What is the best used lga 1155 processor under 50$$

[mikasutbusuk1234]

Hi, i was planning to upgrade my cpu because im on a tight budget,i cant afford to buy a new motherboard,so which processor will do?

 

[gingerrankin]

It depends a lot on the second-hand market in your country. It is possible that for $ 50 you can get an i5-2500K or an I5-3570 (not K).

 

[mikasutbusuk1234]

It depends a lot on the second-hand market in your country. It is possible that for $ 50 you can get an i5-2500K or an I5-3570 (not K).

Hmm it was not possible,if possible would you recommend some xeon processor under my budget(lga 1155)

 

[rgd1101]

You have to check the cpu support list for your motherboard

 

[mikasutbusuk1234]

You have to check the cpu support list for your motherboard

I have xeon supported but not much and the price was over the budget,any pentium to suggest that better than g2020 (my current processor) socket lga 1155

 

[larrycumming]

get a g4560 or g4600 and b250 instead

 

[rgd1101]

You have to check the cpu support list for your motherboard

I have xeon supported but not much and the price was over the budget,any pentium to suggest that better than g2020 (my current processor) socket lga 1155

cpu have different model, not just a name. Help us help you.

 

[Karadjgne]

To get better overall performance you'll need to add cores, all of the pentium/i3 will perform roughly the same. Ideally you'd be looking at Xeon 1230v2 as decent, 1270v2 as best, or i5-3570k or i7-3770K as they'll have the highest core speeds.

 

[pistolpete69]

I'd look for an i5-2400 or i5-3450/3470.
I'm guessing he doesn't have an overclocking board, so a K chip seems like a waste, should be able to find a locked i5 for relatively cheap on ebay/aliexpress

 

[dontlistentome]

The cheapest upgrade would be an i3 3210 or i3 3220. It's still a dual core, but at least you'd have 4 threads which can help in certain cases. I'd really wouldn't advise it though since the value for the money is less than if you got an i5.

 

[Karadjgne]

It's a matter of supply, demand and ability. The k series cpus are far more prevalent on the used market, and quite often can be cheaper than their non-k counterparts as a result.

There's absolutely no reason why a K should be excluded from searches. Just because Op has a non overclocking motherboard does not mean he can't take advantage of the higher stock speeds on the K's. And that doesn't preclude any OC that can be applied via BCLK and native software.

There's only one thing that could prevent Op from any and all worthwhile upgrades and thats the motherboards bios. Dell, Acer, Lenovo, HP, Compaq, Sony and any other 3rd party OEM pre-built will by design have proprietary bios restrictions, most normally preventing the use of any compatible cpu that's not included in the model line. Xeons and K cpus being quite commonly not supported.

Naturally, the i7's will be the better value, being the most capable all around with 4c 8t, followed closely by the i5's. The other pentium and i3 cpus are so close in ability, and so lacking in such things as Lcache, that even with 4t ability they still come up way short of an i5.

Because of Op's budget restrictions, it's going to take some serious wheeling and dealing and a whole Lotta luck to get anything worthwhile, but the deals can be had. I picked up my i7-3770K for US$50, simply because the seller mistyped the add and listed it as a I3-7770K, 5 years ago when Haswell was still king and a used i7 was $200+. Fractal design define R5, brand new, had a small dent in the off side panel (took 3 minutes and a 2x4 to fix, flawless) US$20.

You can find the deals, just gotta be willing to look, and think outside the box.