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i5 or i7?

Smoogels

Smoogels

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Hi again ^^

I was looking at the Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz for my new build but now I'm starting to think, is it worth getting a Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHz?

I use my computer for gaming but I do record a lot of videos and render ones taken from a camera, edit them etc.

So really I'm wondering if its worth the £50 extra for the i7? When doing video work do you think I would notice much difference in speeds? Would I get higher framerates when recording games with Fraps and that?

Thanks yet again ;)
 
You can't overclock the chips without a 'k' on the end, and also the difference on is £60 at the mo because the i5 is on 'this week only'.

So you'd be better off saving the £60 and overclocking the i5, just to re-assure you btw I am not a crazy overclocker so I'm not suggesting you go nuts.

Hyperthreading (which is the only difference between the two chips) can provide something like a 20% performance increase in a program that takes good advantage of it, like video editing and things, so that means if you clocked the i5 at 4 GHz it would be on par with the i7 in situations where hyperthreading is used, and it would be better in all other situations.

4 GHz would also be a very conservative clock for these chips, and so should not require any change of voltages or worry of high temperatures, you would simply need to change the multiplier from the default of 34, to 40
 
Ollie1132 said:
Yeah cause that'll be in the foreseeable 10 years. xD
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Really that long?

Because when I upgraded to dual core from single, games had been out about a year that took advantage of dual core. Another 3yrs later most games were on the quad wagon, so thats 4years. so going by that in another 3yrs the game technology in cores should have changed again?

But by that that time we will have 16core cpu's I bet, because it was the same when the first quad cpu came out, totally useless for games and I even remember ppl were going back to the dual cpu as a faster clocked dual was the best choice for games rather then a slower quad.
 
See the thing is currently there is so very few things that even utilise quads (I think the most a game can use is about 30%) maybe in about 4-5 years we will see games using quads fully as well as HT. But theres not many games that are CPU intensive in all fairness making quad cores for gaming still quite ahead of their time in all fairness.
 
Ollie1132 said:
See the thing is currently there is so very few things that even utilise quads (I think the most a game can use is about 30%) maybe in about 4-5 years we will see games using quads fully as well as HT. But theres not many games that are CPU intensive in all fairness making quad cores for gaming still quite ahead of their time in all fairness.
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Interesting,, So if games don't use quad cpus properly yet, am I rightly thinking my quad cpu will last longer then the dual cpu did, as games just about fully used dual from the word go?

I have too much thinking time on my hands:D
 
Phil2008 said:
Interesting,, So if games don't use quad cpus properly yet, am I rightly thinking my quad cpu will last longer then the dual cpu did, as games just about fully used dual from the word go?

I have too much thinking time on my hands:D
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In theory yep but as with everything corporations like making money so it might not last as long as it should :p
 
If you are debating between a 3570k and a 3770 (non-k) then go for the 3570k and overclock it, you will be able to get a 3570k outperforming stock 3770 speeds in multi-threaded applications with an overclock of around 4.2GHz. If you do lots of video editing, where multiple threads are necessary, then go for a 3770k and overclock that, since it should be around 20% faster in applications that can use 8 threads (at the same clock speeds). Both will perform similarly in applications utilizing less than 4 threads (at the same clock speeds).
 
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