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Swap 3570k for 2600k?

murah

murah

murah

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Hi all I have been offered a 2600k cheap from a friend, that does 4.7ghz on 1.250v and I'm wondering if this is a good move to make or should I hold out for a 3770k?

I know sandy ran slightly cooler due to the solder on the IHS which instantly makes me like it, I believe it would be simple to install my board lists being able to use it as long as I have an up to date bios

Thanks =)

Also what was the difference between the 2700k and 2600k?
 
Id do it, simply for the better temps alone. The ib will be a bit faster clock for clock 4.7ghz on an sb would be about equal to 4.5 on an ib, if your lucky to get one that clocks ok and runs cool. Is the 2700k not just a refresh with a slightly higher stock core speed.
 
I like many Z77 owners have to run my cards in PCIe 2.0 anyway else I encounter a strange error where the computer seems to slow down to a crawl(only happens in SLI), after much testing I found someone suggest running in 2.0 since their Asus board did the same thing and it's been rock stable since then so losing 3.0 isn't a huge issue anyway. I would like hyper-threading and to be able to release more potential from the GTX's would be amazing.

Seems like that has answered it really but is there anything else to consider EG: if I recall the memory controller is on the cpu ? just don't want to hit memory issues obviously

also was there any differences in overclocking? or isit as simple as ivy - increase the multiplier and bump the voltage up (offset) leaving BLK well alone
 
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Just made the same move myself and games def run better now....smoother with the two cards.

Also 4.7Ghz at 1.25v is a good chip...mine needs 1.38v
 
almighty15 said:
3770k's can be had for cheap sp sell your i5, then put the extra and get a 3770k.

2600k's are over priced in the used market imo.
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Luckily it's from a friend that's offered it to me for £100 can't really complain about that. I will get around that for my 3570k being that it does 4.6ghz @ 1.240v

all the 3770k's I have seen get snapped up in 5 mins and go for £160 ish
 
If true and it does 4.7GHz stable on 1.25V, it is likely to be a 5GHz+ chip if you know what you're doing.

I'd go for it. PCI-E 2.0 vs 3.0 makes virtually no difference unless using 3+ GPUs I believe and even then, hardly anything to shout about.
 
Your friend 4.7GHz stable on 1.25V might not gaurantee on your own motherboard, ram etc. I did have i7 2700K and did try both of my two board's one of it stable 5GHz at 1.38v and other board isn't stable for 4.4GHz at 1.38v.
 
murah said:
Hi all I have been offered a 2600k cheap from a friend, that does 4.7ghz on 1.250v and I'm wondering if this is a good move to make or should I hold out for a 3770k?

I know sandy ran slightly cooler due to the solder on the IHS which instantly makes me like it, I believe it would be simple to install my board lists being able to use it as long as I have an up to date bios

Thanks =)

Also what was the difference between the 2700k and 2600k?
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Do it. 1.25v for 4.7ghz is very low, in fact id classify that as golden. You'll be able to do 5ghz no worries.
 
But a 2600 at 4.7 is going to be on a par (roughly) with a 3770 at 4.5

OP has nothing to lose getting the 2600 for £100.
Will probably actually make some £
 
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