LGA1155 CPU Upgrade?

[*Chazz]

I have a younger brother running an LGA1155 mother board ---> https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-Z75-CrossFireX-Motherboard-PRO3/dp/B007P709YI

 

He recently got a 1060 and I helped grab a used but relatively new 500W PSU for $25. 

 

Now his current CPU is a i3 3220 and it manages with games like War Thunder on max settings with about 70 fps and usage of about 60%. However, in a game like Space Engineers which can a be a cpu intensive game when large structures are built, the cpu chugs and gets really bogged down and frame rates drop. I have brother as well that currently is using a i5 3470, and despite being an 8 year processor (based on release date) it holds up with Space Engineers. After a quick browse on ebay these things are silly cheap right now running for about $35 used on ebay. However, I wanted to stop and ask if there are any other notable cpu's that may perform even better.

 

I have done a little bit of digging --> https://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket 1155 (LGA1155).html and have found the i5 3570 with a higher clock speed for about $40 on ebay, as well as the i7 3770 which features hyper threading however they are thrown around for $80 on ebay. 

 

I reckon the i5 3570 will be just fine for him. But I am curious if you guys might be aware of any other notable cpu's that might be compatible.

 

TLDR: What's the best used cpu that will work in a LGA1155 socket for some low budget but acceptable gaming?

[Haro]

1 hour ago, *Chazz said:

and I helped grab a used but relatively new 500W PSU for $25. 

And what unit is that exactly? wattage has nothing to do with quality. 

1 hour ago, *Chazz said:

What's the best used cpu that will work in a LGA1155 socket for some low budget but acceptable gaming

The best cpu that you can get is the 3770/k, but if you couldn't go for that, the 3570 is still a pretty good upgrade over the 3220. 

 

1 hour ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

1151 was used from 2nd to 9th gen,

Where did you get that from?!?!?!

Edited October 2, 2020 by Haro

[Helpful Tech Witch]

i7 3770k is the "best" the best option is the i5 option you listed.

[Mateyyy]

11 minutes ago, *Chazz said:

TLDR: What's the best used cpu that will work in a LGA1155 socket for some low budget but acceptable gaming?

An i7-2600(K) or 3770(K), or you could go for an i5-2500(K) or 3570(K) if you don't play particularly CPU heavy titles.

 

4 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

there is a diffrence between lga 1151 and what will work on the mobo. 1151 was used from 2nd to 9th gen, so the best 1151 cpu would be the i9 9900k. the best you could do is the i7 3770k.

No, LGA 1151 was not "used from 2nd to 9th gen", and I also haven't seen OP mention LGA 1151 once, so I really don't see how that'd be remotely related.

[*Chazz]

34 minutes ago, Haro said:

36 minutes ago, *Chazz said:

and I helped grab a used but relatively new 500W PSU for $25. 

And what unit is that exactly? wattage has nothing to do with quality. 

It came out of a HP OMEN prebuilt desktop. Apparently the guy got a new case and I think that the hp power supply it came with didn't work for him for an interesting reason. He didn't tell me that upfront, but the 6 pin barely reached the GPU which would have been a real headache (and is likely why he got rid of it). It says "bronze" certified and was only about 2 months old (which seemed probable since the internals were relatively dust free). I after I made an offer for $20 he met me in between with $25 which I felt was a good deal. There is no physical switch on it, but its certainly a step up from the 300W gray box PSU that was all ready in my bros rig.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

11 minutes ago, Haro said:

Where did you get that from?!?!?!

my dumbass reading 1155 as 1151. I saw the mobo was 2nd gen and i knew 1151 was used for 9th gen.

 

3 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

No, LGA 1151 was not "used from 2nd to 9th gen", and I also haven't seen OP mention LGA 1151 once, so I really don't see how that'd be remotely related.

see above^

[Haro]

1 hour ago, *Chazz said:

The apparently the guy got a new case and I think that the hp power supply it came with didn't work

I'd check the psu, but to answer your question again. 

a 3770/k is techincally the best cpu that you can get, you could also look at a 2600k which is close to a 3770k in terms of performance, but if you couldn't go for a 2600/k or a 3770/k, a 3570/k is a decent upgrade. 

[Mateyyy]

4 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

my dumbass reading 1155 as 1151.

Spoiler

Mkay.

 

5 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

I saw the mobo was 2nd gen and i knew 1151 was used for 9th gen.

[*Chazz]

6 minutes ago, Haro said:

10 minutes ago, *Chazz said:

The apparently the guy got a new case and I think that the hp power supply it came with didn't work

I'd check the psu, but to answer your question again. 

I did add in a small edit that maybe wasn't there maybe you didn't read. Regardless I knew I was taking a bit of a risk but so far its worked great.

 

Power supplies are tuff to test short of bringing a rig in and dropping it in. We met and a Mc D's parking lot. I did want to short the start up pin on the psu and get a volt meter out and measure the voltages but my volt meter was in another vehicle. But that's still not fool proof however as some issues may only show when a load is applied. So far so good though. 

 

The craziest thing I've done is hook up 500W inverter to my car bat with my PC in the back seat of the car to test a gpu (it was an rx 560 and low power draw rig but still made the inverter start squealing its low battery warning from the voltage drop on the car battery with the running of a game!)

[Haro]

1 hour ago, *Chazz said:

did add in a small edit that maybe wasn't there maybe you didn't read. Regardless I knew I was taking a bit of a risk but so far its worked great.

Efficiency and wattage have nothing to do with quality. 

you can look at the sticker and see how much power it can supply on the 12v rail, for all we know, it could be marketed as a "500w" unit but it could not even supply that on the 12v rail. 

[*Chazz]

5 minutes ago, Haro said:

Efficiency and wattage have nothing to do with quality. 

you can look at the sticker and see how much power it can supply on the 12v rail, for all we know, it could be marketed as a "500w" unit but it could not even supply that on the 12v rail. 

True and good point. I've never really considered paying attention to what the specific rails can supply.

 

However, it did come out of a another pre built gaming rig running a gtx 1660. I figured that was enough to suggested that it would be fine.

[Haro]

6 minutes ago, *Chazz said:

figured that was enough to suggested that it would be fine.

You can always just double check in all honesty, it could be a decent unit but it could also be a bad one. 

[Pasi123]

That board supports overclocking so you could get an i5-3570K or i7-3770K and overclock them a bit