Modernise an LGA1155 build
Posted by BelaBartok@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Hi there. I recently upgraded to a faster PC for modern gaming, but I feel with a bit of care and attention my old PC could surely run more modest games and serve as a second general purpose unit for a while longer and maybe get used by my young nieces.
I'm looking to make the most of the following components.
I5 2500k with a Noctua NH-U12P SE2 (Intel LGA1366, LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA775 and AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3 )
Geforce 1660 ti
650w antec psu
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) iP67 Socket 1155 Motherboard
And iirc 8gb of ddr3 ram
I have an adequate ATX case and sata storage etc.
I was originally just going to put an i7 3770k in there and get 32gb of second hand ddr3 ram. The whole thing would be around forty pounds and provide a modest boost, but it struck me that perhaps I would be better served by getting rid of the ram, CPU and mobo entirely and replacing them with a modern low spec set.
I don't have a firm budget but I don't want to waste money, I'm mostly interested in what getting some newer components could get me and how much it would cost to max out my graphics card.
I'm reasonably techy and don't mind getting my hands dirty or buying second hand parts. I know win 11 doesn't support LGA 1155 so I was originally planning to run Ubuntu, but I'm fine with windows.
Hopefully this is the right place to be asking such an obscure question, but I think many gamers had an i5 2500k and I wonder if there's any shared wisdom to be gleaned.
Thanks in advance!
Ghost_Writer8@reddit
modernizing is pushing it.. however, there are more ways than one to make it more future proof if that's still a thing on older hardware.
LGA1155 best CPU is the Xeon 1280v2 -slightly outperforming the 3770K on stock clocks without risking overheating or consuming lots of power for no reason.
talking about overheating -let me introduce you to "overclocking" where you not only increase the clocks, but also the heat, often resulting in less then ideal REAL performance over a longer session.
getting 2 or 4 sticks of DDR3 8GB 1600 depending on your motherboard, should suffice you.
getting higher/faster spec ram is not beneficial and will just make you throw money away, unless you want to do different builds with ddr3 in the future -which i doubt.
32GB total, is a lot of headroom, but not something you really need.
16GB is enough for what you want to do, so 8GB times two, make it run in dual channel mode.
the other very important thing that can benefit this platform is swapping to a SATA SSD if you not already have done so.. or,
if you are handy with BIOS modding like i am, mod it to boot from M.2 over PCI..
invest a few dollars/euros in a PCI to M.2 card, put your M.2 in it and it is essentially beating SATA SSD speeds by a factor of 2.5 to 3 in real time performance, even on these older platforms.
that is because data is now flowing via PCIe lanes and not through the chipset(slower).
the other thing you may want to look into is, running a Linux environment i.e. something like CachyOS or Bazzite or Zorin.. to name a few. -do your own research on each of these. Pop OS is overrated by a mile, while it does have nvidia drivers in one of their installers. -but so does Bazzite. however, if you plan on changing hardware in the future, Bazzite might not play very nice with the change. specially if you change the GPU.
now the over the top/overkill/this makes no sense, route, to really modernize this platform, is getting a PCIe switch, link your storage drives onto the switch, your GPU(s) and go absolutely ham.
any questions, i will answer.
OkSystem455@reddit
"Modernise" might be pushing it..."maximizing" the platform's limits would be closer to the truth.
The P67A-GD65 (B3) can do Xeons in addition to the i7-3770K (\~$25 USD).
The addition premium for getting anything (via eBay) above an E3-1275 v2 is hard to justify for the little incremental performance gained.
Stick with the 3770K if you plan to OC.
32GB DDR3 is overkill, 16GB DDR3 is more practical.
With these upgrades, you would be at the upper threshold of the P67A-GD65 (B3)'s practical performance, and would have a system, IMHO, that is "good enough" for 1080p pre-2023 AAA gaming (was personally running an E3-1270 v2 with an ASROCK B75M-DGS).
Xenoryzen_Dragon@reddit
upgrade your old pc with
core i7 gen2 cpu + 32gb ram ddr3 crucial + 1tb sata ssd samsung 870 evo + wifi 6 usb adapter
for os make multi boot system
Windows Xp sp2 x64 + windows 7 x64 Ultimate + Windows 11 x64 LTSC Edition + Ubuntu Mate LTS
with this you can run apps & pc game from old xp era + from modern era
Fixitwithducttape42@reddit
Check the motherboard cpu support list, dropping in an Xeon equivalent to an i7 could be cheaper. GPU is a good match for the components. Another 8gb memory to go 16gb dual channel.
32gb is overkill.
Currently running an Xeon equivalent to an i7 4770 and rx 5700 with 16gb memory. I had a 1660 Ti but made the upgrade when I switched to Linux as Radeon has the drivers baked into their kernel and I wanted a simpler plug and play setup for everything. The setup you’re talking about could run most games out now, and run I mean 30+ fps 1% lows.