DDR3 CPU GAMING

[Deathhated]

I currently have an AMD A10-7870K paired with a GTX 1050 and 8gb RAM. I was planning on upgrading to Intel. I was looking at some bundles. Would an i7-3770 be good for gaming, considering it as an old CPU, or would the G4560 be a better choice?

 

[cadaveca]

choose the 3770. It has twice the number of threads compared to the 4560, and with a boost clock up to 3.9 GHz, is quite adequate for a general gaming PC. The per-core performance of the G4560 is better for sure, but with how games are right now, that CPU is really a budget chip, whereas the 3770 was the top-end non-overclocking CPU for its generation.

 

[kastriot]

Yep good choice, you get big boost in games.

 

[Deathhated]

choose the 3770. It has twice the number of threads compared to the 4560, and with a boost clock up to 3.9 GHz, is quite adequate for a general gaming PC. The per-core performance of the G4560 is better for sure, but with how games are right now, that CPU is really a budget chip, whereas the 3770 was the top-end non-overclocking CPU for its generation.

It wouldn't bottleneck my GPU for PUBG and CSGO, right?

 

[Caring1]

I currently have an AMD A10-7870K paired with a GTX 1050 and 8gb RAM. I was planning on upgrading to Intel.

Lol at upgrading.
You mean changing platforms.
An upgrade would be purchasing AM4 and a Ryzen CPU.

 

[Deathhated]

Lol at upgrading.
You mean changing platforms.
An upgrade would be purchasing AM4 and a Ryzen CPU.

God, me and my lack of terms xD That's what I meant, changing platforms to Intel

 

[Gungar]

you are fine with the i7 3770 and gtx 1050.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

i7 3770 It´s good CPU and you will not experience bottlenecking in 1080p res. with that GTX 1050, you will be even fine to upgrade up until GTX 1070 it will not choke.....get more RAM if you can...

 

[Mussels]

I currently have an AMD A10-7870K paired with a GTX 1050 and 8gb RAM. I was planning on upgrading to Intel. I was looking at some bundles. Would an i7-3770 be good for gaming, considering it as an old CPU, or would the G4560 be a better choice?

yes, a 3770 (even a 3550) is great for modern gaming. My friends 3550 with a mild overclock (~400MHz) handles 1440p in PUBG without any issues

 

[Deathhated]

yes, a 3770 (even a 3550) is great for modern gaming. My friends 3550 with a mild overclock (~400MHz) handles 1440p in PUBG without any issues

Will it go smooth with a MSI Z68A-G43 (B3)?

i7 3770 It´s good CPU and you will not experience bottlenecking in 1080p res. with that GTX 1050, you will be even fine to upgrade up until GTX 1070 it will not choke.....get more RAM if you can...

I'm not sure if more ram would be a nice investment as I would probably not be using this for longer than a year, because I would probably be switching to a laptop by next year after finishing school

 

[basco]

if ya have the money go for it (i would consider a used bundle) but for one-1 year i would not invest now and then buy a laptop-jmo

dont buy 2 half things then one good-better 1 good notebook if thats your future

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Not worth investing if youre only going to use it for a year. Id look at getting an SSD instead if you havent already got one. At least that can be transferred over to your laptop when you get it so its more value for money.

you can pick up some DDR3 ram on ebay -- its not worth buying new. However if your PC is going to be given to someone else like a family member then thats a different story. If might be worth asking them to invest half the amount of the upgrade as they'll be getting the entire pc anyway at the end minus the SSD which is going in your laptop of course.

 

[Deathhated]

if ya have the money go for it (i would consider a used bundle) but for one-1 year i would not invest now and then buy a laptop-jmo

dont buy 2 half things then one good-better 1 good notebook if thats your future

I'm planning on switching to Intel for gaming now. Next year is another story. I'll be travelling, that's why I was planning on either selling the desktop, or save it till I get back, and upgrade. But when travelling, I'm probably getting an ROG Laptop to game while travelling

Not worth investing if youre only going to use it for a year. Id look at getting an SSD instead if you havent already got one. At least that can be transferred over to your laptop when you get it so its more value for money.

you can pick up some DDR3 ram on ebay -- its not worth buying new. However if your PC is going to be given to someone else like a family member then thats a different story. If might be worth asking them to invest half the amount of the upgrade as they'll be getting the entire pc anyway at the end minus the SSD which is going in your laptop of course.

I don't think I'd need an SSD for now. Maybe after a month or two, but I need to switch to Intel for gaming as of now. The pc won't be passed to them, as I'm either selling it before I travel, or save it and upgrade it when I get back. The laptop would be for gaming while travelling. I was checking on either a ROG laptop or something else.

Not worth investing if youre only going to use it for a year. Id look at getting an SSD instead if you havent already got one. At least that can be transferred over to your laptop when you get it so its more value for money.

you can pick up some DDR3 ram on ebay -- its not worth buying new. However if your PC is going to be given to someone else like a family member then thats a different story. If might be worth asking them to invest half the amount of the upgrade as they'll be getting the entire pc anyway at the end minus the SSD which is going in your laptop of course.

I don't think I'd need an SSD for now. Maybe after a month or two, but I need to switch to Intel for gaming as of now. The pc won't be passed to them, as I'm either selling it before I travel, or save it and upgrade it when I get back. The laptop would be for gaming while travelling. I was checking on either a ROG laptop or something else. Another reason why adding RAM is not worth it, is because if I do save it till I get back, I won't stay on DDR3

 

[Mussels]

Will it go smooth with a MSI Z68A-G43 (B3)?

cant speak for that board in particular, but Z68 will be fine for a sandy/ivy K chip
If you get it cheap enough, you'll get some high end gaming out of it for that year.

 

[MrGenius]

For the same price you can get a newer MSI Z77A-G43. And there's no good reason why you shouldn't. If for no other reason, for better USB 3.0 support(native to the chipset, not provided by additional onboard chip, + internal I/O connector for expansion).

EDIT: Please spare me the ALC889 vs. ALC892 comparison. Basically EXACTLY the same. +/- 2dB SNR is indistinguishable. And not a good enough reason to buy an older motherboard with worse USB 3.0 support...IMO.

 

[ne6togadno]

https://www.asrock.com/nettop/Intel/DeskMini GTXRX/index.asp

 

[Deathhated]

For the same price you can get a newer MSI Z77A-G43. And there's no good reason why you shouldn't. If for no other reason, for better USB 3.0 support(native to the chipset, not provided by additional onboard chip, + internal I/O connector for expansion).

EDIT: Please spare me the ALC889 vs. ALC892 comparison. Basically EXACTLY the same. +/- 2dB SNR is indistinguishable. And not a good enough reason to buy an older motherboard with worse USB 3.0 support...IMO.

The deal was either 135 USD for only the processor, or 170 USD for proce + mobo. But I am changing the offer, as I have a mATX case. So should I go for a bundle of proce + mobo (mATX) or just get proce and find a mobo?

 

[Vayra86]

I would suggest finding a Haswell chip instead. Its a significant jump and one of the last perf jumps on DDR3. Ivy is not all that. Its a hot chip on Sandy architecture and a smaller node. Hardly a great pick for probably minimal price difference to a Haswell i7.

3770 is still a boost though dont get me wrong, it just seems like an expensive upgrade path if used briefly, for a not too stellar performamce jump.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

G4560

DDR4
https://ark.intel.com/products/97143/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4560-3M-Cache-3_50-GHz

 

[Deathhated]

I would suggest finding a Haswell chip instead. Its a significant jump and one of the last perf jumps on DDR3. Ivy is not all that. Its a hot chip on Sandy architecture and a smaller node. Hardly a great pick for probably minimal price difference to a Haswell i7.

3770 is still a boost though dont get me wrong, it just seems like an expensive upgrade path if used briefly, for a not too stellar performamce jump.

Another idea is getting a G4600, if that'd be any better

DDR4
https://ark.intel.com/products/97143/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4560-3M-Cache-3_50-GHz

DDR3L support is for 1.25V right?

 

[MrGenius]

So should I go for a bundle of proce + mobo (mATX) or just get proce and find a mobo?

Whatever you can afford. Bundles tend to be priced better for what you end up getting. When people part things out piece by piece, they usually want as much money as they can get for every piece(even if it takes a while to sell it all). When they bundle them all together, they usually just want to get rid of everything ASAP(with price being a secondary concern).

 

[Vario]

Issue is getting an 1155 motherboard that isn't worn out.

 

[Deathhated]

Issue is getting an 1155 motherboard that isn't worn out.

I have a friend who told me he knows a shop with G4600 + mobo for only a $100. Should I get it instead?

 

[MrGenius]

Issue is getting an 1155 motherboard that isn't worn out.

I beg to differ. Unless it's been overvolted/overclocked/overheated to the point of damn near killing the caps and/or MOSFETs. Which isn't very likely or very common. You'd be lucky(or unlucky rather) if you can find one that won't last another 5 years EASY. I've got 2 that are still running strong. One I've been overvolting and overclocking the living bejeezus out of for the last 3 years(Z77A-GD65 Gaming). The other I just picked up used a couple weeks ago(Z77 MPower). And I plan to give it the same treatment(if not worse). I don't expect either to fail anytime soon. Granted they aren't shitty motherboards to begin with. But with solid capacitors being the industry standard for all motherboards made in last 10 or so years...they just don't make them like they used to. They're actually made MUCH better than they used to be.

I have a friend who told me he knows a shop with G4600 + mobo for only a $100. Should I get it instead?

Hell to the no. 3770 is WAY BETTER. And that board probably doesn't support DDR3 anyway(or the DDR3 you already have anyway).

 

[biffzinker]

DDR3L support is for 1.25V right?

DDR3L is 1.35mV, and DDR3U is 1.25mV.