Choosing a CPU for gaming purpose!

[SirDarknight]

I currently own a GB H61M mobo (LGA 1155 socket, as you know). My current CPU is an i3-2120 which is damn weak and definitely not for current gaming. Now, I don't have enough funding for a new mobo and CPU, so I decided to get a 2nd or 3rd gen used CPU.

My choices are :
 

i7-3770 (Around $200 in my country)

i7-2600 (Around $150 in my country)

i5-3570 (Around $140 in my country)

My budget is at best $180 or so. So, what'd be the best CPU among these (or others) to properly utilize my GPU which is a R9 390 currently getting highly bottlenecked by my i3-2120

[Enderman]

3770 is great.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, SirDarknight said:

I currently own a GB H61M mobo (LGA 1155 socket, as you know). My current CPU is an i3-2120 which is damn weak and definitely not for current gaming. Now, I don't have enough funding for a new mobo and CPU, so I decided to get a 2nd or 3rd gen used CPU.

My choices are :
 

i7-3770 (Around $200 in my country)

i7-2600 (Around $150 in my country)

i5-3570 (Around $140 in my country)

My budget is at best $180 or so. So, what'd be the best CPU among these (or others) to properly utilize my GPU which is a R9 390 currently getting highly bottlenecked by my i3-2120

the i7 2600 most likely

3770 has a lower TDP if your motherboard is on the lower end, overall performance of the 2 should be pretty close

[SirDarknight]

26 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

the i7 2600 most likely

3770 has a lower TDP if your motherboard is on the lower end, overall performance of the 2 should be pretty close

But would the 2600 be futureproof ? Would it be enough for the upcoming games?

[Shura]

18 minutes ago, SirDarknight said:

But would the 2600 be futureproof ? Would it be enough for the upcoming games?

Between the choices you listed, the i7 2600 is much better than the i5 3570 but only $10 difference in price. The i7 2600 is about the same performance as the i7 3770; maybe falling behind by like 3-5% but is $50(25%) cheaper.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/287?vs=551

 

If you look at the comparison of the two at the above link(those are unlocked cpus but same models, you'll see that in games the performance is almost identical, usually 1 frame difference in modern games. So if the 2600 becomes significant a bottleneck in the future, then the i7 3770 will be too. IMO the among those options, the 2600k is the best choice.

[Streetguru]

9 hours ago, SirDarknight said:

But would the 2600 be futureproof ? Would it be enough for the upcoming games?

Futureproofing is never really a thing

 

it'll be fine, they're pretty similar performance wise, in any case you'd want the 8 threads compared to the 4 of an i5

games only ever usually become less CPU bound, the newer APIs should have with that as well as making it easier to use more threads.

[smokefest]

9 hours ago, SirDarknight said:

I currently own a GB H61M mobo (LGA 1155 socket, as you know). My current CPU is an i3-2120 which is damn weak and definitely not for current gaming. Now, I don't have enough funding for a new mobo and CPU, so I decided to get a 2nd or 3rd gen used CPU.

My choices are :
 

i7-3770 (Around $200 in my country)

i7-2600 (Around $150 in my country)

i5-3570 (Around $140 in my country)

My budget is at best $180 or so. So, what'd be the best CPU among these (or others) to properly utilize my GPU which is a R9 390 currently getting highly bottlenecked by my i3-2120

3770K with the K preferably so you can overclock the Sh!T out of it

[smokefest]

If no overclock than 3770 for sure  Best pick in your choices

[Festive]

If it it 2600k vs 3770 : 2600k

 

if it is 2600 vs 3770 : 3770

 

if it is 3770k vs 2600 : 3770k

 

if it is 2600k vs 3770k: 3770k

 

honestly you should probably only be interested in the i7 because you're running a 390, those love the extra power/threads that i7s provide.