upgrade from i7 920 to i7 4960k

Kurgen · 14 Nov 2016 at 11:46

my main gaming pc is as per sig, cpu is currently 90-98% on BF1.

I have a second PC with a z97 board 16gb RAM and a m.2 SSD, i5 4460, is it a worth while upgrade to basically swap the guts over between the 2 pcs and get an i7 4960k, if I get £100 for the i5 then the overall outlay is not much at all

james_2k · 14 Nov 2016 at 12:08

id say its worth it if you can get 4ghz+ on the 4790. should give a decent bump.

~>Dg<~ · 14 Nov 2016 at 12:25

should be a nice jump id do it.

jigger · 14 Nov 2016 at 12:27

Dropping a Xeon in the X58 board and overclocking would be better.

Kurgen · 14 Nov 2016 at 12:52

xeon doesn't work overclocked tried that, and a lot of googling my board and revision wont overclock xeon

DragonQ · 14 Nov 2016 at 13:12

What's the i7-920 running at? If you're not running it at 3.8+ GHz, that's the first thing to try.

Kurgen · 14 Nov 2016 at 13:15

as per sig !

magicoi · 14 Nov 2016 at 13:34

I'd go for it, should see quite a nice boost.

Terrorfirmer · 14 Nov 2016 at 14:16

The 4960K is S2011 though and those boards are not cheap, so I don't think it would be exactly an economical upgrade.

Be easier sell that 4460 and buy a 4790 or 4770 - unless you have the i7 model wrong in your OP?

subaru_swift · 14 Nov 2016 at 15:54

I went from a 920 to a 950 then a 4770k, the 4770k is still very good these days.

Kurgen · 14 Nov 2016 at 16:26

Terrorfirmer said:
The 4960K is S2011 though and those boards are not cheap, so I don't think it would be exactly an economical upgrade.

Be easier sell that 4460 and buy a 4790 or 4770 - unless you have the i7 model wrong in your OP?

I posted wrong model oopsy upgrade to i7-4790K , and I have the z97 mobo and ram

MegaMasher · 16 Nov 2016 at 19:06

If you have the mobo and ram I would say its worth it. Otherwise why not go for the i5 4690K? Or do you need/want the i7?

Kurgen · 22 Nov 2016 at 13:36

went for the i7, temps where a little high, so i took the aio off again and fitted with the case flat on the desk and all sorted now.

noss88 · 23 Nov 2016 at 00:05

sorry for little offtop but did i miss something ? i get 18 months ago 4790k for 240 from ocuk now is for 349? is it brexit or what

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Kurgen · 23 Nov 2016 at 21:06

looks that way.. $350 I think was the release price..

dam brexit muppets

Dg834man · 26 Nov 2016 at 00:09

Dam boy what mother board was your 1366, i dropped in a x5670 in my ga-ex58 ud3r few month agos internet said it wouldnt overclock got it running 4ghz never seen over 65% cpu usage in bf1

Kurgen · 26 Nov 2016 at 18:28

GA-EX58-UD4P couldn't overclock a xeon in it at all.

Dg834man · 27 Nov 2016 at 01:31

did you try dropping the qpi clock ratio to 36 and the uncore to 12 mine wouldnt overclock without that, its a bit sensitive about ram speed too

Kurgen · 27 Nov 2016 at 11:25

well it dosnt really matter, since I sold it lol... my i7 920 is now retired to my second pc, and I have dropped the overclock to 3ghz

stooeh · 27 Nov 2016 at 11:44

Dg834man said:
Dam boy what mother board was your 1366, i dropped in a x5670 in my ga-ex58 ud3r few month agos internet said it wouldnt overclock got it running 4ghz never seen over 65% cpu usage in bf1

Tried BF1 with my other PC (X5675 @ 4.2GHz) and it cannot max GPU usage in few spots with a 970. Runs way better than stock CPU speed though.