Which i5 processor should I buy? 2500 or 3570 or 3470??

[GlazeDonuts]

My current specs are

Motherboard:
Gigabyte H61M-S1 (1155 LGA socket)

Processor:
Intel core i3 2105 (sandy bridge) with cooling fan

Graphics:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti (4Gb DDR5)

RAM :
DDR 3 Kingston (4gb X 2) = 8gb

PSU :
Corsair VS450



Now my question is, which cpu should I buy? I play games like Player Unlonwn Battlegrounds and wil be playing Battle Field 1 and other such heavy games. Also, is it ok if I buy a second hand (the condition is good but it's just been used for a while) cpu?? I don't have a big budget and the 2500 is available at a very low cost as compared to the other 2 (both of em are at almost the same price). But smone told me that the i5 2500 is not good for gaming. Help pls.

 

[Supahos]

You won't be able to oc no matter what CPU you buy as your Board doesn't allow overclocking.

You have two options that make the most sense in your case. Buy a used i7 2600 or 2700 or, if you're willing to update the BIOS with your current CPU you can get a i7 3770. The k versions of all of those CPUs are fine as well, but unnecessary since you don't have the ability to oc and the non k versions are a good bit cheaper.

 

[GlazeDonuts]

You won't be able to oc no matter what CPU you buy as your Board doesn't allow overclocking.

You have two options that make the most sense in your case. Buy a used i7 2600 or 2700 or, if you're willing to update the BIOS with your current CPU you can get a i7 3770. The k versions of all of those CPUs are fine as well, but unnecessary since you don't have the ability to oc and the non k versions are a good bit cheaper.

Wat abt an i5? I don't have a very big budget.

 

[photonboy]

Here's the CPU support list (which may require a BIOS update first before switching CPU's):
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H61M-S1-rev-20#support-cpu

You support up to an i7-3770K.

Avoid the Pentium, 2nd gen, Xeon etc and look for one of THESE:

- i5-3470, i5-3570, i7-3770 etc (top of list)

You may have little choice but if you do then FREQUENCY matters the most in general. For example the "T" and "S" series are lower-frequency. I know you can't overclock in the traditional sense, but I'm not sure if you can raise the MULTIPLIERS up to the CPU's rated turbo or not.

Unfortunately it seems to be about $100USD for an i5-3570 that's used. I guess that's not bad. You may think you see cheaper but they probably are being bidded on.

 

[GlazeDonuts]

Here's the CPU support list (which may require a BIOS update first before switching CPU's):
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H61M-S1-rev-20#support-cpu

You support up to an i7-3770K.

Avoid the Pentium, 2nd gen, Xeon etc and look for one of THESE:

- i5-3470, i5-3570, i7-3770 etc (top of list)

You may have little choice but if you do then FREQUENCY matters the most in general. For example the "T" and "S" series are lower-frequency. I know you can't overclock in the traditional sense, but I'm not sure if you can raise the MULTIPLIERS up to the CPU's rated turbo or not.

Unfortunately it seems to be about $100USD for an i5-3570 that's used. I guess that's not bad. You may think you see cheaper but they probably are being bidded on.

Wat abt the i5 2500? That's a lot cheaper than the 3570. But smone told me it's not good for gaming.

 

[GlazeDonuts]

Here's the CPU support list (which may require a BIOS update first before switching CPU's):
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H61M-S1-rev-20#support-cpu

You support up to an i7-3770K.

Avoid the Pentium, 2nd gen, Xeon etc and look for one of THESE:

- i5-3470, i5-3570, i7-3770 etc (top of list)

You may have little choice but if you do then FREQUENCY matters the most in general. For example the "T" and "S" series are lower-frequency. I know you can't overclock in the traditional sense, but I'm not sure if you can raise the MULTIPLIERS up to the CPU's rated turbo or not.

Unfortunately it seems to be about $100USD for an i5-3570 that's used. I guess that's not bad. You may think you see cheaper but they probably are being bidded on.

Wat abt the i5 2500? That's a lot cheaper than the 3570. But smone told me it's not good for gaming.

 

[Supahos]

It's starting to show its age. Used even the 2600 should be pretty cheap, but it's definitely be an upgrade for you

 

[GlazeDonuts]

It's starting to show its age. Used even the 2600 should be pretty cheap, but it's definitely be an upgrade for you

Will the 3470 be good for today's games and will it work fine with my GPU?

 

[GlazeDonuts]

It's starting to show its age. Used even the 2600 should be pretty cheap, but it's definitely be an upgrade for you

Will the 3470 be good for today's games and will it work fine with my GPU?

 

[GlazeDonuts]

It's starting to show its age. Used even the 2600 should be pretty cheap, but it's definitely be an upgrade for you

Will the 3470 be able to keep up with my GPU??

 

[Supahos]

Yes a 1050ti and 760 which I have are pretty close in performance. Most cases my 3350p (mild oc) stays below 80% usage and maxes out my 760 my CPU runs all cores at 3.5 a 3470 will be 3.4 I think. You will need to update the BIOS before swapping CPUs if you go with a 3*** series chip

 

[photonboy]

It's starting to show its age. Used even the 2600 should be pretty cheap, but it's definitely be an upgrade for you

Will the 3470 be able to keep up with my GPU??

It depends on the game. You will be CPU bottlenecked at some times and not at other times. With a better CPU you reduce that likelihood, especially for games that need more of the CPU.

There is no "CPUA bottlenecks GPUA or above" so you try to get the best combination of CPU + GPU that on AVERAGE gives you the best performance across a large number of games.

So an i5-2500 is okay if that's what you can afford. Use PASSMARK as a rough guide. The SINGLE CORE performance is most important but for more threaded games the TOTAL matters too. (Some games do well with a dual-core CPU and some benefit from eight cores).
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-2500+%40+3.30GHz
vs
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-3470+%40+3.20GHz

The i5-3470 is slightly better than the i5-2500.

*I'm not sure but you MAY be able to change the MULTIPLIER values up to the Turbo Max value. If so, go into the BIOS and try that. For example, you MAY (again not sure) be able to make it so 1, 2, 3, or 4-core load Turbo value is x36 (3.6GHz) rather than lower numbers.

 

[kotkotowski]

You can run a lot of games with i5 3470 and it is good for gaming.