I'm new to pc building, what's a good processor for a mid grade gaming pc

[Michael Lee]

I'm new to pc building, what's a good processor for a mid grade gaming pc

 

[Paul Adam Rubak]

Threadripper

 

[Seamus Lightfoot]

Intell I3 processor it hyperthreads.

 

[Djordje Vujanovic]

Amd ryzen

 

[Chuen Yik Kang]

I58600k

 

[Emil Sobociński]

Ryzen 5

 

[Nick Harrington]

Ryzen 5 1600 is a peach for mid range budgets

 

[James Warmoth]

Ryzen 1500x cheap and gets the job done

 

[Adelexis Peace Colón]

Ryzen 5 1600. Cost me 170 when I got it.

 

[Adelexis Peace Colón]

This is the mid range/ little higher than mid range build I did
Ryzen 5 1600 at 3.7ghz
Wraith spire air cooler
256gb Intel SSD
4TB Western Digital HDD 7200rpm
Corsair vengeance LED 2x8gb 2666mhz
Xfx rx580 8gb
Gigabyte B350 Gaming 3 ATX motherboard
600w 80+ evga psu
Rosewill Cullinan white LED mid tower case

 

[Steven Gunnoe]

i3 8350k, i5 66 or 7600k, i5 8400, r5 14-1600x are all pretty much good mid-range cpus. The 8th gen i5 8600k performs like a high-end gaming cpu for just a little above mid-range price if interested in that.

 

[Pete Hernandez]

If you want to skip the stupid prices while still avoiding a bottleneck

Intel i7 6700k
Nvidia 980 gtx or 980ti
8 gb of ddr4 3200 RAM
ANY solid state drive.

 

[Agmoe]

i5 8400
GTX 1060 6GB
8gb Ram 3000mhz->
SSD 240gb SSHD 1gb up