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e2180 > i5 2500k

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Will I notice a big difference in video/photo editing, 3D modeling and games? I did overclock it to 2.8GHz but I cant see there being a massive difference?

Thanks.
 
From the e2180, you will see a big difference. From the benchmarks I've seen Sandybridge gives incredible performance in video/photo editing compared to the Core series.

Also, it's got quad cores, so you'll see massive improvements from your current dual core.
 
If you want to use Quick Sync then you will need to get an H67 or Z68 motherboard. You can overclock using the Z68 motherboards but supposedly not on the H67 motherboards.
 
Cool, thanks for the replies! Was half tempted at getting an i7 so I get hyperthreading but out of budget!

Will I need to overclock the 2500k it or will it be OK stock?



CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
If you want to use Quick Sync then you will need to get an H67 or Z68 motherboard. You can overclock using the Z68 motherboards but supposedly not on the H67 motherboards.
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ah, was going to get a p67. What is quick sync exactly?
 
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ah, was going to get a p67. What is quick sync exactly?
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It uses the IGP to help accelerate video encoding.

Here is a comparison with using AMD and Intel graphics to help accelerate encoding:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833-5.html

Supposedly,it is much faster than using CUDA and a GTX570! Of course I would try to look at some more comparisons too.

However,the Z68 motherboards are being released in Q2 2011:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...k=view&id=632&Itemid=69&limit=1&limitstart=15
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
It uses the IGP to help accelerate video encoding.

Here is a comparison with using AMD and Intel graphics to help accelerate encoding:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833-5.html

Supposedly,it is much faster than using CUDA and a GTX570! Of course I would try to look at some more comparisons too.

However,the Z68 motherboards are being released in Q2 2011:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...k=view&id=632&Itemid=69&limit=1&limitstart=15
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Ergh, well thats thrown a spanner in the works!

Would I be better of getting a H67 mobo with stock cpu speed & getting use of the quick sync then instead of a P67 and the ability to overclock?
 
Unless you really need to upgrade now I would wait a few months more. TBH,I would probably get a secondhand Q6600 and overclock it to around 3GHZ. They can be had for around £70 to £80 secondhand and has 2MB of L2 cache per core instead of the 512KB of L2 cache per core with your E2180.

In Q2 2011 AMD Bulldozer(and maybe AMD Llano) is being released and hopefully this will mean cheaper CPUs for all of us.

I am using a Q6600 ATM and I see no point in updating until both AMD and Intel have released most of their new sub £300 CPU line ups for this year.

If you really need to get a new setup now then get the cheapest H67 motherboard and use this for the time being. Then when you need to overclock get a Z68 motherboard.
 
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I'm in a similar situation, currently running an E2180 and 2GB of DDR2 memory along with a GTX 260.

I have already ordered three parts for my new build, a BeQuiet L7 530W PSU, 4GB of Corsair XMS3 1600MHz memory and a Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HDD.

Problem is, I don't know whether I should go Sandy Bridge or get something cheaper. Sandy Bridge seems a lot of hassle as it stands right now, as basically I just want to build a new setup now, OC the CPU for gaming and then not have to upgrade my PC again for a good year or so (bar maybe the GPU which I will upgrade later in the year). So with the Sandy Bridge and having to buy different motherboards and such, I cba with the hassle even if it is super fast etc. I just want to be able to run old, new and upcoming games at great graphics settings.

Any recommendations on what to do?

Btw, sorry if I have overtaken the thread with my essay post.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Unless you really need to upgrade now I would wait a few months more. TBH,I would probably get a secondhand Q6600 and overclock it to around 3GHZ. They can be had for around £70 to £80 secondhand and has 2MB of L2 cache per core instead of the 512KB of L2 cache per core with your E2180.

In Q2 2011 AMD Bulldozer(and maybe AMD Llano) is being released and hopefully this will mean cheaper CPUs for all of us.

I am using a Q6600 ATM and I see no point in updating until both AMD and Intel have released most of their new sub £300 CPU line ups for this year.

If you really need to get a new setup now then get the cheapest H67 motherboard and use this for the time being. Then when you need to overclock get a Z68 motherboard.
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aha :o

Well, I do need to upgrade - pc completely broke atm. Think my cpu has died, but getting it looked @ tommorow. If it is worth waiting a bit, I could get a second hand Q6600 i guess!



d3moliti0n said:
I'm in a similar situation, currently running an E2180 and 2GB of DDR2 memory along with a GTX 260.

I have already ordered three parts for my new build, a BeQuiet L7 530W PSU, 4GB of Corsair XMS3 1600MHz memory and a Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HDD.

Problem is, I don't know whether I should go Sandy Bridge or get something cheaper. Sandy Bridge seems a lot of hassle as it stands right now, as basically I just want to build a new setup now, OC the CPU for gaming and then not have to upgrade my PC again for a good year or so (bar maybe the GPU which I will upgrade later in the year). So with the Sandy Bridge and having to buy different motherboards and such, I cba with the hassle even if it is super fast etc. I just want to be able to run old, new and upcoming games at great graphics settings.

Any recommendations on what to do?

Btw, sorry if I have overtaken the thread with my essay post.
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no worries dude hope this thread is of help to you too.
 
d3moliti0n said:
I'm in a similar situation, currently running an E2180 and 2GB of DDR2 memory along with a GTX 260.

I have already ordered three parts for my new build, a BeQuiet L7 530W PSU, 4GB of Corsair XMS3 1600MHz memory and a Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HDD.

Problem is, I don't know whether I should go Sandy Bridge or get something cheaper. Sandy Bridge seems a lot of hassle as it stands right now, as basically I just want to build a new setup now, OC the CPU for gaming and then not have to upgrade my PC again for a good year or so (bar maybe the GPU which I will upgrade later in the year). So with the Sandy Bridge and having to buy different motherboards and such, I cba with the hassle even if it is super fast etc. I just want to be able to run old, new and upcoming games at great graphics settings.

Any recommendations on what to do?

Btw, sorry if I have overtaken the thread with my essay post.
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If you want to stay with Intel get a Core i3 540 and a Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H and this will come to under £150. With a relatively cheap aftermarket cooler or maybe even the stock cooler you maybe able to get a decent overclock on the processor.

OTH,you could get the cheapest socket 1155 H67 motherboard and a Core i3 2100T. However,you will need to run this at stock speeds.

The other alternative is to get an AMD Athlon II X3 or X4 for around £60 to £80 and a 770 motherboard for around £50 or a 870(if you want SATA3.0 and USB3.0) motherboard for around £70 to £80.
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
If you want to stay with Intel get a Core i3 540 and a Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H and this will come to under £150. With a relatively cheap aftermarket cooler or maybe even the stock cooler you maybe able to get a decent overclock on the processor.

The other alternative is to get an AMD Athlon II X3 or X4 for around £60 to £80 and a 770 motherboard for around £50 or a 870(if you want SATA3.0 and USB3.0) for around £70 to £80.
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I have a budget that would allow me to buy an AMD Phenom II/i5 CPU, that isn't really the problem, I could also afford a Sandy Bridge CPU/mobo, it's just I don't want to be buying more stuff in a few months to be able to OC and such, I just want to get the items, OC the CPU and then that should be done and dusted.

Also, I have a budget of about £290 to spend, if I do go the Sandy Bridge route I can't afford a few other items that I would like to buy for the upgrade, if I went with an AMD Phenom II 955 and Crosshair III I could get the few other items I need. Bearing in mind the few other items are non-essentials but just stuff I would like to upgrade (eg. DVD drive, keyboard/mouse and I'm thinking about getting a cheaper SSD).
 
TBH,it is not the best time to be really doing an upgrade though. The current AM3 motherboards will not work with Bulldozer as it needs the new AM3+ motherboards being launched in April(or thereabouts) with the CPU. However,current AM3 processors will work in AM3+ motherboards.

If you want to get an SSD within your budget then the Phenom II X4 955BE and a 790FX,890GX or 870 based motherboard will be the only way forward if you want a higher end quad core. This is because a 60GB SSD will be around £80 to £90 leaving you around £200 to £210 for the CPU and motherboard.

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I would suggest looking at this motherboard:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-402-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782

It cannot do symmetrical Crossfire but has USB3.0,SATA3.0 and an IGP too.

In these reviews it can be used to overclock a Phenom II X6 or X4 to around 3.9GHZ to 4.1GHZ

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-m4a88tdv-evousb3-review/8

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_m4a88tdv_evo_usb3/7.htm
 
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As I said, once this upgrade is done, I won't be buying any new CPU/motherboard/memory etc. for at least a year so I will most probably be skipping the AMD releases, so I don't need the new CPU's to work with whatever motherboard I buy now. Essentially, whenever I upgrade again I will do the same thing and just built from scratch.

I was thinking of this kind of thing:

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Comes to a total of about £287 so within budget, and then I'll just buy a new keyboard/mouse later on. The SSD will only be used for my operating system and maybe a few games, as I have a new 1TB HDD aswell.
 
Any reason you are going for a Crossfire motherboard BTW??

If you don't mind dropping to PCI-2.0 8X/8X Crossfire(this is what the Crossfire capable P55 and P67 motherboards do) you could look at the following motherboard:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-366-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1481

This motherboard also does Crossfire at PCI-E 2.0 8X/8X but gains SATA3.0 and an IGP:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-392-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782

Remember to use the code "novatrise" as it will keep the VAT at 17.5%!
 
No specific reason I chose that motherboard to be honest, I was just under the impression it was a good board, especially for overclocking, from what I have read on the forum and in reviews etc. I don't need Crossfire/SLI as I won't be running more than one graphics card any time soon.

Is there anything better than the Crosshair? As I said, I don't need Crossfire so if theres something better with only one PCI-Express port then thats fine.
 
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