i5 760 upgrade

Guest2 · 27 Jul 2014 at 17:37

I currently have a Gigabyte P55 board, i5 760@4ghz and 2 x 4gb Kingston Hyper X grey series (DDR3 1600)

Would upgrading to something like the bundle below allow me to use my existing memory and PCI Xonar Essense ST soundcard?

Would I also be able to use / modify my Arctic freezer pro 7 rev 2 to go over the CPU? I briefly read on another forum someone had used a different socket cooler on his CPU and it worked fine

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-006-GI&groupid=2833&catid=2836&subcat=2861

Seems like a reasonable upgrade for the money if I can use my sound card and memory in it. Then sell my i5 760 & P55 board to cover some of the cost

Resa69 · 27 Jul 2014 at 17:52

That bundle seems like a good upgrade. Why not just get a hyper 212 evo?

Guest2 · 27 Jul 2014 at 18:10

Resa69 said:
That bundle seems like a good upgrade. Why not just get a hyper 212 evo?

because it adds £30 to the cost.

Looking at my cooler it looks like it fits socket 1150

The Freezer 7 PRO Rev.2 is compatible with AMD Sockets FM2, FM1, AM3+, AM3, AM2+, AM2, 939, 754; Intel Sockets 1366, 1150, 1156, 1155 and 775.

http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/freezer-7-pro-rev-2.html

However I dont think I have the box which I guess has the socket mounts in it

RJC · 27 Jul 2014 at 18:21

Socket 1155/6 & 1150 all have the same mount holes so you the Freezer should fit ok.

domiThorn · 27 Jul 2014 at 19:48

What other hardware do you have?

I also have an i5 760, and the cost to upgrade to an i5 4690K doesn't seem worth it for the performance benefit - compared to upgrading my GPU to a 780 as I plan to in the next month (currently have a 460 gtx)

Guest2 · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:27

domiThorn said:
What other hardware do you have?

I also have an i5 760, and the cost to upgrade to an i5 4690K doesn't seem worth it for the performance benefit - compared to upgrading my GPU to a 780 as I plan to in the next month (currently have a 460 gtx)

2 x EVGA GTX670, Crucial M4 SSD, Xonar Essense.

I was thinking the same actually but I am a few generations behind now (4?) and got the motherboard and cpu in 2010 so also 4 years. My current setup seems 'fine' but I usually upgrade to mid range setup every few years whilst I get still get reasonable money for my current stuff.

If I get the bundle for £247 and hopefully sell my current i5 & board for £100 then £150 for another 4 years use isn't too bad - plus it will bring extra life to my SSD, USB 3.0 etc.

Thanks RJC for confirming re mount holes

Columbo · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:30

I've recently moved from a Socket 1156 i7 875k @ 4ghz to a 4790k @ 4.4ghz and cannot tell you how underwhelmed I am. Honestly I feel like I've totally wasted my money as in games, lightroom and photoshop I can't tell the difference.

I'm sure there are plenty of perceivable benefits there but they obviously don't apply to me, I wish I'd simply gone for better cooling now and tried to squeeze more out of the 875k.

Admetos · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:32

Guest2 said:
PCI Xonar Essense ST soundcard?

I have this card working on a Gigabyte Z87, so expect you'll be ok.

Fallen god · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:43

Columbo said:
I've recently moved from a Socket 1156 i7 875k @ 4ghz to a 4790k @ 4.4ghz and cannot tell you how underwhelmed I am. Honestly I feel like I've totally wasted my money as in games, lightroom and photoshop I can't tell the difference.

I'm sure there are plenty of perceivable benefits there but they obviously don't apply to me, I wish I'd simply gone for better cooling now and tried to squeeze more out of the 875k.

I think this holds true, it might be 10-20% faster max. Better to save your money and wait a few more gens or jump up to an i7, going from i5 -> i5 right now is pretty sideways. Most of what Intel has been focused on is iGPUs and getting power lower, not extremely useful for gaming, and they don't overclock aswell these days.