What to do without my i7 3770K?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Woops that was a typo its not new, corrected now I wrote the post on my mobile and in a rush sorry. I've had the CPU for over three years, ordered it through someone else from this site then been running it fine without any faults.

To be fair I'm getting so fed up with A) hunting for parts for LGA 1155 and B) trying to find troubleshooting online for the issue. I'm very temped to just buy a new motherboard and cpu, as I've said its coming up to my birthday and I want something to last me through uni so I may just semi rebuild plus building is enjoyable

Not throwing in the towel but found a pentium for board that £10 so gunna do final check with that when it arrives

CEX sells secondhand CPUs online. They have the Core i7 3770 on there.

 

[~>Dg<~]

just get a 2600k or 2700k for 60-80 quid.

 

[MegaMasher]

Provided the pc works once pentium arrives. I will order a cpu leaning towards 2600K if not I'm hoping some OCUK skylake bundles get black friday treatment if thats a thing.

 

[ironsonic]

I've been having some cpu bottlenecking for intensive games. The more recent cpus 6770k seems to jump in performance for things like witcher 3, GTAV, starcraft and even battlefield (up to like 30 percent). I wonder if its not a bad idea to use this chance to upgrade.

 

[MegaMasher]

Yeah I am its not cost effective anymore due to insane prices for z77 products

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Yeah I am its not cost effective anymore due to insane prices for z77 products

Its much more cost effective - £150 for a sh Core i7 3770 with two years warranty or £300 for a Core i7 6770+MB+RAM,which will mean more like £400 to £500.

Plus with a GTX1060 3GB you will be far more GPU limited and I expect a Core i7 3770 will outlive a 3GB VRAM card anyway.

 

[MegaMasher]

I'm well aware but there is black friday coming and I'm getting most of it for christmas anyway plus I want an upgrade.

 

[Bluntwrapped]

Just to check, how have you confirmed your 3770k is dead/broken?