Options with an 1156 mobo?

[badbiddy]

Hi there,

I'm looking into options to make my computer crunch more numbers. In reality I'm not too fussed about running games on ultra, but more having super smooth frame rates with nice enough graphics.

I have been playing a game called Eve and sometimes run multiple clients of the game, this has been starting to put a strain on my i3 550 that I've had for just over a year now.

I would like to be able to run video capture and still have the games I play remain smooth as possible, I've been using MSI Afterburner for video capture and the fps drops to around 40fps where it would normally be sat on the 60 vsync.

Would I benefit much by upgrading to a better 1156 core? I see there are i5 750 processors on ebay for about 90 notes and i7 860 for 130. Would these see a notable increase in performance for the tasks I'm asking?

I would have thought have 2 extra cores would help for running multiple apps and encoding video at the same time.

My other option of course is to ditch the 1156 mobo and go for something else, but I don't really want to spend 300 pounds upgrading to 1155 when my current setup almost works.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Yea I would think if you just want an upgrade on the cheap, upgrading your CPU to a i5 750/760 (plus overclocking it) would be a good option, as you can effectively allocation it to use two CPU cores per client of Eve (assuming you are only running two). Another thing to think about is the graphic card as well...running two clients would be it would use more vram, so make sure your graphic card has enough.

 

[badbiddy]

So there would be a bigger difference between my i3 and an i5 750 than between an i5 and an i7?

I know that's more of a subjective question, but would it be worth the extra for number crunching power?

 

[mickyflinn]

Unless the video caprture software uses hyperthreading the there is no point in going for the I-7

 

[the1gooner]

I am running an i5 760 and got that from running an i3 540 and the upgrade is worth it.

The i5 760 runs happily at 3.8ghz with everything on auto with my gigabyte motherboard.

Fast enough that I don't consider upgrading to a new socket worth it at the moment.

You can get i7 870's used for about £90 and the performance you get for that money is remarkable really even if hyperthreading doesn't make a huge difference from the i5 750/760.

 

[rossiboy001]

Iv seen i5 750"s go for £60-70 , I myself got one for £64 inc postage , Last year I bought a q6600 for about that £62 i think , Just hold out there are plenty coming up .
An i5 does 3.2 Ghz when it needs to step up , and then you can overclock too if you think you need to , So should still be good for a couple more years

 

[bells]

I would look for an i7 860 870 875 or an 880 as they are still great cpus and a bargain if you can find them second hand