Upgrade your LGA1155 CPU?
Upgrade your LGA1155 CPU?
I own a younger sibling with an LGA1155 motherboard—see link. He recently acquired a 1060 and I assisted in securing a used yet reasonably new 500W PSU for $25. His current CPU is an i3 3220, which handles games like War Thunder at full settings with around 70 fps and about 60% usage. However, in demanding titles such as Space Engineers, where large structures are built, the processor struggles and frame rates drop significantly. My brother uses an i5 3470, an 8-year-old chip by its release date, and it still performs well in Space Engineers. On eBay, similar units are selling for around $35 used. I’ve looked up LGA1155 sockets and found the i5 3570 (higher clock speed) for about $40, as well as the i7 3770 with hyper-threading for roughly $80. I think the i5 3570 would be a solid choice for him. Still curious—are there other notable CPUs that fit this setup and offer better performance?
And which measurement are we talking about? Wattage isn’t related to quality. The top CPU you can find is the 3770/k, but if you can’t go for that, the 3570 is still a solid improvement over the 3220. Where did you obtain this information?!?!?! Edited October 2, 2020 by Haro
Consider an i7-2600(K) or 3770(K); alternatively, opt for an i5-2500(K) or 3570(K) unless you're into heavily CPU-intensive games. No, LGA 1151 wasn't the standard from generation 2 to 9, and I haven't encountered OP referencing it, so it doesn’t seem connected.
It originated from an HP OMEN prebuilt setup. It seems the individual upgraded his case and the included HP power supply didn't function properly for some reason. He didn’t disclose this at first, but the six-pin connector only reached the GPU, which would have caused significant issues (likely leading to its removal). The unit is labeled "bronze" certified and was only about two months old—plausible given the clean internal condition. After I offered $20, he countered with $25, which I considered reasonable. There’s no visible switch, but it represents an improvement over the 300W gray box PSU in my brother’s setup.
I misread it as 1155 instead of 1151. The chip was a second generation, and I thought 1151 was for the ninth generation. See what I did there.
I made a minor adjustment that might have been missed. Still, I understood I was taking some chances, but everything has been functioning well. Power supplies are quite challenging to test without bringing a full rig in. We connected at a McDonald's parking lot. My plan was to short the startup pin on the PSU and use a voltmeter, but I had it in another car. It isn't completely reliable since some problems might only appear under load. So far it's working fine. The most unusual experiment was connecting a 500W inverter to my car battery using my PC in the back seat to test a GPU. It was an RX 560 with low power needs, but it still triggered the inverter’s low battery warning due to voltage drops while running a game.