Should I upgrade my 3570K to a 3770K?

[King Mustard]

Should I upgrade my i5-3570K to an i7-3770K?

I have an Asus Maximus V Extreme motherboard, which can overclock CPUs automatically.

It currently overclocks my Intel Core-i5 3570K (stock is 3.40 Ghz) to 4.4 GHz.

I was considering upgrading the CPU but since the motherboard only supports LGA 1155 CPUs, the only real upgrade is a 3770K.

Look at the chart I made below and help me decide if I should upgrade the CPU.

When OC'd, I can imagine it'll hit 10,500.

 

[bimbleuk]

I keep thinking on doing this but as I only play games and my i5-3570K runs at 4.4 GHZ at 1.18v (meaning it could probably go higher) I don't think I would personally gain much.

The other reason is the i7-3770K still command decent prices on Ebay. Typically £150-180 so I keep thinking it's better to hold off for a system upgrade instead. I did upgrade to a 980Ti this year and again I don't feel the CPU is holding that back even at 3440x1440.

Your requirements are different of course.

 

[David Bisset]

PassMark rates HT more than games tend to. What do you use your computer for?

 

[King Mustard]

PassMark rates HT more than games tend to. What do you use your computer for?

General use.

I know it won't do much for my 2560x1440 gaming but it may help my light video editing etc.

i5-3570K
4 cores, 4 threads
4 × 256 KB L2 cache
6 MB L3 cache
HD Graphics 4000
77 W TDP
Intel TXT support
Intel VT-d support
vPro support

i7-3770K
4 cores, 8 threads (HyperThreading)
4 × 256 KB L2 cache
8 MB L3 cache
HD Graphics 4000
77 W TDP

 

[bimbleuk]

Well there you go perfect excuse to upgrade over just gaming.

 

[King Mustard]

Just discovered I can sell my i5-3570K for around £95 and buy the i7-3770K for around £180.

I can't justify £85 for the performance increase.

 

[Disco_P]

For now I would looking into manually doing your overclock and see if you can get it a little higher.

There are some games that push my 2550K @4.6Ghz to max. Well witcher 3 in novigrad at least.

 

[joeyjojo]

I can't justify £85 for the performance increase.

It'll give you up to 25-30% faster rendering speeds, depending on the I/O system.

I'd first suggest getting a large enough SSD to do all your editing on (if you haven't already) before investing in hyperthreading.

 

[TheRealist]

Im thinking that if you want to upgrade a 3570k, go for the 6600k.

 

[Steveocee]

From someone who made the upgrade, it made a difference to my video renders, it helps with my photo editing and I don't have that itch at the back of my mind saying there is better available.

80 is very justifiable for a cpu upgrade.

 

[littlepuppy]

From someone who made the upgrade, it made a difference to my video renders, it helps with my photo editing and I don't have that itch at the back of my mind saying there is better available.

80 is very justifiable for a cpu upgrade.

This makes sense....

 

[littlepuppy]

From someone who made the upgrade, it made a difference to my video renders, it helps with my photo editing and I don't have that itch at the back of my mind saying there is better available.

80 is very justifiable for a cpu upgrade.

This makes sense....

 

[David Bisset]

Im thinking that if you want to upgrade a 3570k, go for the 6600k.

That'd be a lot more expensive and without the gains in video editing. Gaming gains will be marginal, especially given most will be GPU-bound anyway. If he wanted to do it fair enough, but if £85 is putting him off then I don't see a several hundred pound change for little gain as a good option.