Upgrading from 3570K...?

DrToffnar · 19 Jun 2014 at 13:35

Looking for a nice solid upgrade guys, willing to spend up to about £300. I do a lot of gaming on my PC and not much else so not particularly interested in hyperthreading or anything like that, unless it does acutally provide a reasonable boost to performance?

Cheers

cheesyboy · 19 Jun 2014 at 13:55

It's probably not going to be worth upgrading. What GPU are you using?

stuie · 19 Jun 2014 at 14:54

Have you overclocked the 3570?

Admiral Huddy · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:01

It's seriously not worth it.. Bang up the multiplier and to 45, a little extra vcore and bobs your uncle.

Invest the cash in a new GC or a SSD if you haven't one already

DrToffnar · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:32

Oh wow thanks for the replies guys. I'm rocking a 780ti at present and no, it's never been overclocked (my CPU I mean). It's just something I wouldn't feel particularly comfortable doing as I'm a little bit noobish when it comes to stuff like that. It's probably a heck of a lot easier then I think it is but still...

shahel · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:35

If you're only gaming then the 3570K is fine.

scotsdragon · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:37

I had me 3570k upto 4.5 ghz easy enough with the help you get on the forums.

You will be able to get that or more easy enough provided you have the wright cooling, what is you case and full systems specs?

stuie · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:39

Post the rest of your specs motherboard / cpu cooling etc im sure we can get you started with a few simple intructions

DrToffnar · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:54

Ahhh thanks a bunch guys! At the mo I'm rocking a 780ti which has never been OC'd and is running with the stock fan, 8GB of DDR3 gaming ram (sorry, I cant quite remember the speed), a pre built Antec Kuhler 920 for the CPU, an Asus Xonar Essence and it all sits on an ASRock Z77 Extreme. Oh, and the case is an NZXT Phantom I believe. Just let me know if I missed anything out

DrToffnar · 19 Jun 2014 at 15:57

Oh, and the 3570k is running at stock speed which is 3.7 I think...

Andygully · 19 Jun 2014 at 16:48

to oc my 3570k all i did was raise the boost clocks to 4.2 didnt have to mess with the voltages so was very simple

shahel · 19 Jun 2014 at 17:15

Andygully said:
to oc my 3570k all i did was raise the boost clocks to 4.2 didnt have to mess with the voltages so was very simple

You didnt even add any voltages? You will, just check if its stable. Play a intensive game and see (normally prime)

Steveocee · 19 Jun 2014 at 19:08

3570k should get to 4.2 without increasing the v core (mine did amd I have no idea lol)

scotsdragon · 19 Jun 2014 at 20:20

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyt...-th-z77x-up5-th-overclock-settings-guide.html

Heres the guide wazza made it helped me a lot I was as said before able to get 4.5 ghz (eventually) lol

ShivP · 19 Jun 2014 at 20:30

Again, OC that 3570k and be done with it. What case do you have? Maybe get a windowed case with some LEDs and braided cables?

stuie · 20 Jun 2014 at 08:34

Id drop an ssd in there too

Baron C · 21 Jun 2014 at 05:09

Of your CPU,
My 3570 runs at 4.5 at 1.23 volts.
It's not difficult, there are guides a plenty.

~>Dg<~ · 22 Jun 2014 at 14:27

pcs good for 2yrs min yet with a 780ti just get a ssd if you havent already.

murah · 22 Jun 2014 at 14:31

The only reason you would want to upgrade to say an i7 is if you use multi gpu set up, my 3570k bottle necks my cards slightly but overall if I didn't have an overlay on you wouldn't know everything is still silky smooth

Jay85 · 22 Jun 2014 at 14:39

3570k is not worth upgrading from. It is a fine cpu and even better when clocked. Got mine clocked to 4.7ghz and theres nothing it cant handle. Keep it for another few gens a least, since cpu releases these days are no more than about 10% increase in perfomance overall.

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