[SOLVED] I5 650 gaming

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Hello, I'm using a i5 650 CPU abd when i game it goes all tge way till 65C. Is it fine for the CPU or i need to do something about it? and another doubt i hhave is, I'm planing to upgrade my GPU to gtc 1050 ti, will it be top much for my CPU to handle?

Thank you.

 

[mdd1963]

a 10+ year old dual core is going to struggle in most all modern games....

A better GPU will allow higher resolution and texture details, but, the top frame rates available from even the GTX1050Ti (essentially a 60 fps at 1080P card on medium details/quality) are likely not yet being achieved currently.

A GPU upgrade now will likely still leave you stuttering/hitching in heavy action sequences, as certain portions of many games require enough CPU to maintain minimum FPS.

I'd be looking for a CPU/mainboard/RAM upgrade, and, if your PSU is from the same era, a new PSU as well....
(AMD's budget 3300X or 3600 both offer outstanding framerates for $120, with B450 mainboards avaiaable near that same price, and, 16 GB of DDR4/3200 MHz available for ~$80)...

 

[Supernova1138]

65 celsius is a decent temperature for the CPU when gaming, especially if you are using the Intel stock cooler.

As for a GPU upgrade, the i5 650 is 10 years old and its is only a dual core with hyperthreading, it will struggle on newer games regardless of GPU. The 1050Ti is probably the fastest somewhat modern GPU that won't be horribly bottlenecked by such an old CPU, so it might be a step up depending on what you have now.

It might help to know your complete system specs and what games you intend to play. Lightweight esports type games are still viable on such an old CPU but newer AAA titles are pretty much a no-go at this point.

 

[SamirD]

Temps could be better, but are as expected for 100% load.

If you want a kick in the pants, the i5-680 can usually be found used for cheap (I've paid $15 for mine), and it has a much faster single thread performance which should be an upgrade. You can also consider one of the quad cores if not having enough cores causes issues:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compar...-vs-Intel-Xeon-X3470/767vs771vs773vs833vs1291

 

[lga1156_ftw]

1050ti is actually not going to be bottlenecked by i7 lynnfield processor. Ive had / still have many systems running this same socket cpu, you should not have any issue with using 1050ti with it.

Like samir said xeon x3470 is a very good and cheap option running semi fast speed even on stock clock speeds.
Other options might be used i7-870 example, just make sure the seller didnt overclock it hard past decade there might be some performance loss.

What about ram? For best performance get either 2 or 4 sticks of same exact model example 2x8gb or 4x4gb.
You can also overclock all cores without raising any voltage to around 3.5ghz if your motherboard allows it, for memory your fine with any 1600mhz/ 1866mhz sets, for 2133mhz rated you need to to raise the BLCK alot and that can cause stability issues.