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how long will my i7 920 cut it

Nodiggidy123

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currently got it clocked to 4 gig and i only use it for gaming with the odd video encode.

i dont feel i need a upgrade but ive got the itch, would i see any difference in gaming compared to a 2500k?
 
Im in the same boat, been on the same old i7 chip @ 4GHZ and the same old Asus P6T board for 2 years now.

Fact of the matter is upgrading to even a 2600k will give you very minimal increase in performance in the lastest games.

Im looking for the next Q6600 to upgrade from a E6600, or the next i7 920 to upgrade from my q6600......the k-series isnt as greater step as before :(

Bring on the Ivy!! ...... seems like years away yet though.
 
Same here. Been having an itch to upgrade but in all honest it does everything I need it to and more. Waiting to see what Ivy Bridge brings at the very least as going to Sandy Bridge will cost around £100 and just isn't worth it IMO. Quite fancy a nice 128GB SSD and to do a full clean reinstallation in the meantime though. Might try to overclock a bit more, already happy runs at 4.4GHz on air and decent temps too.
 
Nodiggidy123 said:
perhaps best to wait till whatever is after ivy then?
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Would think Ivy would be a good time to jump in, nothing much is bottlenecking on a clocked 920 yet. The direct upgrade would be the 3930K but that's going to need a LGA 2011 motherboard and costs $583 for the CPU - it's really pitched at workstations, whereas the 920 was a workstation part priced like a desktop part.
 
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shadow_boxer said:
Same here. Been having an itch to upgrade but in all honest it does everything I need it to and more. Waiting to see what Ivy Bridge brings at the very least as going to Sandy Bridge will cost around £100 and just isn't worth it IMO. Quite fancy a nice 128GB SSD and to do a full clean reinstallation in the meantime though. Might try to overclock a bit more, already happy runs at 4.4GHz on air and decent temps too.
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so why does your sig say 4.0Ghz?
 
I actually agree though, i7 to sandy isn't as big a jump. I personally am still getting everything I need from a q9550 C2Q. Ivy is my next upgrade for a CPU. If you're getting the "itch" then get a SSD or a new monitor(s)
 
I considered an upgrade to sb as well, primarily a gamer. Would have been more of a sidegrade tbh, no game i play at the minute stresses the cpu enough to warrant an upgrade.
 
Was thinking the same with my system, got the i7 920 @ 4ghz and was thinking of upgrading, but not had the real urge todo this.

I might wait until Sandybridge E is launched and go from there.
 
To those people saying no point in really upgrading i agree with you if your only upgrading your cpu/board/memory...well no its not really worth it...but on flip side if your buying a new ssd there is a point to be made that you can use the new 6gbs intel ports on the p67/z68 boards and imo ive done it and its well worth it....not to mention the usb 3 aswell saves so much time in your life if your copying big files over.....i upgraded and yes i think it was well worth it .....and up to now on the first benchmarks out its looking a lot better than the bulldozer which people have been waiting for for ages.
 
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