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Would a CPU upgrade from an i3-3220 even be worth the price right now?

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January 5, 2014 12:32:39 PM

Hi,

I currently have an i3-3220 and an r9 270x in my system, and I was thinking of going to a quad core i5 (or i7) or possibly even an AMD eight core with a new motherboard, but either option would end up costing me ~$200.

My i3 does very well for most games I own, only problems I've had are in highly CPU intensive things like 64 man BF4 servers, where it can go anywhere from 60 fps down to 35-40.

What I'm wondering is, if I were to upgrade to an i5, would it be significantly better for games coming out right now or should I wait and keep my i3 until the other CPUs are cheaper and games start utilizing 4+ cores better?

I'm also not sure if my 270x is already being used to its full potential anyway, or if a quad core would get better fps out of it / make it more future proof. I don't want to drop $200 on a processor if my gpu will perform the same. But it's hard to tell, because the only CPU intensive game I own is BF4 multiplayer, and the only 270x benchmarks are for single player, which is not as CPU heavy, therefore the i3/i7 do just as well.

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January 5, 2014 12:39:35 PM

An i5 would be a massive upgrade.
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January 5, 2014 12:41:21 PM

you'd see a bump of about 75% performance going to an i5 in those bf 64 man servers... so if you're seeing 30fps min now, you'd see 52.5fps by going to the i5... and you'd see 60 with the i7.

the fx would give you pretty close to i5 performance.
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January 5, 2014 12:44:53 PM

An 8320 or 8350 would be great too. Your current is not very good, especially for BF4.
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