i5-3750k - how big a system boost?

[banjoted]

Hi

I'm currently running the following rig:

AMD FX-6300 cpu
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 mobo
Radeon HD 7950 gpu
8GB RAM
(on a single 1080p screen)

In real-life, observable gaming terms am I going to get a significant enough increase by upgrading to the following (net cost £150 or so):

i5-3750k
Asus Extreme 4 mobo

 

[Something Else]

no not really unless there is a scenario in which your cpu holds you back.

 

[banjoted]

Sorry, I'm new to this - what sort of scenario could that theoretically be?

 

[Something Else]

well say for example your cpu was bottlenecking your gpu, i.e the cpu couldnt process quick enough to keep up with the gpu then thats bottlenecking.

or if your doing something cpu intensive like playing a game which is heavy on the processor like MMO games or if you were doing rendering.

tbh if your happy with the performance then I wouldnt worry.


http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=699

basically the 3570k is better at everything than the fx-6300

 

[banjoted]

Am I likely to hit such scenarios playing modern games?

 

[jamiehavok]

if your raiding in an mmo or there's a lot of units on screen in a point and click strategy game maybe to a point otherwise not really.

 

[Drangueos]

I think 3750k was a typo, right?

well the intel is faster, but your is not bad... I should wait a little bit more to upgrade because the new line is coming out soon.

 

[Something Else]

what do you use the pc for, what games do you play?

right now the cpu and gpu market is in a kinda limbo as we wait to see what amd/ati and intel and nvidia come out with.

not worth purchasing anything right now unless you are having serious issues.

 

[Martini1991]

Wouldn't upgrade by buying something older than your original purchase.
Wait till Haswell at least.

 

[Smoogels]

I personally think your CPU is decent enough for current games (might slightly struggle with MMOs) and that moving to a i5 would not be a large performance boost.

 

[robin7]

Well I can't really help...

But if you upgrade you'll have the same exact system as me, and I can tell you it's awesome. Overclocked to 4.4ghz and I've had no problem playing Crysis 3 etc with decent fps.

Just thought I'd chime in, sorry I don't know much about the benefits.

 

[banjoted]

I'm not a big MMO player, no. I play a wide assortment of games but do like top performance from the likes of Crysis 3. Would the i5-3570k make any difference to games like that for me? FPS boost?

 

[old gamer]

My guess unless you have fraps running you will not realy notice the difference, i would stick with the 6300 for now and look into overclocking it a bit, ive just jumped from a i7 920 @ 3.8ghz to a i7 3770k @ 4.4ghz and my games look and feel the same, video encoding is a different story but then im sure a amd 6 core would do a decent job,

 

[banjoted]

And if I do have FRAPS running? The i5-3570k WILL provide an FPS boost, will it? Would an FX-6300 bottleneck two HD 7950's in Crossfire?

 

[Martini1991]

And if I do have FRAPS running? The i5-3570k WILL provide an FPS boost, will it? Would an FX-6300 bottleneck two HD 7950's in Crossfire?

Yes.

People are saying you won't notice a difference if you don't measure FPS.

 

[banjoted]

Hmmm, Ok thanks. But I'm guessing there's also an argument for holding fire on a CPU upgrade, what with the new Intel chips not that far off?

 

[BluD]

I would say hang in now unless your really struggling to play your fav game.