2500k to 3770k

thecremeegg · 5 Jan 2015 at 20:59

Currently running an overclocked 2550k and Xfire'd 280x. I have the chance to get a 3770k for £75, would it be a worthwhile upgrade at all?

Beans on toast Dave · 5 Jan 2015 at 21:00

for £75 i would, you could sell your 2500k for that, so free upgrade

wazza300 · 5 Jan 2015 at 21:03

Do it !!!!

thecremeegg · 5 Jan 2015 at 21:06

Wow that was fast! Seems I'll take him up on the offer then!

Geeman1979 · 5 Jan 2015 at 21:09

No brainer... Do IT!

setter · 5 Jan 2015 at 21:10

Another vote here for do it, just ensure that you have the latest bios on your board that supports the 3770k before removing the old cpu.

Jumper118 · 5 Jan 2015 at 22:11

i went from 2550k@5ghz to [email protected]. it feels much slower

. can't go wrong for £75 though.

snips86x · 5 Jan 2015 at 22:12

Do it!! I picked up my 2600k for the same price and from my 2500k was a great jump.

RJC · 5 Jan 2015 at 22:12

Go for it

setter · 5 Jan 2015 at 22:15

At a rough estimate, you would need about 4.7/8 on a 3770k to match a 2550k at 5ghz. Extra threads of the i7 are nice to have though, particularly with sli in certain games. I found my old 4770k at 4.2 matched my previous 3770k at 4.5.

thecremeegg · 6 Jan 2015 at 08:57

Well my 2500k is currently at 4.4Ghz and so I'll aim for the same from the 3770k and see how we get on. IIm hoping that it will allow a tiny bit more head room for the Xfire cards

pat_c · 6 Jan 2015 at 09:19

Any history on that 3770k? Has it been used and abused? Always worth the time to check, like buying a car.

~>Dg<~ · 6 Jan 2015 at 09:34

yes dont just flog your cpu until you tested the new cpu. it seems a good deal though.

thecremeegg · 6 Jan 2015 at 12:44

Yea I'm definately going to test it first! It's from a friend though and tbh I'm sure it's fine but we'll see. Hard to find any recent benchmarks with this chip in things like BF4 etc but we'll see.

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2015 at 12:47

clock for clock the 3700k will be 300mhz faster,plus you have added benefit of hyperthreading 4 cores/8 threads

should manage 4.5ghz with most chips/air cooling

ALXAndy · 6 Jan 2015 at 14:05

Worth it IMO.

opethdisciple · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:09

thecremeegg said:
Currently running an overclocked 2550k and Xfire'd 280x. I have the chance to get a 3770k for £75, would it be a worthwhile upgrade at all?

I would for £75.

BluD · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:22

Ive seen them sell on ebay a Not Working/Damaged for more than that. I would break the guys arm off at 75 quid.

thecremeegg · 6 Jan 2015 at 17:11

I remain amazed at how depreciation proof these things are. Considering they came out in 2012 I think the fact they're usually commanding £100+ amazes me

Mercutio · 6 Jan 2015 at 21:28

Each generation since has only added 10% performance though and there's still plenty of folks with the 1155 socket on their boards. There's not been THAT much movement in interfaces/extras so folks are sitting happily on sandy/ivy machines. Without the glut of folks upgrading to push the price down...