i7 3770 or Ryzen 5?

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I'm looking to upgrade my i5 3340s as it's getting a bit bogged down in games like BF1 and PUBG and was thinking about Ryzen. But I've just seen that a used 3770 can be got for €170. This method would be a lot cheaper as I could just drop it in to my current system and also I would not have to bother about re-installing Windows. Would I see similar performance from an old i7 like the 3770 due to Ryzen's IPC being around Haswell and Ivy Bridge being fairly similar? I'd be happy if it came in a little bit below the Ryzen 5 and i5 7500/7600 in terms of gaming but I'm not sure it will. This would be paired with an RX 480 and 8GB of ram.
 
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Yes, it is a good upgrade, even more so if you have a Z- series motherboard and can OC it by 400MHz. Ivy Bridge is slower than Haswell and Skylake, but not that much, and quad-core Ryzen R5 performance in games is lowered because cores are spread over 2 CCX. Also, I see 3770 available for €125 here in Lithuania, hopefully you can get it for a price closer to this.
https://www.skelbiu.lt/skelbimai/cpu-i7-4770k-4790-3770k-3770-2700k-i5-4690k-27510121.html
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Yes, it is a good upgrade, even more so if you have a Z- series motherboard and can OC it by 400MHz. Ivy Bridge is slower than Haswell and Skylake, but not that much, and quad-core Ryzen R5 performance in games is lowered because cores are spread over 2 CCX. Also, I see 3770 available for €125 here in Lithuania, hopefully you can get it for a price closer to this.
https://www.skelbiu.lt/skelbimai/cpu-i7-4770k-4790-3770k-3770-2700k-i5-4690k-27510121.html
 
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Sadly I have a H61 board so overclocking is a no go. I'll look around and see if I can get one for a decent price.
 
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Be sure you bios is updated before you pop in the i7-3770. Other than than you should be good.

edit: I take that back, you're already using any ivybridge i5.
 
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