I also have the I5 3570. I have the GTX 970 card and 8 ram. At first I was just going to wait until I got a new computer, but decided to just purchase the sim anyway. Turns out it's playable, or at least better than I expected. I'm enjoying it but it's not good enough for the long run. I'm buying a new video card. If that upgrade alone is not good enough I'll swap out everything else!