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I bought this RX 470 recently for a good price, and now for Black Friday I am buying something that I intend not to bottleneck my GPU for gaming.

After browsing for a long time, I see many people recommending the i3 6100 going besides the RX 470. However, I often stream and use CPU rendering on my personal 3D projects. Therefore, I believe something with two cores would't be the perfect thing for streaming and rendering.

Any other budget recommendations that would do a good performance on both rendering and gaming?

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    I run an i3 6100 alongside an R9 380, which serves me perfectly well for gaming and video editing - you should be fine with that. – ArtOfCode Nov 04 '16 at 23:19
  • you mention "budget recommendations." What is your price range? – NZKshatriya Nov 05 '16 at 00:14
  • @NZKshatriya I suppose something under ~220$ would be perfect. But still, I could be open expand my budget until the time I buy – frankerzederede Nov 05 '16 at 00:32
  • @ArtOfCode hmmm, I am not sure if this applies to the i3 6100, but I've seen multiple websites comparing cores, and the difference between rendering times is insane, which might be worth a few extra bucks. Edit: though, looking at this website, it has really, really impressive results for its price. – frankerzederede Nov 05 '16 at 00:36
  • Also, after looking at the prices, it seems like no such CPU would perform this good at this price tag. No matter how many websites I look, I find it such a high risk buying this and realizing it is not as good as it seemed. – frankerzederede Nov 05 '16 at 01:00
  • Any cheap i5 would work. If you're willing to wait 2 or 3 months, the Kaby Lake and Zen releases would give you more options. What software do you use? If it supports GPU acceleration, you may be better off spending he extra $50 on the GPU. Really, more information would be great. – timuzhti Nov 05 '16 at 01:25
  • @frankerzederede: Well, I'd say mine has been as good as was promised. Which isn't to say that it'll definitely, 100% certain, be what you want - but it's a review from someone who's using it, which is better than unsubstantiated claims. – ArtOfCode Nov 05 '16 at 01:45
  • Welp, I think that in the bottom line all I am really left to is what I expected: the I3 6100 and the I5 6400. The price gap is huge, and the I3 is screaming at me quite a lot. Thanks for the input people. – frankerzederede Nov 05 '16 at 01:48
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    If ~$220 is your limit, you're looking at an i5-6600k – Rubydesic Nov 07 '16 at 02:11

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