upgrading g2030 to??

Naren Dhren

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guys with help of some successful guys in this forum i was able to build my first pc on my own
i made a budget gaming pc with gtx 750 1gb 4 gigs of ram 1 tb hdd and missed the point greatly at cpu......................i bought an pentium g2030 few here said me that it wont handle games better i dont know why they dint teach me the term bottle necking ..lol...... finally my gpu is heaviely bottle necking my cpu so i planned for upgrading my cpu .....so will it be enough if i go with an i3 or will it also disappoint me...................give me some suggestions for cpu for lga 1155 i am really tight on budget and bottle neck tooo
 
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Yes, an i3 will make a big difference. So will a i5 or i7 even more so. Make sure your motherboard has the correct BIOS for whichever CPU you choose.
If you want suggestions, we need the make/model and rev no. of your motherboard.
Yes, an i3 will make a big difference. So will a i5 or i7 even more so. Make sure your motherboard has the correct BIOS for whichever CPU you choose.
If you want suggestions, we need the make/model and rev no. of your motherboard.
 
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my mobo model is asrock h61m-s1 plus...
by the way dose cpu have effect on fps????i think no...
i am really on tight budget so i need to know whether i3 processor will be bottle necked by my gpu gtx 750 or surely do i need to go for i5... i need some good suggestions
 
If this is the correct MB (I think it is), these are your CPU upgrade paths.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61M-S1%20PLUS/?cat=CPU
That board is not really designed for OC'ing, so there's no need to spend extra for a CPU with an unlocked multiplier. If you can still find a i3 or i5 in that list, you will be in good shape.

Almost any i3 will keep up with most gfx cards. But changing the CPU alone may not make you happy if your problem is low frame rates gaming at 1080p. The GTX 750 is a nice card for PCs with small PSUs, but it is only marginal at 1080p. You would probably see instant gratification simply by upgrading your Gfx card alone. Up to maybe an R9-270 before CPU bottleneck becomes too much. But really, you need to upgrade both.

Normally, we don't refer to gfx cards bottle necking a CPU. It is the other way around. Yes, a fast CPU with a weak card will slow down your gaming, but it's not because the gfx card is bottle necking the CPU. It's because the card is just too slow to render the frames fast enough.
 


or shall i go with amd fx 6300 along side with a new mobo it equals buying a i5
 
Tough call. If you want the best gaming experience now for the least expense, I wouldn't. The AM3 platform is maxed out and probably a dead end now. As long as you don't plan on OC'ing, you will get better CPU performance with the Intel i3/i5/i7 lineup. The drawback is that the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors are betting scarce now since they are no loner produced. But simply replacing your Pentium with an i3-3xxx processor will allow you to upgrade your gfx card next.

If you are primarily a gamer, go for the gfx card upgrade now, the CPU next. If you are an enthusiast and like to tinker and OC, the FX 6300/AM3 might be a more fun platform. But neither upgrade will make all that much difference as long as you have your present gfx card.

Here is Tom's Gaming CPU Hierarchy Chart: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html
Here is Tom's Gaming GPU Hierarchy Chart: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
The accompanying articles may be of interest to you as well.
 


i already have an gtx 750 which i think is enough for playing modern games in high settings @1080p unless it has an bottle neck so i need a processor which dosent bottleneck gtx 750 i am not planning to change my gpu by the way thanks a lot for replying my query this much