Should You Pair A 3060 With An Old i3? (No)

[@yoitskyo]

Jeez, I forgot how old that CPU is.

[@Jaindike]

Yeah.. But honestly it has aged better than just expected

[@thewanderingguy5436]

It's not a bottle neck again, it's a pin hole

[@Jaindike]

best way to describe it right there^

[@blitzyboi2349]

Yes it is as bad is it sounds to use if not worse

[@Jaindike]

Yeaaah. It was quite dissapointing

[@Pravculear]

hi jaindike and everyone else!

[@Jaindike]

Hello!

[@blitzyboi2349]

But yea low end cpus with low cores and no hyperthreading cuases bad frametimes and horrible stuttering so yea not worth it unless you want to use it for basic use or a nas or a game server

[@Jaindike]

Accurately sums it up

[@blitzyboi2349]

Even with cpus withs low cores with hyperthreading cuases some games to stutter alot or not work at all and you can see that with the percentile figures while using a 13th gen intel celaron even though its cores are really powerful the lack of core count makes it a bad time for gaming

[@MrGlitchDogePE]

I remember this CPU not being good at the time, the i7-4790k shows no problem bottle necking that card

[@Jaindike]

Good to know. Might have to buy one on the low

[@blitzyboi2349]

But yea if you are looking to buy a i3 the 13100f can power up to a 3060 without leaving peformance on the table and the 12100f and 10100f are also good options

[@blitzyboi2349]

Note the cpu is not super powerful so the i3 will likely cuase more stuttering than a more powerful and higher tier cpu

[@Jaindike]

Don't think that work with my motherboard, but I do need to get a new testbench eventually