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2500k to 3570k .... Talk me out of it

Monkeyspaz5000

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My brain says for roughly £60 (taking into consideration what I would make on selling my current chip), I can have a newer better CPU.

I have a Z77 board, but do I really want/need the 3570K???
 
er, the second two ;)

the 3570 is faster clock for clock, but due to thermal limits, clocks lower than the 2500.

also apparantly water cooling is slightly wasted on ivy due to the poor thermal paste used by intel. not my experience just from what others say.

so id say no :)
 
I believe they are very similar chips. Both overclockable to a nice amount. I have just got a 3570K myself... In my mind, from what I have read, SandyBridge chips run a tiny bit cooler and the 2500k can achieve a slightly better OC then the 3570K, but I'm not too sure.

I also believe the 3570K uses less power... But if you already have the 2500K then I would keep it unless there is a chip out that will definitely beat it...

These points may be corrected and I am happy for them to be. Gotta start somewhere though right?



Cam.
 
Unless you are playing VERY CPU intensive games, or with 120Hz monitor together with SLI GTX68x or CF79xx, I seriously doubt you would even notice the difference (however if someone has gone through the trouble of delided the chip and redone the TIM properly without damaging it, then I might be tempted...but as it is now, I wouldn't trade my i5 2500K for a IvyBridge "micro-oven" :p).
 
Alkalinepro5 said:
downgrade. It can't even OC as well as 2500k!
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Wrong! Just cos it cant clock as high as the 2500k doesn't mean its a downgrade. As someone said above, clock for clock the 3570k is faster so the 3570k can be clocked lower and still be on par or better than the 2500k.

But yeah dont switch, pointless cos you wont see any difference. Its a side step more than anything.
 
As per the consensus, just save your pennies. Unless you are hell bent on upgrading the motherboard and the one you are moving to doesn't support the 2500k you will not be able to discern any difference.

You may even find that the new chip doesn't overclock as well as your existing one.

The performance difference CLOCK FOR CLOCK is reported widely to be A MAXIMUM of 5% in real world, but anything up to 15% in synthetic tests.

Unless you are being constrained by the CPU right now, you wont be able to even see that performance improvement. You really are better off investing the money in a (or another for raid 0) SSD or a better GPU, or better cooling.
 
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Pretty much identically performing CPU's. Waste of £60 going from one to the other really.

Stick with what you have until there is something worth upgrading to.
 
Just killed my 3570K I'm more tempted to buy a 2500K because it can be had much a for a bit cheaper. The only difference I've seen is that the Ivy runs hotter, but has higher TJax, and the Ivy has a better memory benchmark.
 
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