is the GPU now.

 

[blueblackwow65]

THinking maybe i3-8100 100$ cheaper only problem is the z300 boards are still too expensive may need to wait for b300 and h300 boards