The 10-Year-Old I5 3570K Can Still Game

Hehehe, call me insane but I am buying this one in 2024. My partner need to upgrade her storage on her slow AM1 5350 HTPC... It feels like wasting money to go with SATA instead of an NVMe SSD nowadays. The only alternative is a USB3 enclosure for around 30-50EUR. But then I found a Core i5 3570 + motherboard + 16GB memory combo pack on the chinese ebay for 59EUR with an nvme slot. I honestly think this will be the best option, she will get a ~100% CPU performance boost pretty much. An upgrade from PCIe 2.0 4x to PCIe 3.0 16x (which will do wonders for her GTX1050Ti). I will run Linux on it, so my bet is that she will be happy with the performance for another 10 years, or until it breaks. :)

it's a very good chip. if you want a cheap budget build, you don't even need the K. you can just get the a non-k and an h77 or such. the 3570 goes for around 10 shipped, and matched with anything from an 1060 6gb on up, you can still game decently! ofc there's no m.2 nvme drive slots and no pcie 4.0 but it's still okay. I've actually been considering as asrock h77 mitx and a 3570 for a media/light gaming itx even in 2023. I had that exact combo with a gtx 960 way back in 2017 and was pretty happy with it. it's about equal with the pentium g5500.

I'm impressed because of the old 1650

I'm using one now with a rtx3060 and 24gb memory plays DCS really good no problems

I have the 3570K, 32 gigs of ram and a GTX 1050Ti and i get 200+ FPS in fortnite

Man i played all those games on my i5 3570 but couldn't play spiderman cuz of my ram cuz it was only 8 gigabyte or ram ddr3 1600 mhz and hdd

So instead i decided it's time for a full upgrade i went with Ryzen 5 5600g and 16 gigabyte or ram ddr4 3200 mhz and a 1tb ssd I'm so happy with the new build

Is my pc good it's of 150 dollars

I5 3570k
Zebronics 512 ssd
Zebronics h61 motherboard
Hymix 16gb ddr3 1600mhz ram
Zebronics case and 450 psu
Asus gtx 1650 sinle fan

I got yhe whole setup for about 150 dollars in 2023 , is it good and value for money

I have this CPU rn, and Its pretty good. I am planning to upgrade but It is still good.

3570K definitely still can gaming on its performances. Older titles will be a lot easier to run.
Gamers doesn't necessarily play all games.

That CPU was the first one i've bought to build my own gaming rig, with the GTX 680TI and the ASUS p8z77-m mother board and 4 corsair vengeance 4gb ram sticks inside the NZXT Phantom 410 midi tower. man i freaking loved that setup and it carried me for a long time!

it was a good idea, i buy a second hand gtx1650s for 50$ and put it into an old build of mine with a 3570K oc. it's was perfect as a third pc for my last son who have 5yo, he play minecraft with shaders on a 60hz screen at 1080p and it's work great at 60 fps

I have an optiplex i5 3570 under the stairs I haven't used it for years

Used mine until 2020 when I went over to Ryzen. Went through three video cards in those years and the cpu kept on going. I still have it. Maybe I should try a last oc for science.

I had regular i5 3570 in my system paired with RX 570 4GB. Then I passed it to my friend but I replaced RX 570 with GTX 660 1.5GB. System still runs today, but needs a bit better GPU. What do you think, what's the best GPU to pair with i5 3570?

no it cannot... i built this ivy bridge cpu a decade ago and it will def not keep up in todays game scene. huge bottleneck on the cache

Just snagged one of these bundled with a motherboard and ram for $70 bucks for a windows xp build that totaled just under $200. I am very excited for it to absolutely demolish the games from that era.

This is a weird test becasue a nvidia 1650 would bottle neck cod way before the 3570k

These old systems still ❤

I find it pretty impressive that 10+ year old PCs can still run new games fairly decently. The 3570K is 11 years old and the GTX 580 is 13 years old! I remember a time where 10 years was a totally different world with computer hardware. Imagine in 2004 trying to run the latest games with a 1993 CPU and a 1991 GPU! HA! It wouldn't even being able to run Windows XP let alone any games! Around 2000 I had a high end system with a 1GHZ AMD processor and a GeForce 2 GTS 32MB for the GPU. It was a beast....for about 2 years. I had to upgrade sometime around late 2002 to early 2003. My main reason for wanting upgrade was the game Mafia. I loved that game but could only run it at lower settings. For my new PC I went with an Athlon XP 2800+ and for the GPU an ATI 9500. I remember the reason why I ended up choosing the ATI 9500. With some 9500s you could unlock extra pipelines and turn it into a 9700! It didn't work with all 9500s, some would display artifacts when the extra pipelines were unlocked. Luckily my unlocked with no artifacts and I had a 9700 for the price of a 9850! That was also the first PC I built myself. Those were good times.

I have one sitting in an old build. Should I upgrade it with some modern parts?

I need your help desperetaly. I have similar system with this one in the video and I have problem running Windows 10 which will be a mandatory for Steam after January 1st. Everytime I installed Win 10 my stystem froze especially while multi tasking and then it was unable to reboot. I m trying to figure out what causes the problem and one of my suspicions was also this processor which isnt in the list of Intel's Win 10 compatible processors. However I see you made this benchmark of 3570K on Windows 10 and worked fine. Did you use AHCI or IDE control ??? Thanks in advance
PS: My system works like a charm in Windows 7

My i5 3450s is at 3.5 ghz and amazing. Running ratchet and clank right now 100+ fps 1080p no upscaling with a 1080, warzone 2.0 1080p full 60fps low

my i5 3570k is hitting 82 celcius during cs go, without any overclocking, and with stock intel cooling

Hi,is the i7 3770 more powerful than i5 3570k ?

Bought one in Nov 2012 and still going strong in 2023 with a 1660ti, pretty good value for money over almost 11 years of use!

My PC is a beast from olden times now. i5 3570k and 1050 ti oc still do wonders for me. I recently discovered that they can play Detroit Become Human, played it smooth on custom-medium settings. I think they can pull some other games as well if I wasn't so pissed at low settings (Hogwarts Legacy).
I got the pair so I could play Dragon Age Inquisition back in 2016, now I'm planning to make my next pc 'upgrade' (basically all parts) a graduation gift for myself. I'll build it so Starfield can run on high, hopefully the new components hold like those two

What an absolute beast of a CPU for its time. Was my first build and served me well for nearly 7 years. Eventually ended up handing it down to someone with whom it still kicks ass to this day.

I bought this CPU in 2012, I got rid of in in 2017 when I was fed up with it being absolutely demolished by BF1. couldn't hold a consistent 60fps in 64 player matches. The frame drops are pretty severe because of the 4 cores and no HT.

i still using this processor with GTX 750ti still good for mid gaming

Still rocking this with 16GB and a 1060 6GB

Is it so crazy to momentarily associate an Rtx4070 with a 3570k processor?

It refused to load Battlefield 2042? I see this as a pro.

A guy want to trade this i5 3570k with a gtx 950 2gb for my xeon E5 2690 v3 with 12 cores 24 threads with a evga gtx 1080 8gb Superclocked but idk it not finished yet needs a whole another $100 to finish it

im actually using this exact cpu with 16gb ram /z77 mobo, +2x raoid 0 ssd fand r290 for past 10 years. i really did not fell any need to jump ove so far but maybe VR will forced me to, i mean i was able to play vr titles or AC in vr but you could feel its under powerd for that

Just bought 6800Xt for it to see how will it do in assetto corsa maxed out on VR, wold love some NVME though.... if it holds grate if not ill guess ill just get some new CPU.

Still for 10years i got my moneys worth of this PC

🎉i5 3570. Hoping for another 4 years from mine asa Office, study, media unit..any thoughts anyone?

My i5 3570 Unit is still going strong asa Server/media player and entry level eSports gaming rig with a 2gb Graphics card....Long Live the i5...

Love this video, my first CPU was a 3570K back in 2013 when I got into PC gaming. It did more than I could have ever wished for, I have since upgraded and passed the 3570K
onto a friend who has also just recently upgraded. He will be passing the processor/ram/motherboard combo down for the second time where I'm sure it will continue to be a beast.

Great memories of building my first computer and having it be everything I could have ever wished for and more, I feel old, I miss those days.

Cheap option. Im still use old cpu, i5 3570K oc @4.2ghz with 2133mhz ram, plus m2. nvme pcie3 x4, boost for architectural render and gaming custom setting @1080p..😅

can any one suggest me budget coller for this cpu with overclock

Remember, the 50% extra cost on the 3770k never got you anywhere near 50% more performance.

I ran a 3570k at 4.2 with 16GB of 2200mhz cl10 ram in my main system up untill 2019 (I even delided it and applied liquid metal to it), and my advice would be to upgrade to zen 3 (Something like a 5600/5700, or a 5800x3d if you can get it for cheap). Investing on an heavily outdated platforms has never saved me money in the long term.

I still have a 3470@4 Ghz just for fun and it still holds up. For some 1080p legacy games and minecraft you don't need more. You find systems with a 3th Gen i5 and 16GB RAM for arround 50 bucks here in Germany =)

Still working on my old rig, i just upgraded tho.

Gys reply i buy mini pc i5 6400t or i5 3570k custom pc at same prize

I miss beating up my 3570k at 5ghz. It lasted for years, had to turn it down a few hundred mhz after a while. It still sits with a fresh de-lid ready to go, but I upgraded to a 3770k. Was a good drop in upgrade.

I've got the 3570k on my daughters PC and it's running at 4.7. You should try for this OC and run the games again, it helps the 1% lows bigtime.

oh hi there,iam still using my i5 3570k as main with TUF broad. it never failed and I only upgraded PSU I will upgrade maybe next 2-3 years

for older games it's fine but new games it's not

Left off on an i5 3570k and GTX 1080. Upgraded to an R53500 to 5600x with an RX 6800XT.

If you're gonna do a huge comparison i'd love to see an old Xeon cpu from this era included. I've upgraded my x79 (chinese motherboard, so in my case h77) to an E5 2697 V2 and it's ripping through games with ease. When i built my first modern gaming system at the time i went for an i5 3470 because i couldn't afford the 3570k but this was a blast from the past to see how well it still holds up!

i've been running a 3770K at 4.5 Ghz and a 3080 TI for about 2+ years playing everything at ultra 4K@60