People tend to be tied to one brand or the other, but brand loyalty doesn't really get you far. Go with whatever brand/model offers you the most for what you're going to spend.

As you said, it's not a good idea to go cheap on your processor. It's the most important part of your computer and if it's lagging behind it will greatly bottleneck your gaming and user experience. The processor will also determine what kind of motherboard to get for your system, as each motherboard has a specific socket, meaning only certain Processors will work with it.

Processor numbers tend to entail the model/generation (4000, 5000, etc) and there's plenty of more to go along with them. If you're looking at an intel processor and see a "K" at the end of the designation that means it has an unlocked clock multiplier for Overclocking (Not something that's super important for your first build).

Your $600-800 price range would be the deciding factor on what processor to get, if you want feel free to make a topic in this same section with the "Request" prefix, requesting a PC Build and you can get advice as a whole on what to buy.

In my Opinion its whats gonna get you the best performance for the best price.Some people like to stick with one brand like Scizor said but I always look for whats gonna give me the best performance with my budget.

Scizor wrote People tend to be tied to one brand or the other, but brand loyalty doesn't really get you far. Go with whatever brand/model offers you the most for what you're going to spend.

As you said, it's not a good idea to go cheap on your processor. It's the most important part of your computer and if it's lagging behind it will greatly bottleneck your gaming and user experience. The processor will also determine what kind of motherboard to get for your system, as each motherboard has a specific socket, meaning only certain Processors will work with it.

Processor numbers tend to entail the model/generation (4000, 5000, etc) and there's plenty of more to go along with them. If you're looking at an intel processor and see a "K" at the end of the designation that means it has an unlocked clock multiplier for Overclocking (Not something that's super important for your first build).

Your $600-800 price range would be the deciding factor on what processor to get, if you want feel free to make a topic in this same section with the "Request" prefix, requesting a PC Build and you can get advice as a whole on what to buy.

So if my budget is 600-800, how much should I be looking to spend on a CPU? Or maybe a better question is what % of my total budget should to go a CPU?

neilsonnn18 wrote

Scizor wrote People tend to be tied to one brand or the other, but brand loyalty doesn't really get you far. Go with whatever brand/model offers you the most for what you're going to spend.

As you said, it's not a good idea to go cheap on your processor. It's the most important part of your computer and if it's lagging behind it will greatly bottleneck your gaming and user experience. The processor will also determine what kind of motherboard to get for your system, as each motherboard has a specific socket, meaning only certain Processors will work with it.

Processor numbers tend to entail the model/generation (4000, 5000, etc) and there's plenty of more to go along with them. If you're looking at an intel processor and see a "K" at the end of the designation that means it has an unlocked clock multiplier for Overclocking (Not something that's super important for your first build).

Your $600-800 price range would be the deciding factor on what processor to get, if you want feel free to make a topic in this same section with the "Request" prefix, requesting a PC Build and you can get advice as a whole on what to buy.

So if my budget is 600-800, how much should I be looking to spend on a CPU? Or maybe a better question is what % of my total budget should to go a CPU?

With the price of GPU's being what they are right now the CPU will probably be your most expensive component. It depends on if you require peripherals too such as monitor, keyboard, etc. in that case you won't be able to spend as much on your processor because those things will take up probably ~$150-200 of your budget.

I guess I didn't really answer your question, $200-300 is probably what you'll be spending on a processor if your budget doesn't include peripherals.