Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

So I'm thinking about picking up a i5-3570K cpu. 200$ for the regular or 220$ for an unlocked version. 3.4GHz seem like plenty, so I'm not sure if the unlocked version is worth it... And about the RAM ...