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Kyperitus
By Kyperitus
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I've been running an intel I7 3770k for a few years now, it's been running great and I haven't really noticed any bottle-necking with it in the games I play. however, i'm getting ready to start a new build as the LGA 1155 socket doesn't have new motherboards available and the crappy mobo I have doesn't have any m.2 slots, the locks for the ram fell off a while ago, and it's just getting old to say the least. I was just wondering if anybody could through me in the right direction for a CPU that would be a clear upgrade from this. I don't have a preference for Intel or AMD, so long as it's a definite upgrade either way.

 

Current specs are as follows:

Intel I7-3770k with stock are cooling (the AIO I was using shit the bed on me, no overclocking on the CPU)

8 gigs of DDR3 ram (I realize 8 gigs isn't a lot these days but i haven't needed to upgrade)

AMD R9 390 8 gig video card

DH67CL Intel Mobo ( https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121480 )

Corsair Vengeance ram (this exact set: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345 )

 

Any help with the CPU would be appreciated, or if somebody knows of a Mobo I can just swap to that would be fantastic, pretty sure all the LGA 1155 Mobos stopped production however and i've not found any anywhere.

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LGA 1155 motherboards are only available used. P67, Z68, Z75 and Z77 all support this CPU and overclocking with it, but the former two will need a newer BIOS version.

 

How much can you spend in total? I mean, any good upgrade on the CPU will also need DDR4 RAM and that will eat up quite a lot of your budget.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I don't really have a budget, like I said in my post, if it's a clear upgrade i'll go for it. that being said, I obviously don't want to spend more than 5-600 on a cpu that's just going to be outdated in 2 years; but the upgrade to DDR4 ram was anticipated.

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