GTX 1060 6GB With Intel Core i3-2120 CPU @ 3.3Ghz?

[proxy]

I have done some research regarding the two together in the pc,it said that it does bottleneck the gpu,should i get a better processor?and what should I get??Thanks

[Topi Stapinu]

why this processor?...video card is good but processor...

[Pickles]

You can get a i3-6100 and be fine. It's what I use with a 1060. However if this is a setup you already have you would need to get a new motherboard and RAM

[hawkeye]

Escrito originalmente por Alchemist79:

To be fair, going by the review website I posted earlier. You should be mostly bottleneck free with your i3 2120 and a gtx1060 in 80% of games. Just the odd few like BF1 would be an issue.

The i3-2120 is a slow 2 core with hyperthreading. It won't drive a 1060 to it's full potential.

The single-thread passmark score is 1691 which is medium.
But the multi-threaded score is 3909. Personally I'd rate this a "do not buy" in today's gaming environment. A score of 8000+ would be appropriate for a 1060.

The going price for an i3-2120 is AU $20 on ebay with free postage, which is probably a good indication of performance.

OP's profile says he is in SIngapore which is the home of cheap tech gear. There is an i7-2600k for US $130 on ebay SG now.

[InfinityJosh]

A cheap G4560 beats that weak CPU, try to get a used i7 compatible with your MB or buy a new system and sell your entire PC.
Depends by your budget.

[VJ6]

i know this is seven years old now, i just stumbled on it while searching for a cpu upgrade. I'm commenting because I have this exact setup right now nad it put a smile to my face. What did you end up getting? i've been looking at the ryzen 5 5600.

[JohnMars78]

Escrito originalmente por VJ6:

i know this is seven years old now, i just stumbled on it while searching for a cpu upgrade. I'm commenting because I have this exact setup right now nad it put a smile to my face. What did you end up getting? i've been looking at the ryzen 5 5600.

You can't upgrade from that Intel i3 to AMD with CPU alone.
You'd need an AMD chipset (MB) and DDR4 RAM.
You might be able to carry over to the new system your GPU, PSU, case, cooling and storage devices, if they're still in good condition.

[Tonepoet]

Escrito originalmente por VJ6:

i know this is seven years old now, i just stumbled on it while searching for a cpu upgrade. I'm commenting because I have this exact setup right now nad it put a smile to my face. What did you end up getting? i've been looking at the ryzen 5 5600.

Yeah, it's definitely time for a system upgrade. Your processor is selling for less than $5 on ebay and even a low spec. game like Palworld is looking for an even a low spec game like Palworld is looking for an i5-3570K as the minimum reuirement. (I mention Palworld as a potential best case scenario for new games, given the hardware is so old)

If you have this exact same setup, then you have what looks like an LGA 1155 socket C.P.U. You'll have to double check your motherboard compatibility but it's plausible you could could upgrade to an i7 3770S SR0PN[www.ebay.com] for about $30 on ebay.

Palworld also requires 16 gigabytes of R.A.M. which you probably don't have, running such an old system so you'll also want to upgrde to at least 16gb of D.D.R. 3 R.A.M.[www.ebay.com], which can be done for $19.

My only reservation is if it's worth spending $50 to eek out the last bit of life from your present system, or if it'd be better to put that towards a new setup. This is especially so since a 3770S is overkill for a 1060 anyway.

I'd consider nabbing this 3570k[www.ebay.com] for just $12 instead. Other 3570 (non-k) processsors on ebay look like they only cost $15. The bottleneck of the 3570 is only 5.1% in G.P.U. intensive tasks[pc-builds.com], which is within the realm of acceptability, and could likely be remedialized with a conservative overclock if you get the k sku.

There are two ways of looking at it. The first is that spending another $15ish on the best C.P.U. your motherboard can support isn't a whole ton of money and might be worth it for the other quality of life improvements it may bring to your system, even if it is overkill for your G.P.U.

The other is that maybe $50 is too much to be trying to eek out the last bit of life towards a four upgrade cycles obsolete motherboard, given that it can represent a whole part tier upgrade if you were to buy a new system. Also, the 3570 costs 50% less than the 3770s and will save you most of the money that you'd also want to put towards your likely necessary R.A.M. upgrade.

Just be sure to double check what C.P.Us. your motherboard can actually support. Not all motherboards support all of the C.P.Us. a given socket can fit.

Either way, I'm thinking you can stall out a little while longer for hardware to advance or depreciate more with a processor and R.A.M. upgrade. The longer you can put that off, the more significant your upgrade can be when it is time to spring the cash for a full system upgrade.

The 1060 is still somewhat serviceable for low spec gaming.