Worth picking up a used 3770k?

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 10:24

Would probably be able to get a used 3770k for £150 ish, then sell my 2500k to offset the cost.

The thinking is that this is the best cpu my board can take and will also give me pcie 3 as my board is gen 3. So I may get a little more performance from my 1070 too.

Worth the hassle or not?

Terrorfirmer · 5 Oct 2016 at 10:45

For the sake of 70-80 pounds, absolutely in my opinion. With both at stock, the 3770 trumps the 2500 in all games now by a strong margin.

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 11:00

I'm thinking if it only ends up costing me £70 or so it is possibly worth doing.

Hunting down a 3770k for a reasonable price may take a while though. They are fairly rare it seems.

8 Pack · 5 Oct 2016 at 11:03

Picking up no its not heavy enough!! Installing in a motherboard no also!!!

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 11:06

8 Pack said:
Picking up no its not heavy enough!! Installing in a motherboard no also!!!

Picking it up repeatedly will give some aerobic qualities though

Davedree · 5 Oct 2016 at 12:17

Not sure with your board, but you may find it needs a bios update for the ivy chip.
I bought a 3570k recently and needed to test it worked before i hunted down a rare 1155 itx board. The problem i had with my z68 is that it would support an ivy but max multi for the 3570k was x38. I'd have to modify with a uefi bios to get full overclocking support for ivy, which would bugger up my 2600k.
In the end i didn't bother but your board might have better support.

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 12:21

I'm pretty sure my board is ok with ivy and it has the latest BIOS flashed to it. I'll see what crops up.

pandem0nium · 5 Oct 2016 at 12:37

You'd be able to run faster ram as well. I'd go for it.

Doogles · 5 Oct 2016 at 12:49

I thought about it but think maybe just waiting until the end of next year for Cannon Lake and save the money for it was the best way to go although you'd see more benefits than me. Have you tried to overclock the 2500k further? I thought 4.5ghz was rather easy with any 2500k even the bad ones?

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 13:12

It will do 4.5ghz, but I have to jack up the vcore a little too much for my liking to get it stable.

BluD · 5 Oct 2016 at 15:37

Ah thats unlucky, must have a bit of a dud. Hopefully you will get lucky with the 3770k and get a good clocker this time and get a nice upgrade.

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 15:44

I think 4.5ghz is pretty average for the 2500k though? Some will do a lot higher though granted. I have seen a few at 5ghz, although some pretty extreme voltages and cooling were involved.

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2016 at 18:32

Just had a play with it. At 4.5ghz with vcore 1.33 under load. Seems stable with temps 69c.

IvanDobskey · 6 Oct 2016 at 06:23

Going to stick with the 2500k and save the money for coffee lake I think.

abui1806 · 6 Oct 2016 at 07:10

IvanDobskey said:
Going to stick with the 2500k and save the money for coffee lake I think.

Good decision imo

IvanDobskey · 6 Oct 2016 at 07:22

abui1806 said:
Good decision imo

Going to try and squeeze a few more MHz out of the 2500k in the meantime

abui1806 · 6 Oct 2016 at 07:27

IvanDobskey said:
Going to try and squeeze a few more MHz out of the 2500k in the meantime

Good luck!

BluD · 6 Oct 2016 at 07:27

Yeah 4.5 aint bad, i was going from your sig which said 4.3 before, 1.33v is fine for a sandybridge so i wouldnt worry about that voltage.

IvanDobskey · 6 Oct 2016 at 07:37

It was at 4.3, but now up at 4.5.

Might try 4.6 tonight. I think 1.35v would be the highest I'd be comfortable with though.

BluD · 6 Oct 2016 at 07:42

Yeah for air i wouldnt go much higher, if 1.33 is required for 4.5 i would think 1.39-1.4 would be what youre looking at for 4.6. On water that might be worth a go but using air i would probably leave it at 4.5.