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How much life has the 1st gen Core i5 got left?

StarSolitude

StarSolitude

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So I come back into the world of computers and find that now my Core i5 750 (@2.67 GHz) is now old fashioned. Great. So it's all about 'Sandy-bridge' now, is it? And I suppose I'll need a brand new motherboard for that, too? Well I can't afford all that right now.

So, first things first... Will my good ol' i5 750 be satisfactory for another year or two's gaming? I'm talking about the latest games (Skyrim, mostly!).

Secondly, I'm probably going to be upgrading my graphics card from an ATI HD5850 to either Crossfire-mode, or an Nvidia 560ti. However, if I do upgrade to the latest generation GPU, would I be noticably bottle-necked by my now old Core i5 750?

Thanks.
 
I run my i5 at 3.8ghz (was 4.0ghz but the current bios does not like it) and as the Sandy Bridge is only a small improvement I would assume my cpu is faster than most, if not all of these new ones when they are at stock speed.

Any game I play now is massively held back by my gpu (rig in sig).

I would clock your i5 up to at least 3.6ghz - It is pretty easy to do and then it will be fine for at least another year. Even at stock it will be fine.
 
Haha, no!

An i5750 should keep you going for a while, just add a slight overclock if you encounter any issues.

If anything I'd upgrade GPU first, but hell, wait until Skyrim comes out and see how it runs before you fork out £200+ on a new GPU....

kd
 
mglover070588 said:
I run my i5 at 3.8ghz (was 4.0ghz but the current bios does not like it) and as the Sandy Bridge is only a small improvement I would assume my cpu is faster than most, if not all of these new ones when they are at stock speed.

Any game I play now is massively held back by my gpu (rig in sig).

I would clock your i5 up to at least 3.6ghz - It is pretty easy to do and then it will be fine for at least another year. Even at stock it will be fine.
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Dude, I used OCGenie to automatically overclock to 3.58Ghz. I can't seem to get it any higher than that, even though I have a water cooler on it. :S Would I even notice a difference if I managed to get it up to 3.8/4GHz?
 
StarSolitude said:
Dude, I used OCGenie to automatically overclock to 3.58Ghz. I can't seem to get it any higher than that, even though I have a water cooler on it. :S Would I even notice a difference if I managed to get it up to 3.8/4GHz?
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From my experience software overclocking is pretty much naff.
Always overclock in the bios :)
What motherboard have you got?
 
I've got the same chip and it still copes easily. Saying that, upgrading to Ivybridge is likely when it comes out ;)
 
Yeah Sandy Bridge is quite a lot better. Something like another 15% more performance at same frequency? Plus can overclock another 0.5ghz+ with ease

From what I've been reading, 4ghz is almost a light overclock for SB

But yeah... imo i5 750 at 3.8ghz is still an excellent CPU. Should be perfect for 2x5850 or 2x560
 
Not sure what the general opinion here is but I would have thought even the old Core 2 chips will last a little while yet.
 
what exactly is appearing that will suddenly make CPUs go down to their knees? don't understand what is meant by 'how much lift has the first generation...', it will run things perfectly fine unless there is an insane shift in the way things are done for many years to come, hell even the older C2D processors are doing the job great, years after their release. :rolleyes:
 
i say quite a lot, ive been playing on Atlhon x2 5400+ since 2007 and after 5 years, im just upgrading to an i5 2500k... (granted i play on 720p), and with the Atlhon ive played most games since 2007

it depends on the GPU and resolution, but i say a good 3 years AT LEAST (more if you OC or just start downgrading details and stuff...)

and like Gashman said, even old Core 2 Duo are doing a great job at newer games... remember that the next big jump will be with the next generation of consoles and imo they wont come anytime soon (new xbox at 2013 if not 2014, and the PS3 still has some legs for a few years), and even in that scenario your i5 will be just fine
 
mejobloggs said:
Yeah Sandy Bridge is quite a lot better. Something like another 15% more performance at same frequency? Plus can overclock another 0.5ghz+ with ease

From what I've been reading, 4ghz is almost a light overclock for SB

But yeah... imo i5 750 at 3.8ghz is still an excellent CPU. Should be perfect for 2x5850 or 2x560
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But it really needs to be at least a 50% improvement before you even start to notice it.

First gen i5s have donks left in them, only even think about changing when you see things slowing down.
 
richb93 said:
Not sure what the general opinion here is but I would have thought even the old Core 2 chips will last a little while yet.
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Yeah but...
all the SB owners want to tell you how much it changed their lives, mended their marriages, taught their kids how to swim and how much better their benchmarks run with it. YADA YADA!.
A good C2D is adequate and a good C2Q is more than good enough, so why would a 1st gen i5 struggle?
Buy a better GPU instead. :p
 
I only upgrade my CPU when I can achieve a 100-150% speed increase, my previous CPU was duel Core 1.86 purchased when it first came out.

I purchased my i5 750 the week OCUK were selling in 2009. I plan on doing a major upgrade in 2013, the computer in sig should last until then mainly due to 16GB ram.
 
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