2700k to 3770k

[BS Dave]

My 2700k runs at 4.6, with 4x4gb of sammy green at 2133 so I don't want to upgrade my platform, but what are the chances of getting a 3770k that does 4.6 on sensible volts??

I'm running crossfire on z77 so the extra PCIe bandwidth might come in useful as well at some point right...

Thoughts??

 

[kefan77]

keep the 2700K, no point going 3770K with that.

 

[wazza300]

pcie3 offers 1% improvement atm

I cant tell from my 2600k to my 3770k tbh

 

[Avenged7Fold]

I would keep the sandy. Minimal benefits dont outweigh the chances of getting a bad chip let alone the cost difference. Is the 2600k not enough for your current needs?

 

[alex_123_fra]

This would be an unnoticeable upgrade. PCI-e 3.0 only matters in tri/quad card setups. Even then it matters little.

 

[vonex]

moving to 3770k is abit pointless like every 1 has pointed out.. but if u need new cpu to play with.. go ahead we all love shiney bits!

 

[krustykobb]

I would recommend staying with the sandy, there isn't really that much improvement

 

[drovers37]

Would there be an improvement from a 2500k to 3770k?
I think I'm getting cpu bottleneck in some bf4 gameplay,as gpu at55% and cpu at 100%.

 

[Beerbaron]

3770k has a faster clock speed, more cache and hyper threading

 

[drovers37]

I'll take that as a yes then? Looking at a sabertooth mb and a 3770k.

 

[murah]

3770k potentially has a faster clock speed, more cache and hyper threading

Fixed, depends on the chip.

2700k also has hyper threading.

the 3700k has slightly more cache and less power consumption. its roughly a max of 10% faster than the 2700k(depending on overclock). Isit worth it for OP? probably not wait another year i'd say

another thing to note, most 3770k's run hotter than their sandy bridge brothers


as for the OP with your GPU usage , wait till BF4 is more mature the thing is a bugged mess at the moment. Wait till more drivers are released and mantle you will probably find your situation improves. also are you using Vsync ? i doubt you are but just in case turn that off.

 

[wazza300]

for gaming there wont be much diff between the two chips

ive runs hotter and limits your oc (unless you cut the top off the cpu risking killing the chip)

sandy runs cooler/higher possible oc

swings and roundabouts really

 

[Beerbaron]

What about upgrading from 2500k to 3770K, is that worth it for gaming?

 

[wazza300]

yes,due to hyperthreading on the 2600k

games like the crysis series and bf series benefit from that, 4 physical cores and 4 virual cores vs just 4 physical cores on the 2500k

 

[Max3]

There are benchmarks for BF4 showing lower FPS with HT. Crysis 3 uses HT alright though.

 

[setter]

Op is running xfire gpu's though. With this and ht turned of the game becomes a stuttering mess.