Question Which processor should i get

[Hussicifenty]

Im running rx 580 with 8gb ram i have i5 3470s i wanna upgrade to better cpu [budget] which one should i get
I7 2600
Xeon e3 1245
I5 3570
I5 3550

 

[Eximo]

I7-2600 and the e3-1245 are equivalent.

i7-3770 or Xeon e3-1245 v2 would be the two top choices as those are both Ivy Bridge like your 3470s you shouldn't have trouble running them.

Also the i7-3770k you could run at stock settings.

 

[Hussicifenty]

I7 3770 is 30e more than any of these idk if its worth it i will need atleast 1 month saving for that

 

[Hussicifenty]

Also i dont understand those xeon processors i saw one xeon 1245 3.5 ghz for 20euros should i get that one or i7 2600k for 30euros

 

[Eximo]

The Xeons are less well known, they don't command as much money. They are literally the same chips, with actually extra features to server as light servers or workstations in a professional setting. Their naming scheme isn't as easy to understand either.

e3-1245 = Sandy Bridge = i7-2600 (-100Mhz) (LGA1155)
e3-1245 v2 = Ivy Bridge = i7-3770 (-100Mhz) (LGA1155)
e3-1245 v3 = Haswell = i7-4770 (LGA1150)
e3-1245 v5 = Skylake = i7-6700 (LGA1151v1)
e3-1245 v6 = Kabylake = i7-7700 (LGA1151v1)

For 10 Euros less you only lose 100Mhz. Certainly worth it.

They don't make them anymore either. All Xeons are now on their own sockets/motherboards.


Personally, I would save to get the top CPU in the socket if you plan to keep this system for more than a year or two. Otherwise it is even more economical to replace the motherboard and RAM as well. Even the cheapest Ryzen 1000 or 2000 series CPU will be faster and potentially give you an upgrade path all the way to Ryzen 5000 with a B450 motherboard.

Seeing Ryzen 1600 for potentially 30 Euro. Add motherboard and ram for another 60 Euro or so and that would be about twice as fast.

 

[Hussicifenty]

The one i wanna purchase says its 3.5 ghz and 1155 socket so is it basic e3 1245 or with v number??

 

[Hussicifenty]

Also whats the real cheap motherboard thac accept ryzen cpus ty for reply btw

 

[Eximo]

The one i wanna purchase says its 3.5 ghz and 1155 socket so is it basic e3 1245 or with v number??

I don't know. It is either a v2 or it isn't. Only the seller can tell you that.

 

[Eximo]

I was just looking for any B450 motherboard basically. I saw a few listed pretty cheaply, but I was looking at Germany which is usually where I default to searching when someone mentions Euro. There are also A series boards to look at, but they aren't really designed to last.

With a specific country I could possibly track down parts that might be good. But it is always a gamble, no idea if those boards are going to work.

There is also the additional problem of BIOS updates. If someone updates the BIOS on a board to support Ryzen 5000, it will likely no longer support Ryzen 1000 or 2000. Which is why looking for B450 is more wise, even B350 might be a good choice as some of those did eventually have BIOS updates available for Ryzen 5000.

 

[Hussicifenty]

I was looking and searching about it i found good am4 motherboard and ryzen cpu for about 100e more which is expensive af ive been trying to look for cheaper but cant find anything that preforms better than i7 2600 so should i get i7 2600 or should i save for better i will get some money in 5 months so i will be able to buy those components but what gains do i get from upgrading i5 3470s to i7 2600 is it good

 

[Eximo]

Well, you lose a generation of Instructions Per Clock performance, but gain hyperthreading. So multicore performance will increase, but single core performance will go down.

For older games and single threaded tasks, this is bad. For newer games and software that can use many threads, it is good.

Like I said, if you can get an i7-3770 or the e3-1245 v2.

Or save your money for a while and then get the cheapest Ryzen chip, board, and memory you can find. If you take the risk of bidding component by component and going as low as possible and not bidding a second time, you might end up with quite bargain.