I have a 2700K....

[Abz Hussain]

....it does 4.7 @ 1.32 stable. It does 5.0 at 1.42 stable.
I am downgrading from EATX to MATX, changing Mobos from Gigabyte UP7 to Gigabyte G1 sniper M3.
Is there any logical reason for me to upgrade my CPU to an IVY B 3770K. I understand its about 10% faster but is that 'worth it'?
Once i have downgraded in size i do not expect to upgrade for a good few years hence enquiring about the 3770k

Does my 2700k take advantage of PCIE 3.0? If not, is getting the IVY B to take advantage of PCIE 3.0 viable or not considering my situation.

PC will be used for gaming, video rendering and normal tasks, nothing too heavy in all three aspects.

Thanks

 

[oap]

Don't think it would be much of an upgrade, the newer chips need better cooling to reach your speeds.

 

[Abz Hussain]

Don't think it would be much of an upgrade, the newer chips need better cooling to reach your speeds.

That was my inital thought, but then i thought i will get a few other opinions and see what the general gist is. I was aware of the cooling issue with the Ivy B's, i think most have overcome this by delidding....not something i think iwant to mess about with, purely down to time and laziness.

 

[Drangueos]

the 2700k doesn't enable pci 3.0, only 2.0.

If you are running just one graphics card a pci-e 2.0 x16 is more than enough.. you have a good chip, my 2600k could do 4.5 with 1.28V, with my 3770k I need the same 1.28 to get 4.5 and my 3770k runs hotter.

 

[wazza300]

you wont notice,only in benchmarks, pcie3 adds less than 1% over pcie2

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Not worth the bother unless you're into quick sync but even then I would wait for Haswell for even better QS performance

 

[Abz Hussain]

the 2700k doesn't enable pci 3.0, only 2.0.

If you are running just one graphics card a pci-e 2.0 x16 is more than enough.. you have a good chip, my 2600k could do 4.5 with 1.28V, with my 3770k I need the same 1.28 to get 4.5 and my 3770k runs hotter.

Yeh just the one HD 7950 for me. Will upgrade in future but just the GPU, dont think the CPU will require an upgrade for some time yet.

you wont notice,only in benchmarks, pcie3 adds less than 1% over pcie2

Is that all it is? Theres me thinking it was going to be like a very healthy %age increase.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Is that all it is? Theres me thinking it was going to be like a very healthy %age increase.

Theoretically it is but there are not any graphics cards around to utilise the extra bandwidth and there probably won't be for a good few years

 

[illuz]

5 @ 1.42v stable. No, keep this chip

 

[Abz Hussain]

Theoretically it is but there are not any graphics cards around to utilise the extra bandwidth and there probably won't be for a good few years

Fair enough, think i will stick with my 2700k. Just hope i get a good price for my mobo now lol

 

[djxput]

ya Im in the same boat - but decided to keep my 2700k - got a 3770k here but going to sell it

 

[Abz Hussain]

ya Im in the same boat - but decided to keep my 2700k - got a 3770k here but going to sell it

yeh we might as well stick with what we got eh mate. Luckily for me i didnt buy a 3770k. You should still get a decent price for it though.

 

[Mr. May]

If you want to upgrade get a 3930k and a micro ATX board as the 2011 socketis exspecting new chips if you should ever want to upgrade

 

[Abz Hussain]

If you want to upgrade get a 3930k and a micro ATX board as the 2011 socketis exspecting new chips if you should ever want to upgrade

My current cpu does what i need it to without too much stress so wont be upgrading just yet. But socket 2011 is something to consider for sure when upgrading.
thanks

 

[smit101]

If you want to upgrade get a 3930k and a micro ATX board as the 2011 socketis exspecting new chips if you should ever want to upgrade

What about the 3820? Much cheaper, and despite it having only a partially unlocked multiplier still seems to be quite clockable on the right board.

 

[Abz Hussain]

5 @ 1.42v stable. No, keep this chip

Well its 5.0 at 1.4v
Load line notches it up to 1.41/42
I keep it @ 47 multi with 1.3v and load line takes it to 1.32

I have decided to keep it. Silly on my part ti consider an upgrade to ivy b when i have this performance.
Max temps at 5.0/ 1.42v are 75c. Watercooled.

 

[Bromhead]

I'd keep your 2700k, don't think you'll see much of a difference at this point.

 

[Abz Hussain]

I'd keep your 2700k, don't think you'll see much of a difference at this point.

Yeh i have decided to keep it, it seems to be a very decent sandy b chip, plus those heat issues with the ivy b's have swayed me to stay put with what i have.