What are some good CPUs for a GT 730?

[WhatAreYouLookingAt]

Anything under $70

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Are you building a system around a GT 730?

 

[Darkbreeze]

This is maybe the best bang for the buck GT 730. Higher clock speed than most the others and 2GB of GDDR5 rather than only 1 GB or older DDR3.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $67.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 04:05 EDT-0400


If you're looking for a CPU to go with a GT 730 that you already have, in that price range the only two I'd recommend as even being potentially worthy are the 860k and G3258. Anything else will probably be twice the price if you're looking to buy new rather than used.

 

[sizzling]

For doing what? I wouldn't call a 730 a gaming gpu

 

[Darkbreeze]

There are plenty of games that can be run on a GT 730 including many sims and a variety of other titles at lower settings. Not everybody has the financial ability to run GTA V at max settings. Some people have to make due with what they can afford even if it means a drastically discouraging performance experience.

 

[WhatAreYouLookingAt]

It's not for gaming nor am I building a pc it's just for better performance. Also thank you again darkbreeze.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

It's not for gaming nor am I building a pc it's just for better performance. Also thank you again darkbreeze.

What is your current CPU and/or motherboard?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Certainly.

 

[rcald2000]

@WhatAreYouLookingAt, to directly answer your question, you could purchase an Intel Pentium G4400 Skylake CPU. It is Dual-Core without hyper-threading and costs $65 on NewEgg. Keep in mind that you'd need a Socket 1151 Skylake motherboard and accompanying DDR4 memory.

However, it would greatly help if you could provide us more detail. For example, what are the full specs of your current computer? You stated that this computer isn't for gaming. If it was, then I'd advise you to upgrade to an i3-6100 (dual core plus hyper-threading) otherwise you'd receive stuttering in certain games without two additional virtual cores. It would be really helpful to know if you already possess the GT730 and what the rest of your system specs are.

 

[WhatAreYouLookingAt]

It's not for gaming nor am I building a pc it's just for better performance. Also thank you again darkbreeze.

What is your current CPU and/or motherboard?

A really really really old AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ and a 0A64H www.findlaptopdriver.com/hewlett-packard-0a64h-specs/ ancient technology I know. I was hoping on getting this GT 730 for a performance boost but don't worry I plan on upgrading to a newer pc in about 5-6 months.

 

[rcald2000]

Ah, that information greatly influences the answer. By the way, I previously owned an HP computer with the single core version of your CPU (3500+). Step #1: You'll need to seek the fastest & reasonably price CPU that supports the AM2 socket and chipset; ati radeon xpress 1150. Step #2: would be to Ebay query that CPU. Be sure to check off options: used & sold. The sort all the sold items by price, to get an idea of what you'll pay; I prefer to buy items like this via the Buy It Now feature. I'd probably consider paying between $5 - $20; which is more than most people would spend for such an upgrade. The second thing that I'd consider upgrading is the GPU. It would be great if the PCIe X16 would support a GTX 750 Ti (low profile) GPU, so that you could use it in a future build. I'm not entirely sure it will. Were I buying the 750 Ti, I'd purchase new from NewEgg or Amazon, so that I'd have the option of returning hassle free if it's not compatible. If I was purchasing an earlier generation GPU, then I'd definitely purchase used on Ebay. Step #3: What OS are you running? If Windows ME then 2 GB is more than sufficient. If Windows XP, then 4 GB would be ideal, if you can find something very cheap on Ebay.

google query: ati radeon xpress 1150 cpu support

Last question: What activities are slow on your computer? What motivates you to want to upgrade in the first place.

 

[sizzling]

As your not gaming I'm not sure what you hope to achieve by adding a 730, it seems like a waste of money to me. I'd say your better off saving and getting a newer cpu with integrated graphics but that will need a new motherboard RAM

 

[WhatAreYouLookingAt]

Ah, that information greatly influences the answer. By the way, I previously owned an HP computer with the single core version of your CPU (3500+). Step #1: You'll need to seek the fastest & reasonably price CPU that supports the AM2 socket and chipset; ati radeon xpress 1150. Step #2: would be to Ebay query that CPU. Be sure to check off options: used & sold. The sort all the sold items by price, to get an idea of what you'll pay; I prefer to buy items like this via the Buy It Now feature. I'd probably consider paying between $5 - $20; which is more than most people would spend for such an upgrade. The second thing that I'd consider upgrading is the GPU. It would be great if the PCIe X16 would support a GTX 750 Ti (low profile) GPU, so that you could use it in a future build. I'm not entirely sure it will. Were I buying the 750 Ti, I'd purchase new from NewEgg or Amazon, so that I'd have the option of returning hassle free if it's not compatible. If I was purchasing an earlier generation GPU, then I'd definitely purchase used on Ebay. Step #3: What OS are you running? If Windows ME then 2 GB is more than sufficient. If Windows XP, then 4 GB would be ideal, if you can find something very cheap on Ebay.

google query: ati radeon xpress 1150 cpu support

Last question: What activities are slow on your computer? What motivates you to want to upgrade in the first place.

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium and mostly the performance is good but I want to upgrade to Windows 10 but my GPU won't support it.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Don't listen to the naysayer in this thread, there is nothing wrong with the GT730 as a non-gaming option. It performs about on par with the very most recent integrated graphics solutions, and definitely gets you where you need to be for the Windows 10 upgrade.

This would also be a very significant performance upgrade when the time comes. Haswell and Skylake i3's are extremely capable, even for gaming or somewhat intensive applications due to very strong core performance and highly capable hyperthreading. I would not recommend buying a prebuilt system unless you like paying more to get less.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $195.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 13:09 EDT-0400


If you could manage to scrape enough together to do this ^^^^^, you wouldn't even need to get the GT 730 as the integrated graphics on the i3 are just as good.