Help making my PC good for gaming....

[JEMC]

dreamcast210 said:

JEMC said:

Your i3-2120 CPU is from the Sandy Bridge family, socket 1155. It will be a bit hard to find a new processor, but you should be able to find used ones.

This is a list of compatible Sandy Bridge CPUs: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_i3/i3-2120.html

Your best options are the i7-2600 and i5-2500, because I'm going to assume that your motherboard won't let you overclock, which is the main reason to get a "K" processor. But if you can find one of them for cheap, go for it!

OK. Cool. What about the wattage? The current CPU is 65w. Should I stick with that wattage? Because for both of those listed above, there is a "s" version that is 65w.

The S is a designation of "low power", which is why is uses less power, but at the expense of lower frequencies.

But with your new power supply, you should be fine even with the most power hungry processors. Don't worry about TDP when searching for a new CPU.