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i5 750 vs 2500k, will it be an upgrade for gaming?

hyperst

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Well I am priced out of a new GPU with the current market, I am now thinking I should upgrade to SB, 2500k to be precise from my i5 750@4Ghz, would this upgrade improve my gaming performance?

Obviously I would OC the 2500K to an inch of it's life, just want to know if it's a worth while upgrade, I am not prepared to pay for GPU as I cannot shell out £400 and odd notes.
 
jamesfreddie said:
I wouldn't bother going from 1156 to 1155, I would wait for Ivybridge.

Or save some more money and get a new graphics card.
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Well from early test's it does not seem IB is going to offer much more and maybe less OC potential that SB, plus I should imagine a higher price, I just wondering if a 26500k will improve my gaming?

GPU, out of the question at current price to performance, I only use 1920X1080
 
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Im In the same boat 1156 i5 2.67 ghz no overclock available as im using an HP MSI indio OEM MB with no bios , was waiting for ivybridge , though todays info , is leaning me on £75 upgrade for an MSI 1156 P55 , and just overclock to 4ghz , with fixed loop I already have on a q6600
 
hyperst said:
Well from early test's it does not seem IB is going to offer much more and maybe less OC potential that SB, plus I should imagine a higher price, I just wondering if a 26500k will improve my gaming?

GPU, out of the question AT CURRENT PRICE TO PERFORMANCE, i ONLY USE 1920X1080
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A twenty six thousand five hundred K would absolutely destroy all games! You wont even need a graphics card as its pure processing power should be enough to run the matrix never mind a simple 3d game :P

In answer to your original question though no upgrading wouldn't be worth it. The old i5s and i7s perform the same as new sandy bridges in games when at the same clock speed. I went from an i7 920 to this 2500k as it cost me around £20 after the sale of my old stuff, no difference. Do it if you want to tinker with new stuff but dont expect much difference in games.
 
MaxP779 said:
A twenty six thousand five hundred K would absolutely destroy all games! You wont even need a graphics card as its pure processing power should be enough to run the matrix never mind a simple 3d game :P

In answer to your original question though no upgrading wouldn't be worth it. The old i5s and i7s perform the same as new sandy bridges in games when at the same clock speed. I went from an i7 920 to this 2500k as it cost me around £20 after the sale of my old stuff, no difference. Do it if you want to tinker with new stuff but dont expect much difference in games.
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Well my 750 is at 4ghz, will I get better performance in game out of a 4.6Ghz OC on an 2500k?
 
In most cases no. In the cases you would get a benefit it wouldn't be noticeable, you would need FRAPS to see any FPS increase.
 
Really not worth what it would cost. Swapping a good CPU running at 4Ghz for a slightly better one running at a slightly faster speed (potentially). Nope, stick with what you have. Save up for a 680 if you want to see a performance increase in games.

Edit: Just seen you have a 480 which is still a good card (mine happily destroys any game I throw at it maxed out).

If you want to buy yourself a worthwhile upgrade, then grab yourself an SSD :)
 
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jamesfreddie said:
How about another GTX 480 in SLI?
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Cost is too much really, would need the card plus water block plus a new PSU, it would be £350 to do that you see.

If I was to sell my current board, cpu, ram (I have 4Gb spare), it would probably buy a 2600k nearly so all I would fork out for is a mother board, probably set me back £150 to uprgade to SB

To upgrade to a gtx 680 would probably cost £255 which is more than I would like to spend really, plus I would still be on a i5 750 system.
 
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As the guys above have mentioned, upgrading from a i5 750 4GHz to a i5 2500K (overclocked to ~4.6GHz) won't give you much extra performance - since in games your performance will be limited by your GTX 480 graphics card, not the CPU (which is still very nice).

Therefore, if you are going to spend money you would be best of putting it towards a new graphics card, like a GTX 680.
 
Well, Andi is right however buying the latest and greatest is usually a way to sink money forever - especially in graphics cards.

To move forward you'd need to get a better graphics card and only then would you possibly see CPU limiting you in games.

Personally I'd give it another 15 months until next year in your shoes and by that point intel should be out with their new platform (at least as I understand it!). You'd be able to pick up a new setup, rather than what you'd be able to do now, which is a very expensive upgrade for limited returns.
 
cmndr_andi said:
As the guys above have mentioned, upgrading from a i5 750 4GHz to a i5 2500K (overclocked to ~4.6GHz) won't give you much extra performance - since in games your performance will be limited by your GTX 480 graphics card, not the CPU (which is still very nice).

Therefore, if you are going to spend money you would be best of putting it towards a new graphics card, like a GTX 680.
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This was my thoughts a while back when I just upgraded from a I3-540 to a I5-760. Cheaper than new CPU and motherboard and not much difference in performance.
 
Completely pointless upgrade to be homnest. The price apid for the minimal performance gain is simply not worth it. Personally i am waiting to see what Haswell and it's new socket brings to the table next year.
 
+1 to all the stick comments.

I'm sticking with my i5 750. You're talking about an average 12% gain clock for clock going to SB, and in Gaming, since the i5 750 OC isn't the bottleneck performance won't be affected.
 
And dont forget games are all ports designed to run on 6 year old hardware. They hardly push current pc tech. Youd be far better off waiting until the new consoles appear then doing a full rebuild with the money saved.
 
You will benefit from the change only if your current CPU bottlenecks your GPU. I do not think it really does that.
So, keep your CPU unless you plan to upgrade your GPU or go for SLI. If you think that with your new setup the CPU will be slowing doen your system in games.
 
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