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LGA1155 is pretty old, even the best CPU you can get for that socket (i7 3700) isn't very good by modern standards.

Try to find a 3rd or maybe even 2nd gen i7 if you can. (That's an *intel* i7 3700 or 2600 or 2700, Ryzen processors have similar names so don't get confused)

Those should still hold up reasonably well in modern games, although they're definitely showing their age by now, since they're almost a decade old.

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xeons for that socket that are equal to a 2700/3700 are good.

1230 v1/v2

1235 v1/v2

1240 v1/v2

1245 v1/v2

1260L v1/v2

1265 v1/v2

1270 v1/v2

1275 v1/v2

1280 v1/v2

 

the higher up you go the better the clocks.

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1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

LGA1155 is pretty old, even the best CPU you can get for that socket (i7 3700) isn't very good by modern standards.

Try to find a 3rd or maybe even 2nd gen i7 if you can. (That's an *intel* i7 3700 or 2600 or 2700, Ryzen processors have similar names so don't get confused)

Those should still hold up reasonably well in modern games, although they're definitely showing their age by now, since they're almost a decade old.

Alr Thanks mate, Is it still good to buy like used AMD and Intel cpus+ motherboard?

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

xeons for that socket that are equal to a 2700/3700 are good.

1230 v1/v2

1235 v1/v2

1240 v1/v2

1245 v1/v2

1260L v1/v2

1265 v1/v2

1270 v1/v2

1275 v1/v2

1280 v1/v2

 

the higher up you go the better the clocks.

Okay yah i have a Xeon e5 2620 laying around but dont have a motherboard to go along w/. is that still a good Xeon?

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Just now, Tinz2444 said:

Okay yah i have a Xeon e5 2620 laying around but dont have a motherboard to go along w/. is that still a good Xeon?

for gaming it maybe kinda slow. you'd have to get a cheap chinese board.

you do have 6 cores 12 threads which is nice but they are slow.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

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HP probook 445R G6 review

 

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

for gaming it maybe kinda slow. you'd have to get a cheap chinese board.

you do have 6 cores 12 threads which is nice but they are slow.

Alr Cheers, yah and especially with this COVID shit its kinda not worth it. Thanks for the fast replies. 

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Alr Cheers, yah and especially with this COVID shit its kinda not worth it. Thanks for the fast replies. 

there is 0 issues around the boards carrying it, it just may take a bit.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

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GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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Just now, Tinz2444 said:

Would a amd fx 4100 be anygood? and i would buy a motherboard for aliexpress

no they aren't at all

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

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GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

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Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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2 minutes ago, Tinz2444 said:

oh okay cheers

yeah budget chips are hard.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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32 minutes ago, Tinz2444 said:

sorry v1

 

Okay 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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