2500k to 2700k

bedazzled · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:22

I've currently got a rubbish I5 2500k can only reach 4400MHz at 1.340 vcore. As my PC is for general home use, internet and gaming, would I see any real benefit if I upgraded to an i7 2700k? If it helps my gpu is a 1024Mb 560GTX (not the ti version)

.Max. · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:25

Gaming you might see a slight performance increase, but not the extra money's worth IMO, But maybe an SSD would be a better upgrade if you've not got one already ?

DTWD · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:28

You would also need a new board and ram wouldn't you to switch to an i7?

Stonedofmoo · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:28

Not worth it at all. You're almost certainly completely limited by GPU performance, not CPU.

Stonedofmoo · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:29

DTWD said:
You would also need a new board and ram wouldn't you to switch to an i7?

Nope, it's the same line of chips. Same socket, same ram etc.

Orcvader · 30 Oct 2011 at 13:02

4.4ghz is fast enough. With the efficient, high performing architecture of Sandy Bridge, it will hardly be a bottleneck in games. Rather, you would see a better performance boost from upgrading your graphics card.

ng93 · 30 Oct 2011 at 13:02

Stonedofmoo said:
Not worth it at all. You're almost certainly completely limited by GPU performance, not CPU.

This TBH, get a new GPU first. A 2500K at 4.4Ghz is more than fast enough for 99% of games.

bedazzled · 30 Oct 2011 at 13:48

Would it be better to get another GTX560 and sli them or just get a better card and sell the GTX560?

Moeks · 30 Oct 2011 at 16:30

Do you have a performance problem? ...is there something spefic that isn't running as you would like? ...becuase frankly your computer is pretty darn fast, you certainly aren't short on CPU grunt. As for your graphics card ...it really depends what you are doing with it, the 560GTX isn't exactly a slow card.

reiyushin · 30 Oct 2011 at 16:45

ng93 said:
This TBH, get a new GPU first. A 2500K at 4.4Ghz is more than fast enough for 99% of games.

What's the 1%?

But yea, you're ona blisteringly fast setup as far as CPU goes

Invest elsewhere.

varkanoid · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:18

bedazzled said:
I've currently got a rubbish I5 2500k can only reach 4400MHz at 1.340 vcore. As my PC is for general home use, internet and gaming, would I see any real benefit if I upgraded to an i7 2700k? If it helps my gpu is a 1024Mb 560GTX (not the ti version)

is it a D1 revision or D2 revision ?

I found the latter overclocks a lot better with less V's.

DTWD · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:32

Stonedofmoo said:
Nope, it's the same line of chips. Same socket, same ram etc.

I thought the i7 preffered tripple channel ram and the i5 dual? If the OP is complaining about the i5 performance, surely a tripple setup would be on the cards for him? Although, I agree, from what I hear dual is perfectly acceptable for bandwidth, it's just not optimum.

Alex h · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:35

DTWD said:
I thought the i7 preffered tripple channel ram and the i5 dual? If the OP is complaining about the i5 performance, surely a tripple setup would be on the cards for him? Although, I agree, from what I hear dual is perfectly acceptable for bandwidth, it's just not optimum.

thats bloomfield this thread is sandybridge

Ginger-Menace · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:35

DTWD said:
I thought the i7 preffered tripple channel ram and the i5 dual? If the OP is complaining about the i5 performance, surely a tripple setup would be on the cards for him? Although, I agree, from what I hear dual is perfectly acceptable for bandwidth, it's just not optimum.

OP is on sandybridge which doesnt have triple channel ram, it was the old x58 chip set i7's that had triple channel ram

FallshirmjAEger · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:41

As others have said, no point upgrading the cpu anytime soon.

Are you struggling to run a certain game with your 560?

bedazzled · 30 Oct 2011 at 20:37

varkanoid said:
is it a D1 revision or D2 revision ?

I found the latter overclocks a lot better with less V's.

Its a D2 revision but to get above 4400 MHz requires a vcore of over 1.4 volts to be stable in prime 95 and the temps go sky high, I'm using a Corsair H70 push pull setup.

bedazzled · 30 Oct 2011 at 20:41

FallshirmjAEger said:
As others have said, no point upgrading the cpu anytime soon.

Are you struggling to run a certain game with your 560?

No the games I have are running fine, it's just that I keep reading of folks getting 4.5 - 4.8 MHz out of their 2500k's.

ng93 · 30 Oct 2011 at 20:44

bedazzled said:
No the games I have are running fine, it's just that I keep reading of folks getting 4.5 - 4.8 MHz out of their 2500k's.

If everythings running fine why do you want to upgrade? IMO wait until it's not running fast enough, then upgrade.

Nelly · 30 Oct 2011 at 20:48

No point whatsoever, I've got my 2500k clocked at 4.5GHz and it's enough for any games I play. Save your money for the new 28nm graphics cards being released by Nvidia and AMD.

Plus Ivybridge should be out by April 2012, I'll probally get one of those CPU's.