Celeron G1610 2.6GHz v i7 3770 3.4GHz Ivybridge

JL94x4 · Jul 11, 2014

Hello friends! Longtime reader of threads on here, never posted or registered, until now

So yeah i've just got into the world of Gaming via Xbox One and bought a Hauppage HD PVR 2 and an XSplit subscription to stream games over Twitch then be able to edit them via Sony Vegas Pro 13 pretty quickly. So onto my questions...

1. I currently have the G1610 which takes about 2 hours to render a 20minute clip, way too slow for my liking! So I'm looking at buying the Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor to replace this, how much of a different will it be for stuff like Sony Vegas, Photoshop, the odd Football Manager game, maybe a few emulators running etc, raring and un-raring large files and the like?

2. I currently have an Asus Radeon HD 6450 2GB DDR3 graphics card which i understand is a pretty useless graphics card, or am i wrong? But if it is a useless one, am i better of buying a new one to do what i need it to do, if so i'd love to be pointed in a good direction regarding what sort of models i should be looking at, and if i'm to buy a new Graphics Card i would like to "future proof" it so i could take advantage of the i7 (if its as good as it looks) and even play mainstream games such as Call OF Duty, FIFA etc.

3. This question should actually be the first one, as its the most important question of all, i currently have a Gigabyte H61M-DS2 DVI motherboard which uses Socket LGA 1155, would the processor i'm thinking of buying be compatible with my Motherboard?

4. The i7 processor comes with on board HD Graphics 4000, is this better than the graphics card above and would this play any decent games thats out, or coming out?

I'll just attatch a few images of CPU Z for the state of what my computer is right now, just incase the info above is not enough! Hopefully with the information i've provided i've covered everything and you lovely lot could help a guy out!

Thanks

taylorak9 · Jul 12, 2014

1) You're going to notice a big performance increase going to the i7, especially when encoding the video, but the thing is, the i7 is really overkill for most people and in most cases isn't really worth the jump from the i5 3670k. I think that the i5 is more suitable for most people. The i5 and the i7 are the exact same CPU the only difference is that the i7 has hyper-threading (google it). Only has around a 20% increase for multi-threaded workloads only.

2) You are definitely going to need to upgrade your GPU, I think you should go for the GPU's that are in the price range of 150-200 dollars, those generally have the most price/performance and can run games very close to max settings. Some models you should be looking at are the 270x, 280, 760, 660ti, but probably the best bet for you would be the 270x.

3) I'm not really sure about that motherboard, I'm not really good with the micro-ATX mobos, I think you'll be able to handle the 3670k but you will most definitely not be able to overclock it that well. But the motherboard that you have right now does the same socket to fit both the i5 3670k and the i7 3770k.

4) The GPU that is on board the i7 is probably better, I'm not entirely sure, but even if it is, it will definitely be not by much, any of the intel hd graphics are not very suitable for gaming, you will probably be able to play games on the lowest settings at 1080p at around 30 fps and under, if you're going to be gaming on that computer, upgrade to another dedicated graphics card.

There are other things you need to worry about when upgrading such as power supply wattage to make sure you have enough juice going to the components and whether the new graphics card will even fit. Be sure you're positive any of these components will work in your configuration or you'll be sorry.

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