Discussion What to upgrade?

[jackprogamer]

hello fourm i have a
h61m-s2pt mb
i3 3220
msi gtx 1050ti gaming x
600wt psu
8 gb ram ddr3 1600
so i wanted to upgrade my cpu to i7 3770 will it be fine with these components? or i need to change something else?
and if u have a recommendation to other cpu plz tell me

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I wouldn't invest any more $$$ into an old platform like that.

 

[tennis2]

I agree, time for a CPU+mobo+RAM upgrade.

 

[Wolfshadw]

While I agree with the others in that it's time to upgrade, an Intel Core I7-3770 would work just fine with that motherboard.

GA-H61M-S2PT CPU Support List

-Wolf sends

 

[jackprogamer]

i have

h61m-s2pt
ram 4x2 1660 ddr3
i3 3220
msi gtx 1050ti gaming x
600 wt psu

and i needed to upgrade my cpu to i7 3770
will it run fine or should i buy another one or should i upgrade anything else?

 

[jackprogamer]

if i don't have money at the time is it ok if i upgraded the cpu and what do u recommend for me a budget set?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Kind of hard to say without knowing what the budget is.
On Ebay, the Intel Core I7-3770s are going for around $80. If the plan is to upgrade the entire core system sooner than later, then that $80 would be better put towards the new CPU/Motherboard/RAM. If you're looking at a couple years down the road before you can afford the new motherboard/CPU/RAM, then it might be worthwhile to get the Core I7-3770 now

-Wolf sends

 

[tennis2]

Here's a timely article from Anandtech comparing the i7-2600K to the i7-7700K and i7-9700K. I think it illustrates the fact that we've gone though enough years of "incremental" improvements, that the SB/IB/Haswell era CPUs are ready to be retired, especially for 1080p gaming.
Obviously Anandtech is testing in games that are known CPU-bound (GPU-bound games will exhibit less performance deficit), and no online/multiplayer testing (CPU-heavy), so take that into consideration.