Worth the upgrade

[Durso]

Hey Guys, I currently run a Pentium G2120 3.1GHz which i have to say for around 50 pound is an absolute bargain, It's run mostly everything i've wanted it to run. I can get an i5 3470 off a buddy for a reasonable price and i was just wondering if it was worth upgrading?

I mainly do gaming.

System Spec,

4GB DDR3 1600MHz
Asrock P67 Fatal1ty Professional
Asus Direct cuii Radeon 6950 1GB
64GB Crucial V4 SSD (Great for the money after firmware update)

I know in general tasks it'll be quite abit faster but i was wondering if many games atm would show much of an increase as people keep saying most games only take use of the 4 cores with an exception to a few. I know that's gonna change with the release of next gen consoles.

 

[Bart_Hunt]

Best thing you could do, before upgrading, is to get some software that show your cpu/gpu usage and stress test them in some game.
If your cpu usage is higher than gpu usage, then upgrading cpu is a good idea.
However I wouldn't go for 3470. You can get a 3570k or even consider going for Haswell.
Or if its just gaming and you're on a budget, go for amd.
But first do what I told you, check whats your cpu/gpu usage.
If neither use their full potential in games you play, there is no point in upgrading right now.

 

[Durso]

Thanks for the reply.

It's my friend that has the 3470 and he's willing to give it to me reasonably cheap, I can't really afford the K. I didn't want to change motherboard etc and my current one doesn't support Haswell as it's a different socket type.

I was playing Crysis 2 on my pc which run quite well at 1080P Ultra, My Average GPU Usage was 74% and my average CPU usage was 95% does that count as a bottleneck?

 

[SlugForAButt]

If you can get it for a good price, I'd say go for it. Has more cache and more cores so what's not to like?

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/299/Intel_Core_i5_i5-3470_vs_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_G2120.html

Edit: Games like Crysis2 will perform much better with more than 2 cores I believe. (Someone put me right if I'm talking poo plz)