Intel Core I5-2500 or I5-3470

[BloodySharp]

So I recently swapped out my Sapphire Radeon HD 7730 1GB DDR3 for a Asus Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5, But I have an Intel Pentium G2030 3.0Ghz 2 core 2 threads, And I want to change the processor. Can you guys suggest me a good LGA 1155 CPU. I was thinking about a I5-2500 or I5-3470 but I think that with this GPU It's gonna Bottleneck. And I have 8GB DDR3 Memory 1333Mhz Dual Channel.

[rcmaehl]

There's no reason not to go with the 3470 since they're about the same price used. You'll get better performance out of it. I would going with 3570K or 2500K since they will last you longer supporting overclocking if you have the money however.

[Peskanova]

I've played with a 2500k + 480 8gb and it run perfect, some high cpu usage but nothing extreme , without oc its fine .

[Peskanova]

a perfect cpu would be a 3770k

[XR6]

I would recommend the 3470 since as @rcmaehl said, they're about the same price used.

Seeing as your motherboard is H61 (and as far as I know does not support overclocking) it just wouldn't be worth it to spend extra money on an overclockable CPU in my opinion, even if it does give a small increase in performance.

[Sat1600]

E3-1240.  4 core 8 thread about $50

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E3-1240-3-30GHz-8MB-SR00K-Socket-1155-Server-Processor-CPU/273735035411?hash=item3fbbe12a13%3Ag%3AlCkAAOSwYS5cdtrU%3Asc%3AUSPSFirstClass!11418!US!-1&LH_BIN=1

[rcmaehl]

13 minutes ago, 1kv said:

I would recommend the 3470 since as @rcmaehl said, they're about the same price used.

Seeing as your motherboard is H61 (and as far as I know does not support overclocking) it just wouldn't be worth it to spend extra money on an overclockable CPU in my opinion, even if it does give a small increase in performance.

This is true. Depends on how much you have and want to spend in all honesty.

 

For $40 or so you can get either CPU

For $45 or so you can get the E3-1240
For $60 or so you can get the 2500K or 3570K
For $130 or so you can get the 2500K or 3570K+Z77 Mobo
For $240 or so you can get the E3-1290 v2
For $500 or so you can get a Ryzen 7+Mobo+RAM

Upgrading is a slippery slope. One moment you're looking at 1 stick of RAM, the next you're looking at a complete system rebuild as each part is only "a bit more"

[aisle9]

There's virtually no performance difference between the two. If you do go Ivy Bridge and/or Xeon, make sure to update your board's BIOS to the latest version so it accepts the 3470. Oh, and be sure your board is compatible with a Xeon at all before attempting that switch. No modern processor, perhaps aside from some Celerons, is going to hold back an RX 550.

[XR6]

3 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

Upgrading is a slippery slope. One moment you're looking at 1 stick of RAM, the next you're looking at a complete system rebuild as each part is only "a bit more"

Can relate, I've done this plenty of times.

3 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

Depends on how much you have and want to spend in all honesty.

This is completely correct. Budget is the main factor when upgrading hardware.

[Tristerin]

Performance wise...very similar.  I have the 3470.  A 2500 however has lower power consumption, but its just a hair less of performance than the 3470.

 

If it were me, the prices are completely negligible between the two - Id get the 3470 cause "newer"

[BloodySharp]

40 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

E3-1240.  4 core 8 thread about $50

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E3-1240-3-30GHz-8MB-SR00K-Socket-1155-Server-Processor-CPU/273735035411?hash=item3fbbe12a13%3Ag%3AlCkAAOSwYS5cdtrU%3Asc%3AUSPSFirstClass!11418!US!-1&LH_BIN=1

But aren't Xeon processors for office work and not for gaming? Atleast thats what I've heard.

[BloodySharp]

38 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

There's virtually no performance difference between the two. If you do go Ivy Bridge and/or Xeon, make sure to update your board's BIOS to the latest version so it accepts the 3470. Oh, and be sure your board is compatible with a Xeon at all before attempting that switch. No modern processor, perhaps aside from some Celerons, is going to hold back an RX 550.

Do I update the BIOS now or before I Install the processor?

[BloodySharp]

22 minutes ago, BloodySharp said:

Do I update the BIOS now or before I Install the processor?

I checked and my BIOS Is already updated to the latest one.

[Sat1600]

31 minutes ago, BloodySharp said:

But aren't Xeon processors for office work and not for gaming? Atleast thats what I've heard.

Those generations of xeons were just sandy bridge processors without integrated graphics. The e3-1240 is basically an i7 2600. The i7 is clocked at 3.4ghz and the xeon is 3.3. It's a drop in replacement on most h61. Motherboards. 

[Tristerin]

12 minutes ago, WikiForce said:

WTH? 2nd gen. i5 is rated at 95w TDP while 3rd gen. ones have 77w TDP

But i5 3470 isn't nearly as efficient over time.  When building my HTPC (on 24/7/365) this was a portion of my research.  I went with the 3470 because it was newer architecture.

 

 

 

 

[BattleToads]

I'm running a Xeon E3-1220 4C/4T with an RX580 8GB. Only in very CPU demanding games does it bottleneck the GPU. I will probably upgrade to a 1270, as it is hyper-threaded and has a faster clock speed. 

[BloodySharp]

On 2/28/2019 at 3:54 PM, aisle9 said:

There's virtually no performance difference between the two. If you do go Ivy Bridge and/or Xeon, make sure to update your board's BIOS to the latest version so it accepts the 3470. Oh, and be sure your board is compatible with a Xeon at all before attempting that switch. No modern processor, perhaps aside from some Celerons, is going to hold back an RX 550.

I meant that my GPU Is going to hold back my CPU. When i look at people that have the same setup the CPU running at 60-70% while the GPU is at 100% most of the time.