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i5-750 to Haswell?

Wocky

Wocky

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Chaps,

I am currently running an I5-750 and a GTX 670 and I am wondering about upgrading to Haswell.

I use my PC almost exclusively for gaming, and 90% of my gaming time is taken up with Planetside 2 which is a very CPU intensive game. When I use the in game FPS monitor it always reports that the CPU that is the restricting factor.

I have tried overclocking the 750 but cannot get it stable above 3.2ghz, so I am wondering if I would get any noticeable benefit from an I5-4670 @ 4.4ghz

Any comments/advice appreciated.
 
You should be able to get higher than 3.2 GHz without too much difficulty, perhaps post in the overclocking section of the forums and see if someone (8 Pack :)) can help you out.
 
I have a i5 750 running at 3.68 thats under volted at 1.216v. I had to disable some of the power management however.

To compensate for my i5 750 being so great, god sent me a i7 3770k so terrible I only run at stock voltage and stock clock!
 
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mine can get 3.7 easily on 1.25 volts, Ive taken to running it at 3.4 lately though to keep the hsf from getting too loud as the summers started.
 
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I had an i7 860 at 3.2 for ages and thought it wouldn't go higher but then I tried again after reading about overclocking extensively and I reached 3.8 easily. The 750 and 860 are very similar iirc except no hyperthreading and slightly different clock speed. The extra MHz really unlocked my cpu and I definitely don't need to upgrade, for gaming. I say invest £60 in a top end air cooler and get your ocing hat on! Think of the cooler as an investment as it fits newer sockets:p
 
Running a 760 with a GTX 670 here with no problems. You should be able to get to 3.8Ghz without too many problems. Full system spec would help.
 
my 750 ran at 4.0 ghz. overclock yours especially if you're thinking of upgrading you don't have to be (too) cautious with the volts
 
Yeah. I can run mine @ 3.8 without much of a noticeable increase in temps. Really rockets up @ 4Ghz+ though. But I try to keep the noise down.

I'm going over to Haswell. Looking forward to better SATA and PCIE speeds. Hopefully cooler temps and less noise.
 
Yep when you start adding volts the temps start to rise quickly on air, i've just upgraded to a Corsair H100i and adding voltage doesn't raise the temps nearly as high even when using the Quiet Mode for the radiator fans.
 
I've got my i5 750 running at 4.1ghz. Wish I had sata 3 and pcie 3 as I wouldn't be considering upgrading then. The cpu is more than fast enough for games.

To the OP providing you manage to overclock your cpu I wouldn't say you need to upgrade unless you want the new features a new chipset will bring, sata 3 etc
 
First of all thanks for the replies.

System specs are

Windows 7 professional
Asus P7P55d
I5-750
Msi Gtx670
Antec Khuler
8 gig (2 x 4 gig) G Skill Ripjaws DDR 3-1600
Antec 900 Case

My power supply is a very cheap replacement for the original power supply I was using. Maybe this is why I can't get a stable overclock?

When I take the CPU to over 3.2GHz the system boots and I get decent temperatures when running prime 95. I actually ran prime 95 overnight @ 3.8GHz and the system was stable.

The problem is that I get random shutdowns when over 3.2. Sometimes the system will shut down when booting windows. Other times I will get half an hour into a gaming session and it will shutdown. Sometimes it dies when launching teamspeak.

As soon as I bring the overclock back down to 3.2 the random shutdowns cease.

Maybe I should buy myself a decent new power supply, give the overclock another go and then if I am still unsuccessful I can use the power supply in a new system.
 
If it is a very cheap PSU, that could be the cause. Get a new PSU and see if it solves the problem, you'll be wanting to use a decent PSU anyway as it's not worth risking expensive components with a dodgy PSU that could die and take a few with it.
 
Wocky said:
First of all thanks for the replies.

System specs are

Windows 7 professional
Asus P7P55d
I5-750
Msi Gtx670
Antec Khuler
8 gig (2 x 4 gig) G Skill Ripjaws DDR 3-1600
Antec 900 Case

My power supply is a very cheap replacement for the original power supply I was using. Maybe this is why I can't get a stable overclock?

When I take the CPU to over 3.2GHz the system boots and I get decent temperatures when running prime 95. I actually ran prime 95 overnight @ 3.8GHz and the system was stable.

The problem is that I get random shutdowns when over 3.2. Sometimes the system will shut down when booting windows. Other times I will get half an hour into a gaming session and it will shutdown. Sometimes it dies when launching teamspeak.

As soon as I bring the overclock back down to 3.2 the random shutdowns cease.

Maybe I should buy myself a decent new power supply, give the overclock another go and then if I am still unsuccessful I can use the power supply in a new system.
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How cheap is the PSU? If its a rubbish unbranded one then yeah i think you should upgrade it. Not for overclocking stability but for pure safety. Theres so many stories of people using cheap PSUs that blow and take the motherboard and CPU along with it as they have no protection and often cant supply the wattage they are rated for.
 
SpudMaster said:
I've got my i5 750 running at 4.1ghz. Wish I had sata 3 and pcie 3 as I wouldn't be considering upgrading then. The cpu is more than fast enough for games.

To the OP providing you manage to overclock your cpu I wouldn't say you need to upgrade unless you want the new features a new chipset will bring, sata 3 etc
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Yep. That's my boat. Sata 3 and decent PCIE/Xfire support on a P55 and there's no way I'd upgrade.
 
Wocky said:
First of all thanks for the replies.

System specs are

Windows 7 professional
Asus P7P55d
I5-750
Msi Gtx670
Antec Khuler
8 gig (2 x 4 gig) G Skill Ripjaws DDR 3-1600
Antec 900 Case

My power supply is a very cheap replacement for the original power supply I was using. Maybe this is why I can't get a stable overclock?

When I take the CPU to over 3.2GHz the system boots and I get decent temperatures when running prime 95. I actually ran prime 95 overnight @ 3.8GHz and the system was stable.

The problem is that I get random shutdowns when over 3.2. Sometimes the system will shut down when booting windows. Other times I will get half an hour into a gaming session and it will shutdown. Sometimes it dies when launching teamspeak.

As soon as I bring the overclock back down to 3.2 the random shutdowns cease.

Maybe I should buy myself a decent new power supply, give the overclock another go and then if I am still unsuccessful I can use the power supply in a new system.
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What settings are you changing to get 3.2?

It would have to be an incredibly weedy power supply to cop out on a 95W chip with a moderate OC.

OCUK ships out plenty of systems with cheaper "OCUK" rebranded power supplies, an expensive brand won't fix a problem that isn't there.
 
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As mentioned you should be getting a lot more than 3.2ghz out of that 750 ! i think most will do 3.5 to 3.8 with ease, i run mine at 4ghz (1.376v) for daily use and 4.2 for benchmarks,using a H50 cooler it idles at 35,load at 65/70



these are some of the settings i use on a MSI GD80 board:

20x200 = 4ghz
Vdroop - Low (when set to high the V-droop is a lot and meant I had to feed much more voltage for stability)
CPU V = 1.376
DRAM V = 1.57
C1E = enabled (disable if unstable)
EIST = disabled
Overspeed protection = disabled
Green Power = disabeled
RAM - 9-9-9-24 1600mhz
 
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Wocky, I have an almost identical setup to you (i5 750, P7P55D Pro, 8GB RAM, GTX680), and my CPU sits happily at 4GHz, using BCLK 200MHz and x20 multi. Mine runs at 1.34V (I think), and using a Megahalems cooler with an Akasa Amber fan I see idle temps of 30-32C, and full load of 70C max. Your CPU cooler should be at least the equal of mine, if not better.

I have no desire to upgrade, especially seeing how hot the Haswells seem to run. With a GTX680 I can run all the latest games with pretty much max settings at 1920x1200 and get excellent performance.

Not bad for a processor that's now 4 generations old!
 
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