Switch to LGA1150 or stick with LGA1155

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Adrian Philip Luna

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Hi there. I currently have an i3-3220 ivybridge processor and an LGA1155 motherboard. I was wondering if I should stick to my components or should I upgrade to an LGA1150 motherboard and processor. Pros and Cons please. I mainly use my rig for mid-gaming purposes.

Processor: i3-3220 Ivy Bridge
Motherboard: ECS H61H2-MV
Ram: 6gb DDR3
GPU: Powercolor Radeon HD7750
 
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No such thing as future-proofing.. No matter what you buy today (if its an i5 or better, anyway), there will certainly be a new CPU socket by the time you need an upgrade in 2-4 years, and no worthwhile upgrade path to what you've got. Keeping that in mind when you choose will let you get the most for your money over that time.

Your i3 isn't bad, but yes, assuming you mean to go to a Haswell Core i5, there would be some benefit to doing so. But since you've already got a decent processor I'd just hang on til at least the Broadwell release before you...
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you could spend $180 on a socket 1155 core i5 like the 3350, or ~$300 on a 1150 motherboard and cpu that would only be marginally faster and not even noticeably faster in most games. Id get the 3350 as it will probably be good for 2-3 more years.
 
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Since you're already on socket 1155, you're able to support 2nd generation (Sandy Bridge) and 3rd generation (Ivy Bridge) CPUs, in certain cases only if you update your BIOS. You can download your BIOS updates from your manufacturer's web site (it should be noted that ECS web site is utterly slow). Since you're already using a 3rd generation CPU, you may not need to update your BIOS but you can always do so to ensure compatibility with other CPUs.

In your case, I'd stick with your 1155 motherboard until 1151 is released in 2015, or early 2016 at the latest. The socket 1151 will introduce Intel's 6th generation CPUs, titled Skylake; which should introduce a notable performance difference.

At the moment I would upgrade your CPU to an i5. It's not worth changing sockets and then purchasing an i5, as that would deliver a similar performance if you were to simply purchase a 2nd/3rd gen i5.

All the best. :)
 
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No such thing as future-proofing.. No matter what you buy today (if its an i5 or better, anyway), there will certainly be a new CPU socket by the time you need an upgrade in 2-4 years, and no worthwhile upgrade path to what you've got. Keeping that in mind when you choose will let you get the most for your money over that time.

Your i3 isn't bad, but yes, assuming you mean to go to a Haswell Core i5, there would be some benefit to doing so. But since you've already got a decent processor I'd just hang on til at least the Broadwell release before you pull the trigger.

If you choose to go ahead with it now, I'd recommend either an i5-4690 with H97 motherboard if overclocking is not needed, or i5-4690K + Z97 mobo if you want to overclock.
 
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the i3 should handle games with the 270x, maybe consider getting 8gb of ram, id wait for a full cpu board replacement for later generations, going 1150 now does leave you an upgrade path for never cpus, but whats the point of getting another i3 or low end i5 just on a new socket? If u feel the need to upgrade the cpu for performance issues with that board even though there is no official support for yooour board the Xeon E3 1230 v2/v3 is basically an i7 with no igpu and is not a "K" part for overclocking which on your board doesnt matter and costs the same as a i5 if it would work on your motherboard
 
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