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Hello guys :) . I am thinking of an upgrade for my system. My pc is old has an i5 2400 processor but i have an rx 480 4gb with 12 gb of ram. I am not earning so i have some budget. i was thinking of upgrading to i7 3770 but it is too pricey for me at £70 (UK). I am not going for the K versions since i dont have an overclockable motherboard. There is also i5 3570 which is for £32. I use the PC mainly for gaming and 60 fps is the most i desire. I am noticing that i5 2400 has kind of bottlenecked my gpu alot and i wanted a boost in fps in my games. What do you guys recommend? Thank you again for replying :) 

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Get I7 2600k or non K, i dont think that ur mobo supprots third gen i7

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i7 2600 and SSD

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3 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Get I7 2600k or non K, i dont think that ur mobo supprots third gen i7

I have checked my motherboard cpu support list and it does support 3rd gen processors. Its an H61 motherboard. GA-H61-MS. 

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21 minutes ago, Hsuyaa said:

Hello guys :) . I am thinking of an upgrade for my system. My pc is old has an i5 2400 processor but i have an rx 480 4gb with 12 gb of ram. I am not earning so i have some budget. i was thinking of upgrading to i7 3770 but it is too pricey for me at £70 (UK). I am not going for the K versions since i dont have an overclockable motherboard. There is also i5 3570 which is for £32. I use the PC mainly for gaming and 60 fps is the most i desire. I am noticing that i5 2400 has kind of bottlenecked my gpu alot and i wanted a boost in fps in my games. What do you guys recommend? Thank you again for replying :) 

It looks like the gigabyte board you mentioned supports some Xeon E3 and usually these can be had for cheaper than a comporable i7.

Copied from the Gigabyte site:

The ones with N/A in 3rd column do not include iGPUs. Check the specs of these chips on ark.intel.com, see if you can find one you like used for cheaper.

Intel Xeon E3-1275 3.40GHz 8MB 1050 MHz Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 95W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1245 3.30GHz 8MB 1050 MHz Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 95W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1235 3.20GHz 8MB 1050 MHz Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 95W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1225 3.10GHz 6MB 1050 MHz Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 95W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1290 3.60GHz 8MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 95W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1280 3.50GHz 8MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 95W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.40GHz 8MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 80W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1240 3.30GHz 8MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 80W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.20GHz 8MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 80W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1220L 2.20GHz 3MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 20W 100 F2
Intel Xeon E3-1220 3.10GHz 8MB N/A Sandy Bridge 32nm D2 80W 100 F2
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20 minutes ago, Hsuyaa said:

I have checked my motherboard cpu support list and it does support 3rd gen processors. Its an H61 motherboard. GA-H61-MS. 

Performance gain between 2nd gen and 3rd gen doesnt warrant the price bump.

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