Which CPU should I get?!?!?

[Aksu]

Hello,

I'm planning on upgrading my PC. I've found two cheap CPUs, but I can't decide which one is better for me. The CPUs in question are: i5-3570  and  i7-3770, both of which are used. I can get the i5 for 80€ and i7 for 130€. You can see my budget as 130€, so if I choose i7 it means I can't spend anymore money on anything else. If I choose i5 however, I can spend the rest money on other parts, like a better PSU (my current one is 6 years old peace of crap) or a new cool case. On the other hand, I do quite a lot of editing as a hobby and i7's hyper threading with its 8 threads vs i5's 4 threads would give a nice boost to the rendering time (although I don't know how big of a boost). I also play a lot of games like PUBG, R6S, Rocket League and Overwatch and my main reason of upgrading is because games have been dropping frames lately and I suspect that my CPU is bottlenecking my GTX 960. My current CPU (which is also 6-year-old peace of crap) is i3-3220.

 

Thanks in advance,

Aksu

[MrDrWho13]

I'm sorry for not answering your question but I'm here on behalf of the grammar police. Plurals do not require an apostrophe.

One i7

Two i7s

One CPU

Two CPUs

 

Thank you for your understanding  

 

 

 

What makes you think it's the CPU? Have you checked task manager? I wouldn't spend more than €100 on a PC that old. Better to save some money over a couple of years to buy a whole new one imo.

[Jurrunio]

There are many more options than the 3770 mind you. 2nd gen i7s are also compatible. Xeon E3 (E3-1230 for example) or Xeon E3 v2 (E3 1230 v2 for example) are all viable options. There are Xeon E3s without hyper threading or carry suffix like L (E3-1265L v2), those should be avoided.