Upgrading from i3 to i5 LGA 1155

[robnav4]

I just wanted to double check with you guys before taking the leap and getting this. I currently have an i3 2130 and was thinking of getting an i5 2400S. They are both LGA 1155 socket so they should fit right? Just want to have a little better rendering times in premiere and I am just starting to play fortnite on the PC and am getting really bad FPS. I average around 10-15 FPS. I do have a crap GPU, Readon 6450HD, but I am also thinking upgrading that.

My question really is if the sockets are the same I should be able to upgrade from an i3 to an i5 right?

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Yes. The most you'd need is a BIOS update. Also, why not look for something a little faster than that i5? You should be able to snag a used i7 for not too expensive nowadays. You aren't going to see much of a performance increase in this case. The 2400S is a low power chip, meaning it is clocked significantly slower than the standard 2400. At 2.5 GHz to be precise. You're only going to see a 8% performance increase, where as if you got a standard 2400 you'd see a 30% performance increase. That would make this a very bad upgrade. My advice is to not get an S chip. Also, with a BIOS update you should be able to move onto Ivy Bridge (3000 series) and that should expand your options a little.

Also, yeah, you're going to need a better video card. That is why your Fortnite isn't running so well.

 

[spdragoo]

I just wanted to double check with you guys before taking the leap and getting this. I currently have an i3 2130 and was thinking of getting an i5 2400S. They are both LGA 1155 socket so they should fit right? Just want to have a little better rendering times in premiere and I am just starting to play fortnite on the PC and am getting really bad FPS. I average around 10-15 FPS. I do have a crap GPU, Readon 6450HD, but I am also thinking upgrading that.

My question really is if the sockets are the same I should be able to upgrade from an i3 to an i5 right?

They're from the same generation (i.e. same socket), but there's always a question as to whether a particular CPU will work or not. You can usually check the support site for your motherboard to see what CPUs are supported, & whether or not a BIOS update is needed.

As @justin.m.beauvais pointed out, the i5-2400S might not be the best upgrade path for your particular PC. Unless your board is limited to supporting 65W CPUs, you're mainly just going from a 2C/4T to a 4C/4T CPU, but losing a bit of clock speed; that means little to no improvement. Depending on your board, you might even be able to get an Ivy Bridge CPU in there (i.e. i5-3570 or even i7-3770), which would give you more speed & more cores.

 

[robnav4]

Thanks guys both for answering. @spdragoo I am not sure if my motherboard has a site. This is a OEM gateway and from what I see when I opened the case the motherboard says acer but when I use programs like CPU-Z it says its a Gateway IPISB-VR. I did some digging and from what I have read there seems to be no BIOS update. I have read other people trying to get Ivy Bridge to work and its a no go. Seems best bet would be to do a new build. I have seen a lot of hype over the Ryzen cpus and the price are really reasonable for new CPU's. Are those good CPU's?

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Thanks guys both for answering. @spdragoo I am not sure if my motherboard has a site. This is a OEM gateway and from what I see when I opened the case the motherboard says acer but when I use programs like CPU-Z it says its a Gateway IPISB-VR. I did some digging and from what I have read there seems to be no BIOS update. I have read other people trying to get Ivy Bridge to work and its a no go. Seems best bet would be to do a new build. I have seen a lot of hype over the Ryzen cpus and the price are really reasonable for new CPU's. Are those good CPU's?

Yes. The Ryzen CPUs are quite good. If you are video rendering you are going to get a lot of power for a relatively low price. Ryzen chips excel at productivity tasks. If you are gaming you won't be disappointed either. Although they can't match Intel offerings frame for frame, they are often very close. Also, something like a Ryzen 5 2400G would be a good budget CPU for what you are looking at. You'd get 4 cores and 8 threads for rendering, and the integrated Vega 11 graphics would blow your HD 6450 out of the water. If you were looking at getting a discrete GPU, it would be worth it to look at the Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600. Both are 6 core/12 thread CPUs that would drastically cut rendering times.

Although, there is something to be said for the i5 8400 in the same price range. It is 6 cores with no hyperthreading, has integrated 600 series Intel graphics, which are passable and probably still better than what you have, and higher clock speeds. With a good graphics card it has no equal at its price for gaming, and it offers strong performance in Adobe software.

So, you have some options.