Upgrading Intel Pentium G2020 (Ivy Bridge)?

Short question, I still have an old motherboard with an Intel H61 chipset (Ivy Bridge) from Lenovo. The exact name according to CPU-Z would be LENOVO 3664A77.

The processor sits on an 1155 LGA socket.

Now I want to upgrade to an i5 or i7, because of the IVY Bridge I decided that I have to use the third generation Intel Core processors and the i5-3470, i5-3570 (k) and the i7- 3770 (k).

Now I'm wondering if I can use all of this on my board without any problems or if there's a special upgrade option for the Pentium that I can use as the only one?

Furthermore, since the Ivy Bridge at Intel, instead of soldering, the CPUs only use a thermal paste. Can you recommend one to me?

The thing is, if there's such a CPU on the mainboard, the socket should be right. Don't dat et Bumm and then it's over.

For 25 euro, for example the i5 would be a good idea. The system has a good overall condition (was recently checked) and since I would like to use the PC for a few more years, I would like to update because the Pentium is very slow when gaming (Minecraft).

Can you help me?

Hi

First of all I have to contradict you. A mainboard with an intel H61 chipset was originally developed for the Sandy Bridge platform. With the appropriate BIOS / UEFI on the mainboard, Ivy Bridge CPU's can also run on it. So the mainboard is for the second and possibly also Suitable for the third generation of Intel Core i processors. The manufacturer of the OEM PC, i.e. Lenovo, can tell you which CPU's are all running on it. Boom doesn't matter at all. In the worst case, the processor is simply not recognized and the PC does not start or fails to appear.

All processors you mentioned are compatible.

If you get a K version and overclock, pay attention to your TDP (heat of the CPU). So it's best to upgrade the Intel Stock Cooler if one is available. BUT: Your board can't overclock (H61 and H67 chipsets are excluded), so a K version is unnecessary!

Small tip: You can search and compare every Intel processor, because Intel has listed the nice way (e.g.: https://ark.intel.com/...-ghz.html)

What do you mean by soldering? On each CPU there must be thermal paste between it and the cooler! (unless you behead them and use liquid metal, but no solder!)

Can I find out what RAM and graphics card you have? And do you play other games? If necessary, you have to go there and upgrade.

I have to contradict you a little. Ivy Bridge launched in the spring of 2012 and a BIOS update enabled all third-gen CPUs to be activated without any problems.

I referred to "possibly" to the necessary BIOS / UEFI update.

With "solder" the questioner referred to this topic:

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/hardware/prozessoren/46889-heatspreader-kann-theoretisch-nachtraeglich-verloetet-werden.html

This is an OEM mainboard from a Lenovo OEM PC. Are you 100% sure that all of the processors mentioned are supported by the BIOS / UEFI of the mainboard? I just say: OEM BIOS topic.

Heard that Intel soldered the CPU up to Sandy Bridge-

I currently have 8 GB of DDR3 RAM at 665.1 Mhz

An NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 TI with 2 GB GDDR5 at VRAM is currently used as the graphics card.

Minecraft, LS 19, Omsi 2, CSGO, BS18 and ETS2 will be played.

Minecraft is also streamed on YouTube, so far the Pentium has only worked on the lowest settings, although I also noticed that the CPU should be a bottleneck (not unusual for a Pentium). Because the NVIDIA is actually enough for everything, but I just notice that this card could do more (especially since it is not yet overclocked, but it also can't because the PC runs very very slowly, if not even crashes).

Bingo. And that I'm running an Ivy Bridge should be known to the CPU, the G2020 comes from the Ivy Bridge is firstly on the network and secondly the CPU-Z also tells me

Where did I say the Pentium G2020 is not an Ivy Bridge? I just said that the intel H61 chipset originally came from the Sandy Bridge platform. The Ivy Bridge platform is actually based on the chipsets of the 70 series from intel, e.g. B75, H77 and Z77.

PS: I also work with an Ivy Bridge CPU on an H77 mainboard

For processors up to the Sandy Bridge series, the head spreader was, that is the metal cap on the processor, and this head spreader was soldered to the processor die underneath. With newer processors, the head spreader is only stuck on. If I see that correctly, then you have 8GB DDR3-1333 stuck on your mainboard.

No matter how, your motherboard or BIOS / UEFI apparently already supports Ivy Bridge CPUs, see your Pentium G2020. So there's also the possibility that the processors you mentioned also work. However, I can't guarantee that, because I do not know your mainboard and can't find it on the Internet with your information. Only the OEM of your motherboard can tell you exactly. If you still have the complete Lenovo PC, you will find the serial number and model on the case. It allows you to search for the specifications, drivers and BIOS / UEFI updates from Lenovo. If there's a suitable BIOS / UEFI update, then install it. If it is documented which processors are supported, then you have a good starting point. Otherwise you have no choice but to try one of the processors you mentioned, if you're lucky. Boom doesn't matter. In the worst case, it just doesn't work.

No, had understood it as if you wanted to tell me that there's NO Ivy Bridge on it, but after reading it again only understood what you meant. Do you think it would be more promising to use a second generation i5 or i7?

Yep that's exactly what it is

I just took the wetrte from CPU-Z because I didn't want to take apart the PC now

PS The bios version is as of August 2018, the board was delivered in the second quarter of 2013

Mine is always bad, you have to know it or you are a player and rely on your luck. It always depends on what the OEM permits and what does not, i.e. What it takes into account in the BIOS / UEFI modules and what does not.

With a BIOS / UEFI from 2018, there's a high probability that Lenovo has already packed corresponding CPU microcodes into the BIOS / UEFI so that the Intel Core i5 / 7 of the second and third generation could work on the mainboard. A residual risk remains, however, that it still does not work because Lenovo does not want you to upgrade but to buy a new PC. Try it, nothing should break. Was probably a BIOS / UEFI patch for Specter and Meltdown.

So if it doesn't work, can I just use the old Pentium again?

Would definitely be great because the Ivy Bridge CPUs are still usable today. The Pentium is pretty fast, but it is not enough and why is there something completely new, if not too high?

PS: So I ask what Ivy Bridge CPU you are using and what is your experience with it?

So if it doesn't work, can I just use the old Pentium again?

Yes exactly. And yes, I see it that way, sometimes just upgrading is enough if the remaining hardware is sufficient for my requirements. I'm already thinking, my darling, but still buy an i7 CPU.

Well, I have the i5 3350p without IGP (integrated graphics processor) because I use a graphics card. And the processor has been working in my computer since 2013. Since I'm not such a big gambler, the processor will probably last me a little longer. I do not need to play all games in the highest settings, the main thing is that it runs smoothly in a usable resolution. The only thing that is important to me is an SSD on a SATAIII port. There was nothing more in the generation. But still it brings a little joy.

So holding out for seven years is quite good. Exactly the same. For things like Minecraft that will surely be enough, I can now get on with the Pentium quite well. However, I have a game that is better optimized for 4-kernels and there's a problem. And then stop to stream a bit. For more than 1-2 years I probably won't use it anymore, at some point you should be a bit more modern, but up to Sandy Bridge I can tell me that everything is still reasonably usable, now something much older like Core Quad or Core Duo I wouldn't either use more than for the office.

@computertom thank you again for your answer. I just wanted to tell you that I have now decided on the 3570 and that everything worked exactly as I wanted it

Congratulations. And another PC gave another life.

Thank you. So the additional benefit is actually enormous. What I'm currently more fluent at Games Blender etc and save time is enormous. I don't yet either sell the old Pentium or keep it as a spare part. Since it was functionally fine, it would be nonsense to throw it away.

Higher clock and two more cores, you can feel that clearly. For the Pentium G2020 you will hardly get more than € 5, but it won't get any better from lying around. Compared to the cost of the i5 3570, that's nothing. I wouldn't know now where to use the "old". What did you pay for the i5, if I may ask? I'm flirting with a used Xeon E3-1240 v2 because the € 30 is cheaper than a comparable i7.

I got it on the used market for 25 euro for the age and the performance a fair age. For the Xeon, I would have to have a look, look at the data sheet and get in touch with you again xeons are often more powerful than you think if you got the cheaper one that would be better than the i7

So if the i5 3570 runs on your mainboard, then an i7 3770 should also run. However, I would leave it at that. 25.- € for the i5 3570 is OK. A Xeon on your OEM mainboard, but I didn't want to put my hand in the fire. And I'm just thinking about it.

I also had a look at the i7 there, but I don't think it's worth almost 100 euro anymore or what do you think? Ben Xeon, I think I would bring me directly to the mainboard for a few euro more because ECC RAM, i.e. Server RAM is also not officially supported by the board Compare times with my new and the i7 on the net in the benchmark