The $70 AMD Athlon X4 860K is a set piece for casual gaming!

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Although released over a year ago, the Athlon X4 860K still manages enough to catch attension of gamers. People desire to get more by giving less. This $70 thing can easily fulfill the needs of millions of gamers out there looking to game cheap.

Now before going to discuss the specs, let me tell you that heatsink and a fan come along the box Lets now have a look at the specications of Athlon X4 860K. Firstly, this is a quad-core processor of 3.7 GHZ at normal. Amd's Turbo frequency when turned on, it easily reaches 4.0 GHZ frequency. This also comes up with the FM2+ socket and can support 64 bit data width. There is a 2*2 (MB) L2 Cache memory but no L3 Cache (a drawback to be precise). To reach to its Maximum performance of 4.4 GHZ, you need to overclock but remember to use a nice air cooler. Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo, a highly popular $35 budget air cooler will do the work. It supports 2133 MHZ Ram which becomes 2400 MHZ when overclocked. Now this is a plus point for gamers. And, this consumes 95 Watt.

Most of you shall now be thinking that is it compatible with cheap motherboards? The answer is YES! The CPU provides you compatibility with cheap motherboards like MSI A88X-G45 ($70) which gives the best gaming performance. The rest of the work is done by the processor that handles bunches data like a boss. So now you need a normal GPU to complete your budget build. For me, the R7 260x will do the work by providing you Battle Field 4 on ultra and GTA5 too. It gives 50 fps on Watch Dogs 1920*1080

Here is a comparison which I found on the Internet. This clearly represents the "VS Intel G3258"
This was particularly discussed for people looking for a cheap build but if anyone of you can spend abit more on the processor, I'll recommend you AMD FX-6300 - Old but gold! 
If you want to prefer any other component such as another cheap GPU for X4 860K or the motherboard, please do comment below!