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2500k or 3570k

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noticed the 2500k is at £159.99

where as the the 3570k is at £173.99

so my question is, is the 3570k going to be worth the extra given that the 2500k is still a remarkably good cpu?
 
The 3570k is a bit more power efficient and seems to have a small performance increase over the 2500k. Both are also excellent overclockers and you get quite a few new features with IvyBridge (But to make use of these features you need a Z77 Mobo).
If you're running PCIe 3.0 on the graphics card then I would say go for it for the extra £14 :)

But if you already have a 2500k, then it isn't worth it.
 
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I currently have neither, I'm running an Athlon x4 lol and looking to upgrade

And am currently not running pcie 3.0 but my plan later on is to get a gtx 670 in couple of months so I guess the pcie 3.0 will come in handy then
 
I just (about 10 minutes ago I ordered) a 3570k going from a 720x3. For for £14 more I thought why not? You get all the lovely features on the motherboard. It's a little cooler, a little quicker, little newer. It will last a little longer.
 
ivy bridge overheats, and the sandys are fantastic overclockers, especially the 2500k, check the top benchmarks on overclockers uk forum, i think 9 out of the top 10 processors are 2500k's
 
Tried computers with the 2500k and 3570k and i couldnt tell all that much difference tbh :P

my current is a 3570k and i can safely recommend one unless you're trying to save a few bob.
 
s4mmy007 said:
ivy bridge overheats, and the sandys are fantastic overclockers, especially the 2500k, check the top benchmarks on overclockers uk forum, i think 9 out of the top 10 processors are 2500k's
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Clock for clock the Ivy is better. So a 4.4 Ghz Ivy is still better than a 4.8 Ghz Sandy.
 
s4mmy007 said:
ivy bridge overheats, and the sandys are fantastic overclockers, especially the 2500k, check the top benchmarks on overclockers uk forum, i think 9 out of the top 10 processors are 2500k's
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Not the case for the new batch, the new SBs overclock poorly. Because of this there's no reason to not get IB. IB does better per clock anyway to make up for the overclock.
 
I've just built someone a 3570k system with a Solid State Drive and 1600mhz ram I have to say that it absolutely flies. I installed a standard CPU cooler and got good temperatures around 25 degrees which I think is pretty good for an intel system; I hear that intel can idle at quite high temperatures but have a much higher temperature threshold. I'm going to be overclocking it in a few weeks for her. I'll bench it and post results for you so you can compare.
 
I had the same decision a few weeks back and went with the 2500K (actually a 2550K as they are cheaper) as the extra cost of the ivy CPU and the extra cost of a Z77 over a Z68 was not worth the extras features of ivy imo and for overclocking the sandy chips run cooler and although they are slightly slower clock for clock its not really anything a human would ever notice.

It worked out to paying £50 more for features I wasn't interested in, the slightly higher stock performance, and higher OC temps.
 
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I would prefer a 3570K. Newer tech, newer features, slightly faster, more power efficient, it's smaller process (22nm Ivy Bridge 32nm Sandybridge) and runs perfectly cool (30C idle on stock cooler with stock clocks)
 
dante6491 said:
I just (about 10 minutes ago I ordered) a 3570k going from a 720x3. For for £14 more I thought why not? You get all the lovely features on the motherboard. It's a little cooler, a little quicker, little newer. It will last a little longer.
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The 3570K runs like an burning inferno compared to your AMD chip or the 2500K.

Everything else is spot on though :)
 
Me personally when I come to order (providing I sell my stuff on MM) I will be ordering a 3570k purely cause I prefer newer tech, but that's just me and it's an expensive way to live :)
 
s4mmy007 said:
ivy bridge overheats, and the sandys are fantastic overclockers
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Can you please qualify what you mean by "overheat" because they don't.

Sure they run hot and don't like having their voltage tweaked upwards but they don't 'overheat' as that implies that they get too hot and fail, which is not true. They do, however, 'throttle back' to prevent overheating which is generally when someone has got a bit gung-ho with voltages and a multiplier over about 46.

I've seen a few posts from yourself the last few days which are just wrong and misleading where you clearly have no first hand experience of the things you're talking about and are just spouting something you've read somewhere else and either mis-interpreted the real meaning or have made a generalisation.

Please do your homework.
 
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