been out of the loop

[nitro498]

Been out of the loop for a while. What is a mid-priced motherboard/ CPU/ memory combo these days. This isn't for gaming, just day to day surfing and using Office. Is AMD still a better choice for the money?

 

[MustISO]

What's your budget?

If I were looking for a budget system for basic use I'd probably get an i3 or Haswell Pentium/z97 or H97/8GB ddr3.

So something like:
Intel Pentium G3450 $90
MSI H97 PC Mate Desktop Motherboard - Intel H97 $90
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $30

Add an SSD and it would be quite speedy.

You could certainly go cheaper, it's possible to spend less. The SSD would really have the most impact.

 

[Ketchup]

You would probably be better with a thread in General Hardware, giving a price range. Price usually will dictate what you get. There aren't any "everybody gets this" chips out there.

 

[nerp]

I'd jump to i3-6100 over the Pentium, personally.