{"id":96859,"date":"2016-07-05T11:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96859"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:51:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:51:42","slug":"best-value-gaming-processors-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/96859-best-value-gaming-processors-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Best value gaming processors in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the most important component of any gaming PC is the graphics card, gamers still need a decent CPU which\u00a0doesn’t hold back their GPU.<\/p>\n

Gaming processors also need to be able to handle stress such as physics calculations and multi-tasking.<\/p>\n

We’ve selected processors\u00a0of varying performance levels, all of which can handle most modern games without any noticeable bottlenecks.<\/p>\n

Below are the best value processors for gamers, based on their PassMark<\/strong> <\/a>score, pricing and gaming compatibility:<\/p>\n

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Intel Core i3 6100<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PassMark\u00a0Score:\u00a05,491<\/strong><\/p>\n

Price:\u00a0R2,149<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the Intel Core i3 6100 Skylake processor only has 2 physical cores, through the magic of hyper-threading and Skylake architecture it provides a stable entry-level gaming platform and should be able to handle most modern games.<\/p>\n

\"Intel<\/a><\/p>\n

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AMD FX 6300<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PassMark Score: 6,341<\/strong><\/p>\n

Price: R2,120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The AMD FX 6300 is a six-core CPU which boasts high clock speeds, although it lacks hyper-threading and the lower TDP of the newer Intel Skylake processors.<\/p>\n

\"AMD<\/a><\/p>\n

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Intel Core i7 4790K<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PassMark Score: 11,198<\/strong><\/p>\n

Price: R5,799<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although it is relatively old compared to the newer Skylake processors, the Intel Core i7 4790K “Devil’s Canyon” CPU still packs a mean punch, with 4 cores, 8 threads, and a boost clock of 4.4GHz, this processor won’t be bottle-necking your graphics card any time soon.<\/p>\n

\"Intel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Intel Core i5 6600K<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PassMark Score: 7,798<\/strong><\/p>\n

Price: R4,272<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Intel Core i5 6600K is currently one of the most popular processors among PC gamers, as it is the perfect compromise between high-end performance and value.<\/p>\n

\"Intel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Intel Core i7 6700K<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PassMark Score: 10,996<\/strong><\/p>\n

Price: R6,213<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Intel Core i7 6700K is the big brother of the Core i5 6600K.<\/p>\n

Boasting more power at a higher premium, the 6700K is perfect for the gamer or overclocking enthusiast, but it comes at a bit of a price.<\/p>\n

\"Intel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Let’s check out the gaming processors that give gamers good performance at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":85231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7],"tags":[19899,19901,1051,17576,12465,2664,1727,753,14802,18457],"class_list":["post-96859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-hardware","tag-6600k","tag-6700k","tag-amd","tag-best","tag-cpu","tag-gaming","tag-intel","tag-list","tag-processors","tag-value"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97648,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96859\/revisions\/97648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}