The best budget CPU on the market?
This is a perfect bit of kit for someone looking to game on a moderate level, there are some games that are taking advantage of the 4 cores the i5's have to offer such as BF3 but most still looking at duel cores really. This cpu, for the price, gives a good 'bang for buck' it is fast, stays cool and is cheap.
I am running:
i3-3220 3.3Ghz w/ stock cooler
4GB Corsair RAM
Gigabyte HD 7770 1GB
MSI motherboard
500GB Seagate
430w corsair cx430.
All wrapped in a Fractal design core 1000.
Cheep system all in all about £360, and I have had far cry 3 running on ultimate at about 50FPS, minecraft with highest setting about 70-100FPS. So this is what you are looking at from this cpu in a budget build it is a very nice bit of kit and worth the price most defiantly. Sorry I can not provide any other benchmarks for more popular games, haven't played any others yet.
If you are looking to pick this one up I suggest it highly, out performs my friends £700 pre-built system he got about 1 year ago, but that's because it is pre-built and you always get ripped off, haha!
| Brand | Intel |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 24.13 x 13.97 x 14.61 cm; 367.41 Grams |
| Item model number | BX80637I33220 |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Series | BX80637I33220 |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Processor Type | Core i3 3220 |
| Processor Speed | 3300 GHz |
| Processor Socket | LGA 1155 |
| Processor Count | 2 |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Wattage | 55 watts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 367 g |
