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looking to upgrade from an I5 2400

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I've got an i5 2400 3.1ghz CPU at the mo which i use alongside a 680 and 4gb ram.

Im looking to upgrade the CPU and get a hefty performance boost, however my motherboard does not support overclocking and i really can't be bothered to get a new motherboard anytime soon.

So what CPU at stock speed should i look into getting if i want a noticeable performance increase over my current one ?

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Your only choice is really the non-K version IvyBridge i5...but even that isn't much of and upgrade and doesn't justify the cost involved, and the chances are your board ain't Gen3 or H77 chipset then it wouldn't even support it.

The ONLY way to see good performance increase is that you MUST overclock your CPU, which would involve getting BOTH a Z chipset board and a K-version of CPU.

Seriously...if you are not prepared to get a new motherboard, your only option is to stick with what you currently got.
 
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Without getting a new board and assuming that your currant board wont support an Ivybridge processor, the best you could do is get a i7 2700K which runs @ 3.5Ghz as apposed to your 2400 @3.1Ghz, of course this would allow you to get a overclockable board at a latter date for even more performance.
Alternatively check to see on your boards manufacturers website to see if they do a bios that supports the ivybridge range of processors as that would be another option.
 
A sidegrade to a K series Sandy i5/7 and overclock it to the max, what kind of cooling are you using?
 
Just leave it. There's not really any good upgrades from the 2400 at the moment without overclocking.

You should be able to up the turbo speeds though, although I'm not sure how this works.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Your only choice is really the non-K version IvyBridge i5...but even that isn't much of and upgrade and doesn't justify the cost involved, and the chances are your board ain't Gen3 or H77 chipset then it wouldn't even support it.

The ONLY way to see good performance increase is that you MUST overclock your CPU, which would involve getting BOTH a Z chipset board and a K-version of CPU.

Seriously...if you are not prepared to get a new motherboard, your only option is to stick with what you currently got.
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Ivy will work on H61/P67/H67/H77/Z77/Z68/Z75
Can overclock with 4 chipsets P67/Z68/Z77/Z75 (Obviously still need a K CPU)
 
Marine-RX179 said:
You sure? Don't they need to be Gen3 to support Ivy...or it that only for PCI-E 3.0?

But it still doesn't change the fact that H chipset boards can't overclock...
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I'm 100% sure. Don't need gen 3 to support Ivy, and PCI-E 3.0 is gen 3 essentially, it's just a term.

Theoretically, with the PCI-E 3.0 controller being on Ivy, you can get PCI-E 3.0 on the primary lane of a H61 board for example running PCI-E 3.0 bandwidth (Crossfire etc wouldn't due to the switches, but the primary lane should work, mechanically they're the same, the bandwidth comes from the controller)

And P67 isn't a Z chipset, you said you need Z.
 
Orcvader said:
You should be able to up the turbo speeds though, although I'm not sure how this works.
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you still need one of the overclockable boards to do this.

To the opening poster please list what motherboard you are using so that we can go and look up if it capable of running an ivybridge chip, with/without a bios upgrade unless you already have, in which case let us know anyway...... :p
 
Since you have a 680 I assume you're a gamer, and I would guess upgrading from the 4GB ram you have to 8GB will gain you more (in a few select titles) than a CPU upgrade. Pretty sure an i5 2400 wouldn't be holding any single card solution back as far as I know... Unless the reasons for your upgrade are for fast rendering or something similar and more work based than gaming?
 
Honestly though, Ivybridge won't be much of an upgrade. The 2400 already performs pretty well and since OP is looking for a "hefty" performance boost, I would save the money and wait for Skylake (next tick/tock cycle after Haswell).
 
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Martini1991 said:
I'm 100% sure. Don't need gen 3 to support Ivy, and PCI-E 3.0 is gen 3 essentially, it's just a term.

Theoretically, with the PCI-E 3.0 controller being on Ivy, you can get PCI-E 3.0 on the primary lane of a H61 board for example running PCI-E 3.0 bandwidth (Crossfire etc wouldn't due to the switches, but the primary lane should work, mechanically they're the same, the bandwidth comes from the controller)
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So you are saying that manufactuers released Z68 "revised" Gen3 version for their existing boards are just marketing scam? Cause I always thought Ivy would only run on Z68 board that's labeled Gen3 (or specified will support 22nm CPU).

But even for P67, the OP would still have to change board, which is something he clearly said he won't be doing. I mentioned Z chipset board because they are boards that will support and overclock K-version on IvyBridge CPUs for sure.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
So you are saying that manufactuers released Z68 "revised" Gen3 version for their existing boards are just marketing scam? Cause I always thought Ivy would only run on Z68 board that's labeled Gen3 (or specified will support 22nm CPU).

But even for P67, the OP would still have to change board, which is something he clearly said he won't be doing. I mentioned Z chipset board because they are boards that will support and overclock K-version on IvyBridge CPUs for sure.
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P67? You wouldn't have to change board, it can take Ivy and clock.

Gen 3 is just saying it'll be fully compatible with PCI-E 3.0 as some boards don't have the PCI-E 3.0 switches (For Crossfire/SLI0, MSI attacked Gigabyte on that front, as Gigabyte state PCI-E 3.0 support (Not lying) however have switches that wouldn't work PCI-E 3.0 (Bar one board)

Here's one of many Gigabyte boards http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4314#ov I picked a fairly entry level one.

Here's another http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3772#ov

Here's another ; http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4019#ov
 
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