i7 870 and gt 1030

[nobletea]

is the core i7 870 and gt 1030 a good pair? I read online about the pair saw good things but wondering

[76561198848642519]

The GT 1030 is a very low-end GPU and 2 variants exist one which is meh with GDDR5 and another which is super meh with DDR4. An i7 870 is a decade old and is about equal to a modern low-end CPU which won't likely bottleneck something as low as a GT 1030 but it may be a bottleneck in some CPU intensive games.

[Omega]

The i7 870 is 10 years old. It's heavily outperformed by modern budged CPUs. The 1030 is not suithed for anything more then displaying an image on the screen and some basic 3D acceleration.

I saw your post on the "Post your system" thread, you are aware that the i7 870 wil not fit in your current motherboard, right?

And for the price of a 1030 and that 870 you could have bought a Ryzen 2200g APU, 8gb of DDR4 memory and a AM4 motherboard. The 2200g's I-GPU delivers performance similar to the 1030.

[nobletea]

Originally posted by Omega:

The i7 870 is 10 years old. It's heavily outperformed by modern budged CPUs. The 1030 is not suithed for anything more then displaying an image on the screen and some basic 3D acceleration.

I saw your post on the "Post your system" thread, you are aware that the i7 870 wil not fit in your current motherboard, right?

And for the price of a 1030 and that 870 you could have bought a Ryzen 2200g APU, 8gb of DDR4 memory and a AM4 motherboard. The 2200g's I-GPU delivers performance similar to the 1030.

did you forget the "getting new motherboard and case" part?

Originally posted by Omega:

The i7 870 is 10 years old. It's heavily outperformed by modern budged CPUs. The 1030 is not suithed for anything more then displaying an image on the screen and some basic 3D acceleration.

I saw your post on the "Post your system" thread, you are aware that the i7 870 wil not fit in your current motherboard, right?

And for the price of a 1030 and that 870 you could have bought a Ryzen 2200g APU, 8gb of DDR4 memory and a AM4 motherboard. The 2200g's I-GPU delivers performance similar to the 1030.

i got my 1030 a year ago and stop acting like the 1030 and 870 can barely run runscape i got mine for about 70 dollars and worked very fine for my needs i dont need to render 8 4k videos in 1 hour so i will be fine sir

[76561198848642519]

Wait so you bought an i7 870 in 2019?

I presumed you already owned it maybe as an old office PC and planned to add a GT1030 to do some gaming.

Omega is correct you really should have purchased a Ryzen 2200G as that way you can upgrade in the future. No possible upgrade for the i7 870 which is already showing it's age.

[Omega]

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd (birthday):

Originally posted by Omega:

The i7 870 is 10 years old. It's heavily outperformed by modern budged CPUs. The 1030 is not suithed for anything more then displaying an image on the screen and some basic 3D acceleration.

I saw your post on the "Post your system" thread, you are aware that the i7 870 wil not fit in your current motherboard, right?

And for the price of a 1030 and that 870 you could have bought a Ryzen 2200g APU, 8gb of DDR4 memory and a AM4 motherboard. The 2200g's I-GPU delivers performance similar to the 1030.

did you forget the "getting new motherboard and case" part?

Must have overlooked it, sorry. That is what the lack of sleep does to you, don't make the same mistakes I do, go to bed when it's bed time.

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd (birthday):

Originally posted by Omega:

The i7 870 is 10 years old. It's heavily outperformed by modern budged CPUs. The 1030 is not suithed for anything more then displaying an image on the screen and some basic 3D acceleration.

I saw your post on the "Post your system" thread, you are aware that the i7 870 wil not fit in your current motherboard, right?

And for the price of a 1030 and that 870 you could have bought a Ryzen 2200g APU, 8gb of DDR4 memory and a AM4 motherboard. The 2200g's I-GPU delivers performance similar to the 1030.

i got my 1030 a year ago and stop acting like the 1030 and 870 can barely run runscape

Runescape would be categorized under "basic 3D acceleration". It will struggle to deliver a playable experience in anything recent.

The 10 year old i7 was a really bad purchuse, I hope you didn't pay too much for it and the mobo. These old i7 CPUs still sell for quite a lot online.

[nobletea]

Originally posted by DTG_Daniel:

Wait so you bought an i7 870 in 2019?

I presumed you already owned it maybe as an old office PC and planned to add a GT1030 to do some gaming.

Omega is correct you really should have purchased a Ryzen 2200G as that way you can upgrade in the future. No possible upgrade for the i7 870 which is already showing it's age.

well my current build with my old q6700 is from a prebuilt office pc my plan is to put my cpu and motherboard in. anew case with my old hdd and power supply i was thinking of getting a new one but a few months down the line i will my psu supplies the exact power needed and when i wanna upgrade i will easily switch the motherboard and cpu out no problem

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd (birthday):

did you forget the "getting new motherboard and case" part?

Must have overlooked it, sorry. That is what the lack of sleep does to you, don't make the same mistakes I do, go to bed when it's bed time.

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd (birthday):

i got my 1030 a year ago and stop acting like the 1030 and 870 can barely run runscape

Runescape would be categorized under "basic 3D acceleration". It will struggle to deliver a playable experience in anything recent.

The 10 year old i7 was a really bad purchuse, I hope you didn't pay too much for it and the mobo. These old i7 CPUs still sell for quite a lot online.

sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and motherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

[Omega]

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

Originally posted by Omega:

Must have overlooked it, sorry. That is what the lack of sleep does to you, don't make the same mistakes I do, go to bed when it's bed time.


Runescape would be categorized under "basic 3D acceleration". It will struggle to deliver a playable experience in anything recent.

The 10 year old i7 was a really bad purchuse, I hope you didn't pay too much for it and the mobo. These old i7 CPUs still sell for quite a lot online.

sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and morherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

Realistically this stuff is barely worth $30, only due to the age of the components. Don't be surprised if the motherboard dies after a few months due to it's age.

For $10 more you could have bought a 2200g already, of course then you still need a mobo and RAM. But then you would have something modern with warranty, less power consumption, significantly better performance, and it can be upgraded later if needed etc..

You do have a cooler which fits this motherboard and is capable enough of cooling this old high-end chip right? Otherwise you will have to drop at least another $30 on a cooler.

[nobletea]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and morherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

Realistically this stuff is barely worth $30, only due to the age of the components. Don't be surprised if the motherboard dies after a few months due to it's age.

For $10 more you could have bought a 2200g already, of course then you still need a mobo and RAM. But then you would have something modern with warranty, less power consumption, significantly better performance, and it can be upgraded later if needed etc..

You do have a cooler which fits this motherboard and is capable enough of cooling this old high-end chip right? Otherwise you will have to drop at least another $30 on a cooler.

dont worry i have ram and a cooler i found out my prebuilt cooler doesnt support the socket and i dont know where you get this pricing from i would see this at 50-60 but its better than like a month ago when i though of buying the first i7

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and morherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

Realistically this stuff is barely worth $30, only due to the age of the components. Don't be surprised if the motherboard dies after a few months due to it's age.

For $10 more you could have bought a 2200g already, of course then you still need a mobo and RAM. But then you would have something modern with warranty, less power consumption, significantly better performance, and it can be upgraded later if needed etc..

You do have a cooler which fits this motherboard and is capable enough of cooling this old high-end chip right? Otherwise you will have to drop at least another $30 on a cooler.

im kinda doubting the apus performance and the motherboard is like 9-8 years old i have had relatively good luck with motherboards except me optiplex 755 i dont know what happened to her though i needed a upgrade anyway

[Ralf]

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

Originally posted by Omega:

For $10 more you could have bought a 2200g already, of course then you still need a mobo and RAM. But then you would have something modern with warranty, less power consumption, significantly better performance, and it can be upgraded later if needed etc..

im kinda doubting the apus performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNKxrzY9WDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FntY5rYR4cE

[Snow]

As pointed few times already, i7-870 is a really old stuff. But I am not concerned as much about its age as about its really underwhelming performance. It's about the performance of i5-2300, how bad is it? Considering there are a lof of Sandy/Ivy setups out there for the same price. 1156 wasn't really good, neither it was popular. If you want to buy used - go for at least 1155/AM3+, but definitely check the tests Ralf posted here, 2200G and 2400G are great to start a new build you'll be able to upgrade later on.

[Wichtelman]

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-870-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2400/m961vs803

full i5 2/3 gen systems cost around 100$ if second hand...

[MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™]

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

Originally posted by Omega:

Must have overlooked it, sorry. That is what the lack of sleep does to you, don't make the same mistakes I do, go to bed when it's bed time.


Runescape would be categorized under "basic 3D acceleration". It will struggle to deliver a playable experience in anything recent.

The 10 year old i7 was a really bad purchuse, I hope you didn't pay too much for it and the mobo. These old i7 CPUs still sell for quite a lot online.

sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and motherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

Ignore the hardware snob, channels like tech yes city on youtube cover old hardware. $70 dollars shipped with ram and everything else isn't too bad for an 870, but to be honest if you want to buy a used office machine to turn into a budget gaming pc you should aim for at least 3rd or 4th generation intel i5/i7, the leap in performance was much bigger during the early generations of i series processors.

[Talby]

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

is the core i7 870 and gt 1030 a good pair? I read online about the pair saw good things but wondering

I am still running linux on my old i3-550 / gtx460 spare-parts workstation/game rig, plays the oldies just fine. The i7-870 and the gt1030 would be even better and work well as a budget esports pc, check this out (even uses a stock mobo):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG8q6hO5yJ4

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

... sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and motherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

That's not a bad deal, what model board you did you get with it?

[_I_]

the first gen i5/i7 are good overclockers
put a good cooler on it and aim for 3.5-4ghz

first lower ram and cpu to lowet multi, and see how far the fsb can go
from there set fsb to stock, put cpu multi max to see where its limit is
and raise the fsb to oc
finally set ram multi (rated speed / 2 / fsb)

[nobletea]

Originally posted by MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™:

Originally posted by Manuel The 2nd:

sorry for my snappyness im also tired and is 75 dollars bad for cpu and motherboard in total aka taxes and shipping?

Ignore the hardware snob, channels like tech yes city on youtube cover old hardware. $70 dollars shipped with ram and everything else isn't too bad for an 870, but to be honest if you want to buy a used office machine to turn into a budget gaming pc you should aim for at least 3rd or 4th generation intel i5/i7, the leap in performance was much bigger during the early generations of i series processors.

thanks but it isnt a office pc