i5 750 to i7 870, worth it?

[elrasho]

My Asus P7P55D-E is an LGA1556 socket motherboard so I'm limited to upgrading. I don't want to change my motherboard so I'm looking at option for a CPU upgrade.

I have a GTX680 and have a feeling my i5 750 @ 3.7Ghz is holding it back. Would upgrading to an i7 870 make much of a differnce, is it worth it? My PC is mainly used for gaming "BF3, Alan Wake, Crysis 2 etc..). I game at 1080P if that helps.

 

[beejjacobs]

Not worth it..
.http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/107?vs=109

best bet is better cooling to get to 4GHz or so, which should be doable on that CPU

 

[eyetrip]

is it an 870K?

 

[Freddie1980]

If you knew in advance that the CPU you was getting was a good clocker then yes it would be worth it but if you walking in blind I wouldn't bother.

 

[d_brennen]

is it an 870K?

There were no 1156 "K" chips

 

[eyetrip]

yes, there were

 

[eyetrip]

But I think it may have been a 875K rather than 870K

 

[elrasho]

Yes there's a 875K, but I'm talking about this one

 

[Barry1987]

Not worth it.

 

[eyetrip]

If it was cheap I would personally go for it.

It's the last upgrade you could make to your system before replacing motherboard.

If it was going to cost a lot, then probably wouldn't bother

 

[d_brennen]

yes, there were

But I think it may have been a 875K rather than 870K

I stand corrected

Those chips weren't as locked down as SB chips though, but they did have an unlocked multiplier while good 1156 motherboards didn't have a single clock gen so bus clocking actually worked

 

[elrasho]

Those chips weren't as locked down as SB chips though, but they did have an unlocked multiplier while good 1156 motherboards didn't have a single clock gen so bus clocking actually worked

erm.... what does all that mean? It's been a while since I've been looking for a CPU

 

[beejjacobs]

erm.... what does all that mean? It's been a while since I've been looking for a CPU

On Sandybridge CPUs [generation after your 750] you can't overclock the BLK/clock as its tied to the integrated graphics and all sorts so can cause problems. All you do is basically up the mutliplier instead [with some having a locked multiplier so you can overclock at all]. On your CPU you can change both

 

[d_brennen]

erm.... what does all that mean? It's been a while since I've been looking for a CPU

Not worth it unless you can sell your 750 and get an i7 8XX very cheap. Even then the gain in gaming will be small. The 750 is still a good chip and will be for a while imo

 

[elrasho]

Decided to go against the move, will wait when the i5 750 becomes what the Q6600 is today. Thanks for the advice peeps

 

[kristmace]

I have a GTX680 and have a feeling my i5 750 @ 3.7Ghz is holding it back.

really? Got any benchies? Just that I thought the first gen i5s were still going strong.