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i3 or stick with my q6600 ?

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i have the opportunity to have a i3 chip and motherboard and was wondering if it is worth the step from my q6600 ?

i have a asus maximus mobo x38
8gb corsair ram
q6600 clocked to 3.2.

i would have to get some ram for the i3 set up and was looking at 4gb ddr3.

please could you tell me if the step up to i3 is worth it please.

all i do really is surf and play game's....mainly first person shooter's.

is it worth it ?

many thanks

mark
 
Stick with what you have for now I would think - as above, it's still a decent cpu and I don't think you'd see enough benefit for your use going to an i3 which would mean at least new mobo+chip+ram. Save the pennies for now imho.
 
the board im thinking of getting is the Asus P7H57D-V Evo Intel H57 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard and the chip is Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156).

what im looking at is moving up to a newer socket before mine gets to old and get's forgotten and lose's value.

i fully understand the i3 is 2 core's and my one is 4 core's to which i have read that it really dosent make that much difference.

i would like to move to a newer i series set up and it wouldn't cost me anything to be honest.

ie..sell my set up and buy the i3.
 
schizo220168 said:
i fully understand the i3 is 2 core's and my one is 4 core's to which i have read that it really dosent make that much difference.

i would like to move to a newer i series set up and it wouldn't cost me anything to be honest.

ie..sell my set up and buy the i3.
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it depends on what you are doing.

The i3 will be faster clock for clock and will be faster for stuff that doesn't use 4 cores,

but since eveything is becomming more threaded now adays and is often using more than 2 cores, the quad you have now will likely last longer as you have overclocked the q6600 its pretty good for 1-2 core stuff also and there will be little difference from a gaming perspective with games that like 2 cores and will be a downgrade for upcomming titles that like 4 cores.

not sure how good the i3s are compared to core 2 quads when it comes to encoding etc though

as you say you mostly play games i'd deffintly upgrade to an i5 quad or keep what you have.
 
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the i3 will mostl ikly be abit beter for most old and current games, but will start to struggle with newer games i think.

if ur gonna upgrade, then u really need to look at the i5 instead, at least then u'll have the same number of cores
 
no as your current mobo is a socket 775 and i5 cpus are 1156 so you would have to replace the ram,mobo and cpu if you wanted to get the i5.
 
oh sorry my bad,,didnt read the full thread :D
yeah that mobo will support the i5 cpus
if you were to get that board i think people would suggest to go for the p55 boards such as the p7p55d evo as itt supports both sli/crossfire but if you dont plan in crossfiring or slieng(dont know the actual name) then the p7p55d-e should be enough.
and it should save you some cash
 
i have the opportunity to get the i3 chip and boardfor a good price so i could get a i5 later on.

im not thinking of going duel gpu as most of game's i play don't really warrant 2 card's.
 
The Asus P7H57D-V you mentioned will take an i5 no problem. I suppose that if you can somehow swap what you have for an i5 setup with no cost involved then fair play. I wouldn't go through the hassle of swapping it all out for an i3, and bear in mind that the 1156 socket is itself fairly long in the tooth these days so my call would still be to stick with what you have - it sounds like a pretty decent setup.

Also, don't forget to factor in all the other associated costs - they may not sound like much (new hs+fan, thermal paste, p&p etc.) but they all add up and all of a sudden you've paid an extra £100 for things you never thought of originally.

Finally - what gfx are you using? You might see a better all round improvement by simply upgrading your gfx card rather than the rest of the rig. Whatever you decide, have fun :)
 
gamesaregood said:
Considering 1156 is due to be replaced next year changing for one to future proof is a bad idea....

Stick with what you have and wait until next year... IMO
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i see your point but waiting another year will see the socket 775 go down even lower in price and as we all know we all like to get a good price on our used items'.
 
Louis_Y said:
The Asus P7H57D-V you mentioned will take an i5 no problem. I suppose that if you can somehow swap what you have for an i5 setup with no cost involved then fair play. I wouldn't go through the hassle of swapping it all out for an i3, and bear in mind that the 1156 socket is itself fairly long in the tooth these days so my call would still be to stick with what you have - it sounds like a pretty decent setup.

Also, don't forget to factor in all the other associated costs - they may not sound like much (new hs+fan, thermal paste, p&p etc.) but they all add up and all of a sudden you've paid an extra £100 for things you never thought of originally.

Finally - what gfx are you using? You might see a better all round improvement by simply upgrading your gfx card rather than the rest of the rig. Whatever you decide, have fun :)
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the i3 set up is from someone on here (2nd hand but not that old).

mobo,cpu,heatsink for around the £100 mark.

im running a 5770 card as well.
 
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