Reddit reviews Intel BX80637I53550 Core i5-3550 3.30 GHz 22nm 6 MB L3 Cache Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 LGA-1155 Processor Package

Amazon has launched: https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000797661

EDIT #n+1: Amazon decreased their prices

i5

3450 $205

3550 $220

3570K $250

i7

3770S $342

3770 $320

3770K $350

Oh thank you, my great and glorious master! I shall search the Forests of Amazon.com for this "660Ti". But please glorious master, answer me this; is this Processor powerful enough to play Planetside 2?


I shall play Far Cry 3 at 30 FPS+ one day! And I will laugh at those who I once called brothers, playing Far Cry 3 at 20 FPS on their outdated machines.



No, I'm not kidding, Far Cry 3 runs at 15-27 FPS on the console, its horrible, even for me.

Would this motherboard be compatible with my motherboard (Acer IPISB-VR). I'm new to the whole pc upgrade scene and hoping to get some expert opinions.

This compatible CPU Is about the same price as a new I5. So for 60 more dollars or so, would I really be that much better off?

What is a good budget-tight motherboard for this CPU?

Also how about this cpu? I'm trying to find a decent one to last for a while
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-3550-Quad-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B007SZ0EJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473805508&sr=8-1&keywords=lga+1155+i5

For less messy amazon links you can extract the part after "/dp/" in

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-3550-Quad-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B007SZ0EJW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484227716&sr=1-1&keywords=i5+3550k

and make it:

https://amzn.com/B007SZ0EJW

BEEP BOP

Plz send any recommendations via PM

My love,

Here is the link on the processor
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-3550-Quad-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B007SZ0EJW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484227716&sr=1-1&keywords=i5+3550k

For some reason i cant find the K version of it, but its some kinf of OC version, pretty old and not the most popular, it makes sense that amazon doesnt show it.


And this is the link on the RAM, 16GB + 1 4GB
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-3000MHz-PC4-24000-Memory/dp/B0134EW7G8/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484227792&sr=1-3&keywords=DDR4+ram