Aliexpress is selling i7 3770 for rm530.00. I'm tempted to buy for small upgrade from i5 3570. Reason is because of lag gameplay in game like cities skylines (350k population). My system have 16 gb ram and gtx 1080. Is it worth to upgrade to this cpu or should i wait for next gen cpu?

u sure need newer gen cpu for that kinda game

i7 3770 might be worth it IF you can overclock it to 4.3Ghz, but your motherboard is H77m, so overclocking is not possible IINM.

You have GTX1080, with i7 3770 you'll still face CPU bottleneck on some other games. A stock i7 3770 is around the same performance with stock 6600k that I have, and at stock 6600k, I face CPU bottlenecks that the 6600k can't keep up with the GTX1070ti that I have.

Why not get a new i5 8400, mobo and RAM. You can still sell off your i5 3570, mobo and RAM to recoup the costs. i5 8400 should be 40-50% faster than i7 3770

This post has been edited by terradrive: Jul 31 2018, 08:58 AM

Thanks for the advice. I will consider it.

ddr4 performance alone justifies for upgrade to a latest system..get 8400 if can but ram is seriously overprice at the moment

This post has been edited by mrcg: Jul 31 2018, 01:37 PM

what i say just upgrade to new processor
i3 or i5 should be enough

Do you lag from paging files due to insufficient RAM? If so then your new system might need a more (expensive) RAM or you need to reduce the mods or re-design your city. This game is RAM hungry!

I will also recommend i5-8400 for this game, not the i3-8100, or i7-3770 if you're in for a CPU upgrade.

wow 350k... got a pic of your city? I love the game but I don't have the time (or intelligence) to keep expanding my city.

I wish the 7th & 8th Gen Intel Core CPU still use the cheaper DDR3, so it is much cheaper to migrate. I don't think they have much impact for playing game.

here you go. normally it lag when i'm in game, when i pan around the city to have a nice view on traffic.

I wouldn't want to buy a CPU off Aliexpress due to the fact that it might be a fake one. Counterfeit CPUs are actually a thing:

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/85286...l-core-i7-cpu/8

Wow so beautiful! Keep up the good work!

Why not get a i7 3770 K or non K version from here? At least you assure is genuine product. But you need a Z77 Mobo to push i7 3770k to hit 4.5ghz but i5 8400 is an ideal spot for just rm 700++ but the ram of DDR4 is going to put your interest down.

It's the unlocked 3770K version that can be overclocked, not the 3770.

Dear TS, how about an upgrade of GPU? Or else, like others said, catch up with the latest Coffee Lake system, you will see dramatic improvement.

old intel core platforms like ivy bridge, locked CPUs can be overclocked using z series boards, on haswell intel locked it out by hardware.

"Non k" processors can be overclocked but limited I think. Raising the BCLK provided you have a z77 motherboard. At most probably you can only reach 4.3GHZ stable with auto vcore. Such mild oc is pretty much no major improvement where people can get stable 5.0GHZ with the K version. When you get the z77 mobo, automatically you will get 3570k/3770k. If not better get H series board. And most people will recommend you to take any K version Intel processor if you want to overclock. Be it 6700k, 7700k, 8700k.

This post has been edited by wongtheboy92: Aug 17 2018, 03:57 PM

in your previous post you stated “only 3770k can be overclocked and not 3770”

now you U-Turn and say 3770 can

lolwut?

more like turbo boost for 3770? Hardly a true OC there. lol surely people will overclock only the K version. 3770 usually people use due to the extra cores and threads, for those who don't OC. That why unlocked K version exists, meant for OC. Not using the non-k version.

you U Turn again? Just now you said 3770 can overclock, now say its turbo boost only? Dude 3770 is 3.9Ghz max turbo boost by intel.

Calm down and talk sense please.

This post has been edited by terradrive: Aug 17 2018, 07:21 PM

I already upgraded gpu to gtx1080. Ram also 16gb. Dats why the missing one is cpu. Ok i will really consider new system. Just need to safe money

This post has been edited by muhibah: Aug 17 2018, 08:25 PM

if u play at 4k or 1440p just buy 3770 and bclk oc it to 4.3 but this if only if u can get the seller that sell bundle with zmotherboard not exceeding 600 for cpu and motherboard.If u play at 1080p just wait for the coffee lake refresh and get the least expensive 6 core variant of it.