PNY GT 630 2GB

[GamerDude]

I see no need to upgrade yet, I can livestream, record, and play any games I want, if you look at benchmarks it's on par with a Ivy bridge I3 at stock, and those are good enough for gaming.

Yep, that's why when someone has a first gen i7 or i5 says he want to upgrade, I go, "Huh? What for?" Sure, a first gen i5/i7 isn't as fast as 2nd gen onwards i5/i7, but it's still plenty fast for games. Only time where a modern and fast CPU is needed is for those MMO's, like Planetside 2 which I've heard is very hard on the CPU.

[91wow]

Yep, that's why when someone has a first gen i7 or i5 says he want to upgrade, I go, "Huh? What for?" Sure, a first gen i5/i7 isn't as fast as 2nd gen onwards i5/i7, but it's still plenty fast for games. Only time where a modern and fast CPU is needed is for those MMO's, like Planetside 2 which I've heard is very hard on the CPU.

even then, you can play games like planet side 2 off a first gen I5 or I7, those are I7's if OCed are still extremely fast.

[Ryan Leech]

LGA775 still has some fight in it, in my 3rd rig, I have a C2Q X9650 @3.7ghz and it owns in games, I do believe I'm CPU bound as I've it with a HD6990 + HD6970 combo doing games at max setting, well, almost all games at max setting @ 1080P. An LGA775 quad @ >3.2ghz is still a potent gaming CPU.

Yeah I used to have a QX9560 that I overclocked to 4.9GHz and it destroyed games for about 3 years, but due to the insane overclock it died and took my mobo with it. Then I had to go back to my E8400 which I used up until 2 weeks ago when I purchased my FX 6350. I really miss my old Core 2 Quad.