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i3-550 1156 Socket Mobo

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I've got an old i3-550 lying around from a previous desktop, thought about using it for a small form factor LAN PC. It's not got to be stupidly powerful just want it for playing league mainly, maybe of few other games. Any suggestions on whether it is worth building a PC around this CPU, I know it runs on a 1156 socket which you don't see many of now, so I was struggling to mind a suitable motherboard. Is this a good idea or should I just buy a different processor?

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i dunno, im also planning a LOL LAN-rig but i already have a gpu and hdd so, im not shure.

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Hi 

 

I've got an old i3-550 lying around from a previous desktop, thought about using it for a small form factor LAN PC. It's not got to be stupidly powerful just want it for playing league mainly, maybe of few other games. Any suggestions on whether it is worth building a PC around this CPU, I know it runs on a 1156 socket which you don't see many of now, so I was struggling to mind a suitable motherboard. Is this a good idea or should I just buy a different processor?

just sell it on ebay and use the money for the new rig, im going for an apu-system itx formfactor

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personally i am a fan of building new systems out of old hardware, so i would say go ahead and build a system with it. That cpu runs at a reasonable frequency of 3.2ghz so bottlenecking won't be an issue in most situations. For motherboards you can look on ebay for cheap ones. Here is one. You can pare it up with a 270x and you are done:D

CPU:  i7 5820k  @4.0Ghz Cooler: Thermaltake Nic C5 Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS  Ram: 8 gb @2133Mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 @1560  Case: Proprietary Sun Ultra 24  Storage: HyperX 120gb & 1 TB WD Green PSU: Cooler Master 550w 

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yea since lol isnt a very optimized game anymore, id get an r7 260(x) with the i3 

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just sell it on ebay and use the money for the new rig, im going for an apu-system itx formfactor

but if he goes to sell it, he wont get any more than 50$ 

CPU:  i7 5820k  @4.0Ghz Cooler: Thermaltake Nic C5 Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS  Ram: 8 gb @2133Mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 @1560  Case: Proprietary Sun Ultra 24  Storage: HyperX 120gb & 1 TB WD Green PSU: Cooler Master 550w 

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lol doesnt need any cpu power , i could play that on my cousins old laptop with an intel centrino duo 2Ghz and 2GB DDR2, Nvidia geforce GO 6700

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yeah ofc its worth it if you need a second build. that chip can do 4.2 easy.still strong for midrange

overclocked and paired with r9 270 it plays every game out there 

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