I5 750

[Xyloto]

So i found a dirt cheap i5 750 and i want to build my second gaming rig. I already got the gpu hd 7970. Is the i5 still capable to run most of today's games untill at least next year? ( gta 5, ac syndicate, rust, etc) Will it bottleneck the gpu ( most likely not, but i want your opinions )

[RuLeZ]

It probably will botteneck CPU intensive games, like GTA V

[cayphed]

Most games are optimised to run on a potato, so this quad core would do fine.

http://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz

Keep in mind it's 1333 RAM which is a bugger to find (unless your second hand sites for some reason are loaded)...

[cayphed]

It won't bottle neck the GPU, you'd be hard pressed to...

[Xyloto]

17 minutes ago, cayphed said:

Most games are optimised to run on a potato, so this quad core would do fine.

http://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz

Keep in mind it's 1333 RAM which is a bugger to find (unless your second hand sites for some reason are loaded)...

Can i use corsair dominator 1600 mhz and just underclock it?

[cayphed]

It's probably a supported speed anyway, most 1600 RAM does, check the manufactures page of the stick it's self.

[Herman Mcpootis]

Shouldn't bottleneck a hd 7970, my i7 860 with hyperthreading disabled can take an r9 290 without bottlenecking.

[Xyloto]

Just a random question. Which one is better, i5 750 or i3 2100?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Just now, Xyloto said:

Just a random question. Which one is better, i5 750 or i3 2100?

Depends on the software.

If eG: Game uses 2 cores Core0+1 and nothing else, the i3 will win.

Any modern game,... the i5 will likely have less stutters due to have more cores to work with at a lower usage level, but FPS can likely be similar (i5 750 having a lower clockspeed and IPC per core)

Weird trade off dependent on game engine strengths.

Really depends on what your playing.

[Sniiiiik]

On 6/8/2016 at 0:26 PM, Xyloto said:

So i found a dirt cheap i5 750 and i want to build my second gaming rig. I already got the gpu hd 7970. Is the i5 still capable to run most of today's games untill at least next year? ( gta 5, ac syndicate, rust, etc) Will it bottleneck the gpu ( most likely not, but i want your opinions )

I just rebuilt my pc with a i5 750, then overclocked it to 3.8 ghz. Very happy with the performance, if it is a upgrade from your current cpu i would say go for it!!

[typographie]

On 6/8/2016 at 6:26 AM, Xyloto said:

So i found a dirt cheap i5 750 and i want to build my second gaming rig. I already got the gpu hd 7970. Is the i5 still capable to run most of today's games untill at least next year? ( gta 5, ac syndicate, rust, etc) Will it bottleneck the gpu ( most likely not, but i want your opinions )

You can find a CPU bottleneck with any hardware if you play certain games. So, sure, occasionally. If you're shooting for 60 FPS you're probably not going to have issues with it very often, though. Keep in mind "bottleneck" just means your CPU is dictating the framerate limit lower than what the GPU could do… it's only a problem if that limit is far below what you would consider acceptable.

 

I was still using an i5-750 until last August when I took a Skylake upgrade. It was a good time to upgrade, but it was still holding up alright in most games. I spent about 150 hours in The Witcher 3 with it. I remember most 2014–2015 games able to run at 60+ FPS average with minimums in the 40's with my i5-750/GTX 770, in some cases with tweaking.