I3-2120 with GTX 1060

[STR_0311]

Good day everyone. I built my pc several years before on a tight budget. Core i3-2120, 4gb ram, geforce GT 630, and so on. I managed to upgrade my ram to 8 gb and now looking forward to upgrade my graphics card. Tired of playing games in low graphics settings, and lags around. I do play dying light, call of duty ghosts(never finish playing yet cause the graphics is terrible), GTA, FIFA, CSGO, crysis3 and so on. Gonna try forza too. Im planning to get a graphics card that will let me play games on 1080p with high/ultra settings. Probably will get a GTX 1060, but im not sure of it yet. Will research more on it. My issue now is, will my i3-2120 bottleneck the graphcs card? is it somesort not worth it, and better to get a new processor? Thank you.

 

[CTurbo]

Your i3 will be ok sometimes, and will hold a 1060 back way too much in other times.

I recommend searching for a used cheap 2nd or 3rd gen i5 or i7 if you want something as strong as a 1060.

 

[STR_0311]

Thats abit sad. BTW, what do u mean by "back way too much"? i dont mind if my cpu doesnt let the 1060 unleash its full potential, i just need lag free, high graphics settings on 1080p. My budget now only allows me to buy a cpu or gpu. Which should i get first? Thank you very much.

 

[CTurbo]

It's certainly going to be a huge upgrade over a GT630.

yes I mean "way too much" as in not letting the 1060 reach it's potential.

 

[STR_0311]

So, the gtx 1060 wouldnt reach its full potential but i still could play games on high graphics detail(1080p) with no lags right? N i assume i should just get the gpu first right?

 

[CTurbo]

yes pretty much

 

[Didi-1]

You could grab a rx 470 or something like that and save the extra money (for a cpu upgrade) you won't see a difference because your cpu will hold you, you will get 1080p 60 fps most of the time but in a very cpu intensive games you will fall to 40-45 still playable in my opinion.

 

[CTurbo]

The 3Gb 1060 and the 470 are usually about the same price kinda making the 470 not a very good deal.

 

[Didi-1]

Where i come from (Israel) the rx 470 is cheaper by a 70$ from the 1060 3gb. But if they close in price so 1060 is a better buy

 

[STR_0311]

You could grab a rx 470 or something like that and save the extra money (for a cpu upgrade) you won't see a difference because your cpu will hold you, you will get 1080p 60 fps most of the time but in a very cpu intensive games you will fall to 40-45 still playable in my opinion.

Sure, i will check out the rx470. I cant get the part where u say that i wont notice any difference because my cpu will hold it. Are you trying to say that its better to get the rx470 than the gtx 1060 cause i wouldnt notice the increase in performance through the gtx 1060 compared to rx470 cause of the cpu?

 

[STR_0311]

Where i come from (Israel) the rx 470 is cheaper by a 70$ from the 1060 3gb. But if they close in price so 1060 is a better buy

 

[Didi-1]

Get the cheaper, the difference will be minimal. I personally would go with the rx 470 for the extra giga of vram and cheaper price.

 

[STR_0311]

Get the cheaper, the difference will be minimal. I personally would go with the rx 470 for the extra giga of vram and cheaper price.

I will add it in my list. Is there any other GC offered by nvidia for the same price of the rx470?just wanna know. Thank you.

 

[Didi-1]

From nvidia you have the 970 3.5gb they are being sold quite cheap as second hand. Other than that you have the previously mentioned 1060 3gb. That's all i can think of right now from nvidia side.

 

[STR_0311]

From nvidia you have the 970 3.5gb they are being sold quite cheap as second hand. Other than that you have the previously mentioned 1060 3gb. That's all i can think of right now from nvidia side.

Thank you.

 

[STR_0311]

Ive had my GTX for some time and im looking forward to upgrade my processor cause the CPU usage reaches 100% quite fast in most of the games i play. Im planning to get the i5-3470S. Should be fine to achieve better performance and eliminating the bottleneck for the GTX 1060 right? Thank you.