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My motherboard is LGA socket 1155. No-can-do unless I drop another $120 on a new mobo...

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Soooooo.

 

After playing a few games on the PC I built (with budget in mind), I realized just how horrible a dual core G860 was at running core-intensive games. I figured that I could just sell the Pentium on eBay or something and get an i5 or i7. The only issue is pricing. I've been looking at the less expensive i5 and i7 processors (just kidding - all i7s are expensive), and was wondering how well they would run games. Any thought? Looking for an intel quad core in the $150 - $200 price range that can run CPU intensive games.

 

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J.A.B.

 

PS - I get 15 frames on Arma. Thats a big problem. Quad core will improve that...right?

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Boom. http://www.microcenter.com/product/434177/Core_i5-4690K_35GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

 

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Soooooo.

 

After playing a few games on the PC I built (with budget in mind), I realized just how horrible a dual core G860 was at running core-intensive games. I figured that I could just sell the Pentium on eBay or something and get an i5 or i7. The only issue is pricing. I've been looking at the less expensive i5 and i7 processors (just kidding - all i7s are expensive), and was wondering how well they would run games. Any thought? Looking for an intel quad core in the $150 - $200 price range that can run CPU intensive games.

 

Thanks,

J.A.B.

 

PS - I get 15 frames on Arma. Thats a big problem. Quad core will improve that...right?

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I don't think they would have the same socket.

 

EDIT: Some of them don't

 

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Yeah, a CPU upgrade would help out quote a bit.. However, you may also need a motherboard upgrade depending on what CPU you decide to get. 

 

What's your total budget including both CPU and motherboard costs?

 

Looking at compatibility data for your motherboard, I believe that an i5-3570 is the best you can get (or i7-3770).

 

You need to tell us your GPU before we can say anything  :)

 

Radeon HD 7770.. Listed in his profile.

 

A GPU upgrade wouldn't hurt either, but the 7770 is still fairly good.

i7 not perfectly stable at 4.4.. #firstworldproblems

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Core i5 4690K (abit expensive at this point in time), 3570K, 2500K or Pentium G3258 will be just fine :)

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 Pentium G3258 will be just fine :)

Not in CPU-intensive games.

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EDIT: My mobo is an h61m-p31 LGA socket 1155

 

That means that the best biggest thing that could fit (not sexual I swear) would be an i7 3770k.

 

My GPU is an XFX Radeon HD 7770 Core Edition 1GB GDDR5

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Not in CPU-intensive games.

Luke managed to overclock his G3258 and managed to get almost the same performance than the Core i7 devil's canyon edition which was at stock clock.

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Looking at compatibility data for your motherboard, I believe that an i5-3570 is the best you can get (or i7-3770).

Okay, I can probably work with that. Seems like a good price for what it's offering - thanks!

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Definitely this.

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Definitely this.

My motherboard is LGA socket 1155. No-can-do unless I drop another $120 on a new mobo...

CPU: Intel i5-2400 Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1333MHz GPU: Sapphire R9 280x Tri-X Case Corsair Obsidian Series 350D PSU: EVGA 500w 80+ Certified

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My motherboard is LGA socket 1155. No-can-do unless I drop another $120 on a new mobo...

3570k

 

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Okay, I can probably work with that. Seems like a good price for what it's offering - thanks!

 

Just as a word of warning, you may need to update the BIOS before you install the new CPU, since the i5-3570 uses a newer architecture than the G860.

 

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He has the H61 chipset, so he can't really overclock it..

i7 not perfectly stable at 4.4.. #firstworldproblems

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Thank you every body for your help :) - I'm settling for the Core i5 3570k for around 190 USD.

CPU: Intel i5-2400 Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1333MHz GPU: Sapphire R9 280x Tri-X Case Corsair Obsidian Series 350D PSU: EVGA 500w 80+ Certified

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He has the H61 chipset, so he can't really overclock it..

Im not really into over clocking CPUs... I'll use it stock speed at 3.4GHz

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Just as a word of warning, you may need to update the BIOS before you install the new CPU, since the i5-3570 uses a newer architecture than the G860.

 

 

He has the H61 chipset, so he can't really overclock it..

 

Thank you every body for your help :) - I'm settling for the Core i5 3570k for around 190 USD.

Just get a normal 3570 then

 

"My opinion is that your opinion is wrong." - AlwaysFSX    CPU I5 4690k MB MSI Gaming 5 RAM 2 x 4GB HyperX Blu DDR3 GPU Asus GTX970 Strix,  Case Corsair 760T Storage 1 x 120GB 840EVO 1 x 1TB WD Blue, 1 x 500GB Toshiba  

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