My experience of upgrading to Intel Core i3 10105F (10th Gen Processor)

So i have finally upgraded my pc to a newer Intel Platform, although it's 3 generations but still the price i got it for was really good and modern 4c/8t CPUs are enough for 1080p gaming for next couple of years atleast, assuming you want game at 60fps and i have a 60hz monitor anyway.

I was looking for the best deals i could find online, i tried many sites like Amazon, PrimeABGB, MDComputers, VedantComputers, theITdepot and even some not so known ones like StarComp which was offering a better motherboard for ₹500 less but i wasn't sure if it would be trustworthy so i went with an Asrock H470M-HDV motherboard that costed me ₹5,000 which i thought was a decent price for the quality and features it has, only downside is it doesn't have an m.2 slot which could have been quite useful for future NVMe SSD upgrade so currently for a while i would keep my SATA SSD.

The CPU was a even better deal considering the cheapest i3 10th gen online at that time that too amazon so without any 2nd thought i bought the cpu as well the next day when it was a deal price which finally went i bought it, it was listed for ₹6,450 and bank offer made it even better with ₹600 off making it effectively cost only ₹5,850. 

So overall, under the under the budget of 12k i saved ₹1,150. I consider this deal a good value for money propagation, Intel is the new AMD nowadays, atleast in the lowend to midrange market. I am quite happy with this upgrade, i bought it much earlier than i actually thought i could because i managed save up enough way before i was expecting to. I am really happy with this upgrade, nothing can beat it at this price brand new so i am happy especially considering the cpu price was which really good and Mobo price was okayish too.

I have already posted a TLOU benchmark video on my channel after upgrade and CPU usage barely reaches 50% which suggests huge GPU bottleneck. That is to be expected because i have an more than a 6 year old aging entry level 1050 Ti GPU though despite low cinematic 30fps gave me smooth experience after some recent major updates.

My Review of The Last of Us: Part 1 on PC

So last night i finished the game and it was an amazing experience, i will explain in few points how was my experience with the game was,

1. Graphics & Performance

When the game came out, textures didn't actually looked great at low settings and i couldn't go to medium or high because my GPU can't run those settings.

But after some major updates such as 1.0.4.0 and 1.0.5.0 the game not only improved significantly in performance (with all stuttering and crashes gone) but texture quality too, that's how game should have been at launch. 

I played the game upscaled to 1080p with render resolution set to 720p and low graphics preset. 

Although my gpu (1050 ti) is certainly not the best card out there but it was giving playable stable anywhere from around 25-40fps depending on the area and intensity.

2. Story

The game is set in a zombie apocalypse when Joel and his daughter Ellie,

 

former talking to his best friend Tommy about how he doesn't want to leave his current job so he want to visit him but before that he put his daughter to sleep, 

 

after she wakes up she searches for her father, he seems rushed as he comes back 

 

when his daughter reaches drawing room, gets the gun from a drawer and advises Ellie to not no near the door and shots down Jimmy who was bitten then turned into a zombie.

So that's where the drama starts, they start running away in the car with Tommy to escape from the widespread zombie attack.

Different seasons, different kind of missions, 4 major ones (set in all different weathers), different iconic places with different types of enemies, such as gangsters and military officers as well.

3. Combat & Mechanics

Combat feels quite intuitive and fun and if you get used to it you won't find it very difficult to understand, it's very simple and straightforward. 

I loved shooting down enemies in the head, it was so satisfying to get a 1 shot kill in such a satisfying way, i also did a decent job with it.

 

Body attack usually took 3-4 shots to kill so it's just a wastage of your precious ammo, although they provide lots of them lying around here and there as you enter and hang around in buildings and rooms.

Puzzles were fun as well, finding the ways to progress in the adventure side of things such as climbing on buses, trail or using plank wood in the water for Sarah as she can't swim.

 

Underwater puzzles were exciting too and you just about get enough time to complete before you die due to lack of oxygen.