i5 2310 for gaming

[teunkoerts]

Hi,

My friend asked me to upgrade his PC to run games like GTA V, FC4, AC:U, The division and so on. He currently has a 7750 and a i5 2310. He will be buying a used R9 280x from a friend. His motherboard will be replaced so it can handle better ram, he currently had 4gigs 665mhz.

Will the i5 2310 be enough to run such games? He doesn't want to buy a new CPU if he doesn't have to.

 

[geofelt]

A better graphics card will be a good upgrade.
The i5-2310 is a bit old, but still excellent.

What is the motherboard?
Whatever the motherboard do not replace it if it is working.
4gb of ram is usually sufficient. If the os is 64 bit capable, then 8gb is better.
But, intel chips have an outstanding ram controller.
It anticipates ram need and keeps the cpu fed with data from any speed ram. 665 will be 1333 in dual channel mode.
Read this:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3