1156socket cpu upgrade

tomchewz · May 23, 2016

have a p7p55d pro mobo, looking to upgrade from my i5 750, if I knew how to O.C it I would keep it but I don't want to play with voltages heh. Is there any decent cpu for this socket being made or do I need a new mobo?

dangus · May 23, 2016

they don't make 1156 CPUs anymore unfortunately. you will need a new MB and CPU to get any decent results. try for an 1150 cpu (i5 or i7). that should net you a decent performance gain.

rgd1101 · May 23, 2016

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/cpu/#k=15&sort=a7&page=1
there are still cpu you could upgrade to.
or try ebay for cheap used cpu.

dangus · May 23, 2016

there are CPUs that you could upgrade to, but for that price you may as well just get a newer one...

tomchewz · May 23, 2016

Man oh man new cpu, psu, gpu, mobo, there goes my paycheck. Still won't be able to play on the rift tho haha.

PhysX_HW · May 23, 2016

There are some very cheap Xeon X3440/X3450 or better CPUs on ebay. They are overclockable, so it does not really matter which one you buy. The cheapest is the X3430, but it lacks hyperthreading, so don't buy that one.

The X3430 without OC. is approx. equivalent to an i5 4430. Pretty much enough for games, up to a 7970/GTX680.

k1114 · May 23, 2016

The x3430 is not equivalent to a i5 4430 when it's the same gen as his i5 750. It's worse than his cpu already when his i5 is higher clocked and can oc.

You should just oc. There is nothing to worry about as long as you look up what max voltages to set. There a lots of guides out there.

dangus · May 23, 2016

PhysX_HW :

yeah i can't say the x3430 is equivalent to an i5-4430...its basically the same thing as his current cpu

Supernova1138 · May 23, 2016

You're pretty much looking at a whole new CPU and motherboard combo, there are no real upgrades from your current CPU aside from Lynnfield based Core i7s and Xeons, which are pretty much the exact same as your current CPU except with hyperthreading enabled and maybe slightly higher stock clock speeds. If you're looking for better gaming performance, you're not going to get much better on your current platform, and the best you can really do is try overclocking your i5 750.

tomchewz · May 23, 2016

I suppose I could try and Oc it, but don't mmo type games cpu dependant wouldn't it be better to have 4 cores, I know I need a better gpu only have a 5850 and I can barley play arc evolved on min settings.

Supernova1138 · May 23, 2016

tomchewz :

Your i5 already does have 4 cores, the i5 6xx series were dual core with hyperthreading, i5 7xx is quad core no hyperthreading. Your GPU is definitely holding you back, and you could certainly upgrade that first and get a big performance boost in pretty much everything.

As for Ark, it's a badly optimized game that doesn't run all that well even on the latest and greatest hardware, so you may have to temper your expectations a bit on that game, but I'm pretty sure you're more GPU bound than CPU bound at this point. You'd need to move up to at least a GTX 960 or R9 380 before you'd really start to see a bottleneck, and it wouldn't become really significant unless you jumped up to the GTX 970 or R9 390.

tomchewz · May 24, 2016

I've been looking for guides with my chip and mother board but they all seem use diffrent values to oc, some people using 1.4 to 1.12 cpu volts difference to get the same result. What's a good guide to go by?

k1114 · May 24, 2016

Everyone will be different voltages for different speeds. That's just part of the cpu lottery. You shouldn't need to go above 1.45v to get a decent speed.

Mercian · May 25, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_53479&feature=iv&src_vid=Llqhe3N1cJA&v=I6zANFlYEDM

k1114 · May 25, 2016

Some of the stuff in that vid is more for pushing the limit of the cpu and hardly helps like turning off speedstep and c1e.

tomchewz · May 27, 2016

Turned off the options stated and but my comp won't boot up after, tried a few attempts with different voltages but it never booted up.

k1114 · May 27, 2016

What temps do you get at stock? What settings are you changing and to what?

tomchewz · May 27, 2016

Stock is around 30, 40 what playing games, just got a free 7950 and boy that helps a lot. I changed all the setting indicated on the video, i dont remember what kind of ram I have so i couldn't change the timings, and for volts i only changed cpu to 1.31 and ram to 1.65, the other one he mentioned is not on my bios.

k1114 · May 28, 2016

You really don't need to do any of that. Leave all that on default. Turn off turbo, turn up bclk and vcore and change dram frequency. Why did you only go to 1.31v?

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