Low end gaming

[Shrawan]

Is it worth upgrading to a lga1155 with i3 or just 775 processor under 150$

[SpookyCitrus]

What are the specific CPUs you're looking at?

[Shrawan]

Just now, SpookyCitrus said:

What are the specific CPUs you're looking at?

Mine is-

g41 motherboard with q6600 2.4 4gb ddr3 and gt 610 2gb

[Mbowen]

Oh hell yeah. If you can find a cheap 2600k and a p67/z68/z77 combo? Game changing. Stable overclocks at 5 GHz ia always a plus. 

[SpookyCitrus]

1 minute ago, Shrawan said:

Mine is-

g41 motherboard with q6600 2.4 4gb ddr3 and gt 610 2gb

Not worth it at all honestly, save that $150 and put it towards getting like a 2200G upgrade or something, that Motherboard and CPU is 12 years old and putting that much into it to upgrade to an i3 of the same year is a complete waste of money and won't make a difference in performance.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$84.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$78.61 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$59.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$223.59
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-11 12:03 EDT-0400

 

[SpookyCitrus]

1 minute ago, Mbowen said:

Oh hell yeah. If you can find a cheap 2600k and a p67/z68/z77 combo? Game changing. Stable overclocks at 5 GHz ia always a plus. 

That's the thing intels resale value is through the roof, spending $150 to $200 on getting a 2nd Gen CPU and mobo is pointless especially with Ryzen available. Where you can upgrade to AM4 and DDR4 and have so much more options for upgradability where as if OP were to do a 2nd Gen i7 they'd be stuck and in order to upgrade they'd have to buy a whole new platform again. Absolutely pointless, If OP were to go for Ryzen 2200G with a cheaper B450 board and some good ram, they'd be able to upgrade to a better CPU at any time it's a much better option.

[manikyath]

whichever way you end up going, the HUGE pile of socket 775 computers we have rotting away at work would indicate that it's a bad idea spending any money on those at all.

[Mbowen]

2 hours ago, SpookyCitrus said:

That's the thing intels resale value is through the roof, spending $150 to $200 on getting a 2nd Gen CPU and mobo is pointless especially with Ryzen available. Where you can upgrade to AM4 and DDR4 and have so much more options for upgradability where as if OP were to do a 2nd Gen i7 they'd be stuck and in order to upgrade they'd have to buy a whole new platform again. Absolutely pointless, If OP were to go for Ryzen 2200G with a cheaper B450 board and some good ram, they'd be able to upgrade to a better CPU at any time it's a much better option.

Cool, that's not what OP asked. Great flex tho. 

[SpookyCitrus]

22 minutes ago, Mbowen said:

Cool, that's not what OP asked. Great flex tho. 

I was responding to you not OP.