i7 920 upgrade time

banger9365 · 29 Dec 2013 at 02:54

got an i7 920 4ghz on a gigabyte x58 ud5 with 6gb ram and its over 4yrs old now
and i am getting the itch to upgrade
psu ,ssd's and gpu are all fine
just need motherboard and cpu and ram

been looking at a few bundles
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1 x "Spectra B1" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Haswell Gaming PC Bundle £649.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x "Rock Creek Gold Rush" Intel i7 4770K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Haswell Gaming PC Bundle £599.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
Total : £1,329.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

or is there a better way off doing it,
one last thing i am useless at overclocking and £700 is my budget

Idleman · 29 Dec 2013 at 03:47

What case and cooler do you currently have?
As far as OC`ing goes, you`ll get plenty of help in the Overclocking forum.

jamiehavok · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:26

not worth it until haswell-e 8 cores imo, my radeon 290 doesnt feel like its being held back at all!

Randomface74 · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:31

920 is still fast and not bottlenecking anything, throwing money away IMO

overclock a bit if you didn't already - some info in my sig from when I did it

should be good for a couple of years at least

IceUK · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:41

I had a similiar pc spec but i upgraded, i felt it was held back a bit in some areas and my logic is that i can still sell the bits on the bay and get a couple of hundred quid towards new pc

banger9365 · 29 Dec 2013 at 12:26

well the cpu is at 4ghz from the day i got it ,mate did it
case is a Haf 932
and its watercooled,do's not go over 68c under full load prime and intelburn

so your saying unless its socket 2011 or wait untill we get better cpu's there is not point in upgrading yet

Sycho · 29 Dec 2013 at 14:00

If you are using high end sli/cf cards then it's worth upgrading otherwise do not bother.I went from i7 920 at 4ghz with a gigabyte board to current spec and my fps shot up in some games as the SLI 680s were bottlenecked.(mainly bf3/bf4)

setter · 29 Dec 2013 at 14:39

Sycho said:
If you are using high end sli/cf cards then it's worth upgrading otherwise do not bother.I went from i7 920 at 4ghz with a gigabyte board to current spec and my fps shot up in some games as the SLI 680s were bottlenecked.(mainly bf3/bf4)

Id agree with this, i was running sli 670's until a few weeks ago. But if i had been on a single card i couldnt tell the difference in game between the spec in sig and my second setup, (i7 930 @4ghz).

banger9365 · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:21

So its still not worth the upgrade yet

jamiehavok · 29 Dec 2013 at 23:21

unless you have sli/crossfire of 2 of the fastest cards available, likely not, no.

Blackjack Davy · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:52

banger9365 said:
well the cpu is at 4ghz from the day i got it ,mate did it
case is a Haf 932
and its watercooled,do's not go over 68c under full load prime and intelburn

so your saying unless its socket 2011 or wait untill we get better cpu's there is not point in upgrading yet

did a WEI (remember those?) on my 920 yesterday (new SSD) and it came in as 7.4 (and its still only on default 2.67ghz clock)

Get new if you want, but its overkill IMO.

banger9365 · 30 Dec 2013 at 23:38

i think its leave alone for anther 12month and see whats comes round