P8Z68-V PRO upgrade time ?

fergiet · 20 Jun 2015 at 15:10

Hi, my pc is 5 years old now and thinking of an upgrade of the mb and the cpu.

Spec now is P8Z68-V PRO with a 2500k

Is the Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard or the Asus Z97 Pro Wifi-AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard a good choice with Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor ?

Suggestions welcome.

pastymuncher · 20 Jun 2015 at 17:12

It's not worth it. Performance gains since Sandybridge have been minimal and a overclocked 2500k is still a fantastic cpu. Is your's overclocked? If not then most will hit 4.5Ghz with ease and a lot go even further than that. PCI-e 3 will gain you no more than 2-5% performance, if that, so it's not worth upgrading for that either. There's also the fact that Skylake with it's new socket and DDR4 will be along in a couple of months making 1150 a dead socket.

fergiet · 20 Jun 2015 at 17:24

Hi, thanks for the response. Mine runs at 4.3 and has been for almost all the time I have had it.

pastymuncher · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:50

I wouldn't bother changing it then. Maybe try for a bigger overclock. Your 2500k at 4.3Ghz I believe is like a 4690k at 3.8-3.9Ghz.

fergiet · 21 Jun 2015 at 11:47

Thanks for the reply. Great part of the world you are in. Used to be in GOS a long time ago.

Harlequin · 22 Jun 2015 at 14:18

cant remember where I saw it but a website tested SB>IB>HW at the same frequency and differences were not a lot

5960xNvidiaGamer · 22 Jun 2015 at 15:01

I am building a new system within the next few weeks. I have that same motherboard the Z68 v pro and currently using a 2600k still at 4.8ghz. Im either going to go X99 or wait for skylake myself .

Harlequin · 22 Jun 2015 at 15:04

I have a 2600k at 4.4 - cant see any reason to change it anytime soon. maybe not even skylake tbh

Beasty · 22 Jun 2015 at 15:55

I'd wait personally but each to their own!

The only reason to change for me would be if it wasn't overclocking anymore. My i5 2500k was at 4.6ghz in a p8z68-v bundle from here and doesn't seem to be stable anymore after 4 years, it's clocked at 4.3 currently and rock solid again, I could push it up probably as this is the first thing I took it down to but it's still like muck off the proverbial shovel! I've had big performance increases from changing Graphics Cards.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 22 Jun 2015 at 16:05

They are great chips as are the 2500k but I just fancy a change. Might give the system I am currently on to my little lad.

wetpants · 25 Jun 2015 at 22:53

That's the thing with pcs. No need to upgrade but itchy fingers.

wazza300 · 26 Jun 2015 at 00:35

As mark n lard would say

"No neeeed"

But you don't know who they are do you haha

wetpants · 27 Jun 2015 at 20:42

It's still a decent combo.

Geekazoid · 30 Jun 2015 at 10:06

I'm running the same package as you however I have my 2500k overclocked to 4.8ghz.

no point upgrading as its still a powerful setup...

I wouldn't ever touch an upgrading to my CPU Motherboard if they are not bottlenecking my GPU.

Right now GPU still maxes out at 100% usage

Meladath · 1 Jul 2015 at 17:54

Really wouldn't bother, not much point upgrading since sandy. I really regret "upgrading" from my 2500k to a 4770k.. got lower clocks and lower performance overall due to the toothpaste TIM they used.

fergiet · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:58

Thanks guys. Will stick with what I have for a while.