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see im not really into overclocking the speed they run now and that dont see the point...or maybe i just dont understand how to do it lol.
 
roachyuk said:
see im not really into overclocking the speed they run now and that dont see the point...or maybe i just dont understand how to do it lol.
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It's really easy on the 2600K.

I overclocked mine to 4.8GHz in about 5 minutes.

The 2500K is just as good for gaming, if that's your main use, is cheaper and also overclocks really well.

The important thing to remember is that only P67 and Z68 boards can be used for overclocking.
 
see i mainly do gaming and a few bits of video converting with vso...i am using a i7 950 now ....so think id rather stay with the i7 rather than the i5....but trying to work all this out...what do you guys reckon ?
 
If you are mainly gaming then I would just stick with the i7 950 and spend the money on a second GTX 580 (and a PSU upgrade if required). It will cost around the same as an i7 2600K system and be a much better upgrade for mainly gaming (in most modern games at 1920x1200 the performance bottleneck is still your GTX 580, not your CPU).

If you feel you want some more CPU speed - the i7 950 can easily hit 4GHz with a decent CPU cooler and a bit of patience.

If you are going to upgrade and are looking at video converting performance, the i7 2600 (k) is good - but compared to the i7 950 you really aren't going to see £400 worth of better performance - unless what you are doing is mission-critical (have a look at this comparison). Can the video converting you are doing be accelerated by Intel Quick Sync technology?
 
see the main reason i wanna do it is the new motherboards the intel 6gbs controller were as on the x58 they have only got the marvel controller onboard thats the reason i wanna upgrade.......plus more up to date and the new bios they have.
 
i know just wondered what the difference was..but now for what i use it for cant work out if the i5 or the i7 is better for me ...as long as i get a great board to match...
 
I hear what you are saying about the marvell controller - but is it really that big a deal? I was under the impression that the marvell controllers weren't quite as fast as the Intel one in the new boards - but still fine to use. With an SSD like the one you have, I don't think you will notice any real-world difference between marvell and intel controller but be paying ~£400 for the privilege.

As for i7 vs i5 - if you put a lot of value in your video conversion - then the hyperthreaded i7 2600(K) is faster (10-20%) in the best case, at the same clockspeed. However, in games there really isn't any difference and in most games your performance would be limited by the GTX 580 graphics card.

As for K series vs non-K, please for the love of god get the K series. It is not much more expensive but this has the HD 3000 graphics - which is much faster than the 2000 for Quick Sync and crucially the K series can overclock properly. Please don't be scared off overclocking, with these chips it is ridiculously easy (increase multi to hit ~4.4GHz, increase voltage a bit, run stress test (if fail stress test, add more volts and repeat), done) it really is that simple.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Please don't be scared off overclocking, with these chips it is ridiculously easy (increase multi to hit ~4.4GHz, increase voltage a bit, run stress test (if fail stress test, add more volts and repeat), done) it really is that simple.
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Sorry to hijack the thread a little, but does this mean you don't have to do it in stages like before? You can just wack it to 4.4GHz, stress it - then your done?
 
For 4.4GHz you can pretty much do this- a lot of people here have done it just as I have described and got their overclock up and running in a relatively short time. If you want to optimise voltages and squeeze as many MHz out of your chip as possible (many of these can go up to 4.9GHz, but the voltages they require can become the issue) then working it up slowly past 4.4-4.5GHz is still the way to do it. Also, make sure you keep within these settings.
 
Also note that the k version should have a higher resale value - if you sell on in future (rather than donate your componants/pc, like me).
 
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