Free i5-2500 to i7-2600 upgrade worth the effort?

[Haggisman]

I've managed to get my hands on a free i7-2600 (non k), currently have an i5-2500 (non k), is it actually worth the effort swapping them over; will I see any benefit, mostly in gaming?

 

[wedrum]

yes

 

[wiggy]

I certainly would, more threads and would do wonders for BF1!

 

[richthomuk]

 

[Haggisman]

Seems like it's pretty much 50/50 either way then...

Just kidding, better go dig out my AS5

Cheers all

 

[wiggy]

Please report back as I'm contemplating doing the same!

 

[Haggisman]

Well, it's in, but I don't really have any benchmarks from before so I guess I'm not going to know either way XD

 

[wiggy]

Well, it's in, but I don't really have any benchmarks from before so I guess I'm not going to know either way XD

Oh you tease, In BF1 my cpu is at 100% during multiplayer and get big dips in fps because of it.

 

[MissChief]

If it's free, absolutely. If it's not free, it's a question of cost.

 

[Haggisman]

If it's free, absolutely. If it's not free, it's a question of cost.

All of about 20mins to swap it over

 

[Terrorfirmer]

I have both, I actually just subbed an i7-2600 in for an i5-2500 yesterday in a GTX780 build for someone.

BF1 now runs at 60fps pretty much constantly, whereas with the i5-2500, although the game ran fine, there were occasional dips.

 

[neuk]

If it's free, absolutely. If it's not free, it's a question of cost.

What would be the most you'd pay? I have 2500k now.

 

[Terrorfirmer]

What would be the most you'd pay? I have 2500k now.

Here in Ireland they sell for around €100-120, and an i5-2500K would command around €80, so it's small price to pay for a huge upgrade. It's genuinely night and day in BF1 and Fallout 4 (two games I play which are very CPU heavy)

 

[Jumper118]

Here in Ireland they sell for around €100-120, and an i5-2500K would command around €80, so it's small price to pay for a huge upgrade. It's genuinely night and day in BF1 and Fallout 4 (two games I play which are very CPU heavy)

its not really a huge upgrade. you get 20% more performance for 20% more £

 

[~>Dg<~]

no bf likes i7s and you dont get the drops.

people just arent checking the min fps.

 

[Doogles]

Oh you tease, In BF1 my cpu is at 100% during multiplayer and get big dips in fps because of it.

So am I along with many people with even higher end CPU's, try overclocking to 4.5ghz and you'll notice a fair bit of difference in the lowest fps, that is what kicks me at the moment as the average is decent just want to stop heavy drops.

its not really a huge upgrade. you get 20% more performance for 20% more £

20% isn't a big upgrade? It is if it all it takes is for you to spend £50 and swap out one item, I'd spend £300 for an extra 50% i.e 6700k but then I would have to redo the mobo/RAM.

 

[Terrorfirmer]

its not really a huge upgrade. you get 20% more performance for 20% more £

20% performance increase for €40? Hardly criminal.

Also, notwithstanding the fact that the performance increase from an i5-2500 to i7-2600 in BF1 is far greater than 20%, closer to around 30-40%.

 

[JonSmith]

Yes, hyperthreading + 100Mhz higher clocks.

Also, if you have a Z77/P67/Z68 board you should be able to increase the turbo clock 4 bins over the base turbo, so you go from 3.4/3.8 to 3.8/4.2.

This applies even with a locked processor, I have done it successfully on an ASUS board with an i5-2400 installed.