Possible upgrade options.....

Shelster · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:10

......that are as cheap as possible.

At present have a i5-2500K and while good for the majority of stuff I throw at it, have noticed that it is struggling with the main use I have at presetn...that is running image integration on PixInsight (astro photograhpy stuff).

I did think of just getting an i7-2600K as can keep me memory and GFX and also not have to break the loop on my watercooling setup, but was wondering what would be the cheapest and best option for an upgrade path at the moment?

I want to keep the gfx and memory so as to keep the costs right down, so will be looking at CPU, mobo and waterblock

SamyBoy13 · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:20

Did you overclock your cpu? Also how many gpus do you have 1, 2 or more?

I think there is no need to upgrade i5 2500k it's still great cpu and only reason to get i7 is if you go multi gpu

Shelster · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:28

Sorry...should add that at moment have 2 x 7970's in x-fire.

Someone on one of the astro forums did mention getting a 4790K and mobo...but not sure on that one. Have been out of the loop for computer upgrading and tinkering for a fair while now so have absolutley no clue as to what is what...sorry

SamyBoy13 · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:32

Also do you game at 1080p, 1440p etc? To be honest this is tough decision as if you need strong cpu for photo editing, rendering etc. I7 2600k will help in performance 10-15%. I would just wait unless you can get money for x99 mobo + 5930k or 5820k + DDR4 ram. Otherwise step from sandybride to devil canon or skylake is not worth it, at least in mine opinion.

Also I see you from Plymouth, me to

Shelster · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:34

Did overclock but not sure if it is still running as have had a fair few initial startup restart where it looks like it is going to start, but pauses then reboots.

Also game at 5760 x 1200 with a 3 monitor Eyefinity setup

SamyBoy13 · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:56

I would check if you have the overclock and then decide if you need a upgrade. You said you water cooled the cpu so it should easily do 4.5ghz. Also for the upgrade what sort of budget do you have?

Amraam · 16 Sep 2015 at 11:04

If you haven't already, just get a good cooler and OC it. My i2500k is currently running at 4.4 and doesn't go over 60C under full load (IBT tested).