Cpu upgrade from x4 810

schau314

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Okay so I have been using my computer lately and decided to buy a used 760 for 160. This is great and all and I don''t game much, but everyone keeps telling me my CPU is a huge bottleneck. I understand this may be true. I think I am going to upgrade to an i5 or i3.
I think that the i5-4570 is my first choice or the i3-4340, (btw uncle lives right next to microcenter and is tech friendly.)
Recently on craigslist there was an i5-760 for sale with a ASUS P7P55 WS LGA 1156. I am trying to see if that is a good upgrade, so should I go with the older i5-760, buy the new i3, or is my current x4 810 unoverclocked not a huge bottleneck.
Also I am not in a hurry to upgrade, and may wait for haswell refresh.,
 
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The problem with hyperthreading is it is nowhere near as good as having actual physical cores. Hyperthreading only gives you about 30% of the performance of a physical core at the best of times. The i3 can get by right now, but you may quickly find yourself in a situation where you need to upgrade a lot sooner than if you got an i5.

AgentTran

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The i5 760 though still a decent processor is not near as good as the it's 4th generation siblings.
You should invest in the i5 4570 instead, as it is a better processor and the chance of it bottlenecking future cards is much lower than the i5 760.

Plus, do not buy anything used, you never know where they've been.
 

schau314

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I think the do not buy anything used is really not as true locally but i understand the point. Okay so a better question will the gtx 760 be bottle necked by the x4 810, or the i5-760. I think I will go with the i3 though since it is a fine cpu.
 
I'd say wait until you can afford a newer i5. I wouldn't bother getting the i3, it only has 2 physical cores that while very fast, might not be enough if games do get considerably more multithreaded. The i5 760 is still decent, though it can be a bottleneck at stock clocks on certain very CPU heavy titles eg. Crysis 3.
 
The problem with hyperthreading is it is nowhere near as good as having actual physical cores. Hyperthreading only gives you about 30% of the performance of a physical core at the best of times. The i3 can get by right now, but you may quickly find yourself in a situation where you need to upgrade a lot sooner than if you got an i5.
 
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