3570k to 3770k?

mcleish · 2 Jan 2014 at 16:55

I was just wondering if this would be a smart move?

Im running the 3570 at 4.2 (1.18v) on an extreme4 board with 780sli. Running on a 1440 monitor.
The most strenuous game I play really is BF4.
Would the 3770k give me much more performance for an extra £100 (if Isold the 3570k)?
Ive monitored the load and noticed the 3570 reaches 100% load which I'm guessing bottlenecks the GPU? Things look very smooth though when playing BF4 (Win 8.1) though.

The thought is more of a justification to cure my upgrade itch really

But i'd like there to be logic too.

Doomedspeed · 2 Jan 2014 at 17:01

No point. Waste of £100

Is your 3570 the K edition?

If so overclock it higher.

mcleish · 2 Jan 2014 at 17:05

Yeah sorry, it is the k edition.
Would overclocking higher show me major increase? 4.4 - 4.5? I thought the hyper-threading was the key to it when running sli?

setter · 2 Jan 2014 at 17:11

It will definitely help in bf3/4 with sli. No matter how high you clock the i5 it will still bottleneck your cards. Experienced the same when i had a 3570k, switching to a 3770k sorted it.