Hey all,
I've been looking at my current setup and wondering if it is worth upgrading my CPU. From my understanding it is the most likely component to bottleneck the system, but I'm not sure how much more I can expect.
Current setup:
G860 Sandy Bridge 3.0 GHz
Crucial Ballistix 8GB
ASRock B75M-ITX
Samsung 840 EVO 256GB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Sapphire Radeon HD7750 1GB LP
Rosewill 300W PSU
At this point, the CPU seems like the only thing I can really upgrade since my power supply isn't strong enough for a different video card and my case is low profile. So, the questions I have are:
- Would an i3/i5 give me a noticeable performance upgrade, particularly if I'm playing a relatively high-end game at 1920x1080 (this is the only area where I really notice that performance struggles)?
- Would power consumption be any different/would I have to worry about my power supply?
- Are Sandy Bridge chipsets going to be cheapest now (due to Haswell) or should I wait?
Below is a list of supported processors for my motherboard if that helps:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B75M-ITX/?cat=CPU
Thanks
I've been looking at my current setup and wondering if it is worth upgrading my CPU. From my understanding it is the most likely component to bottleneck the system, but I'm not sure how much more I can expect.
Current setup:
G860 Sandy Bridge 3.0 GHz
Crucial Ballistix 8GB
ASRock B75M-ITX
Samsung 840 EVO 256GB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Sapphire Radeon HD7750 1GB LP
Rosewill 300W PSU
At this point, the CPU seems like the only thing I can really upgrade since my power supply isn't strong enough for a different video card and my case is low profile. So, the questions I have are:
- Would an i3/i5 give me a noticeable performance upgrade, particularly if I'm playing a relatively high-end game at 1920x1080 (this is the only area where I really notice that performance struggles)?
- Would power consumption be any different/would I have to worry about my power supply?
- Are Sandy Bridge chipsets going to be cheapest now (due to Haswell) or should I wait?
Below is a list of supported processors for my motherboard if that helps:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B75M-ITX/?cat=CPU
Thanks