Upgrading slightly from a 2500k to 2600k

Phil2008 · 9 Nov 2017 at 23:51

Since a total system upgrade would set me back £500+, I have just manage to get a 2600k cpu for just under the £100,, so when I sell my 2500k cpu, the upgrade will of costed me about £50

I know its not much of a upgrade but apparently the min fps in games will be higher, so thats a bonus, and I am not a big gamer, so spending mega money is a tad pointless, when all my games I play run quite smoothly anyway.

Just a quick question though, will my memory speeds change at all,, as I have read they increase the speed with the 2600k? Im using the 4x 4gb Kingston HyperX Grey 1600mhz (XMP mode)

wedrum · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:02

Overclock the 2600k for some nice gains

Drollic · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:03

Decent upgrade for £50. Memory speed should stay the same via XMP.

Akagi · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:04

I seem to remember I sold my 2500K for £70 and bought a 2700K for £60 a couple of years ago. Win!

Phil2008 · 10 Nov 2017 at 00:25

Hopefully I will be able to run the 2600k at the same speed as my 2500k, at 4.3ghz or maybe higher..

synixx · 10 Nov 2017 at 13:27

I'm considering doing the same upgrade. I don't have money for a complete system overhaul and play games so sparingly now that it wouldn't make sense to splash out anyway. Keep us updated!

imginy · 10 Nov 2017 at 13:30

Phil2008 said:
Hopefully I will be able to run the 2600k at the same speed as my 2500k, at 4.3ghz or maybe higher..

Most do close to 5ghz with a half decent cooler.

Evian · 10 Nov 2017 at 17:18

Yeah games will be smoother because of the extra threads, my 2500k stuttered in BF1 I sold that and upgraded to a 3770k and the stuttering was gone, Even clocks higher to 4.8Ghz, 2500k only done 4.6.

Phil2008 · 10 Nov 2017 at 17:51

Evian said:
Yeah games will be smoother because of the extra threads, my 2500k stuttered in BF1 I sold that and upgraded to a 3770k and the stuttering was gone, Even clocks higher to 4.8Ghz, 2500k only done 4.6.

I was going to buy the 3770k first, but then I realised a 2nd hand one was quite expensive and the ivy cpu's apparently doesn't overclock too great. But the 3770k is slightly faster then the 2600k, but I thought if the 2600k overclocks higher then the 3770k, the speed should be about even... The only thing that Im gutted about not having a ivy cpu, is that the ivy cpu's will change the pcie speeds from 2.0 to 3.0

I hope this 2600k overclocks well because my i5 is useless, as I can only get it running at 4.3 with 1.3v and thats quite high volts for 4.3ghz.

andy_mk3 · 10 Nov 2017 at 19:07

My 2600k is currently at 4.8GHz doing very well. It's a worthwhile upgrade as the HT helps no end in new games.

Phil2008 · 10 Nov 2017 at 19:54

Its amazing how those virtual 4 cores makes a difference, because without those its just a i5.

fastwunz · 11 Nov 2017 at 08:42

I’m thinking of the same upgrade - I have basically the exact same system as you albeit with my i5 2500k running at 4.8ghz. Even my ram is the same. I suspect we both bought the same bundle all those years ago from OCUK!

Phil2008 · 11 Nov 2017 at 11:07

I have just looked when I bought the cpu and it was Nov 2011 and the memory was something like £60 for 16gb so it was rude not to have loads of memory at the time.

Doogles · 11 Nov 2017 at 15:59

I want a 3770k myself but not willing to pay £100 for it, if RAM pricing wasn't nutty then I'd have gotten the r5 1600 for £135 the other day with Asus motherboard for the game pack.

gEd · 11 Nov 2017 at 18:34

Doogles said:
I want a 3770k myself but not willing to pay £100 for it, if RAM pricing wasn't nutty then I'd have gotten the r5 1600 for £135 the other day with Asus motherboard for the game pack.

Some folks appear to be willing to pay £180+ for one on a frequent basis. One sold at the end of last month for £225!

Phil2008 · 11 Nov 2017 at 18:34

Doogles said:
I want a 3770k myself but not willing to pay £100 for it, if RAM pricing wasn't nutty then I'd have gotten the r5 1600 for £135 the other day with Asus motherboard for the game pack.

Thats what I wanted aswel, but I would have had to of paid £150+ and that's not even new... My i5 only costed me £160 all those years ago.

Digital X · 11 Nov 2017 at 18:56

Same boat here, just telling myself I don't need an upgrade but do want one! Memory speeds are another thing.

Phil2008 · 11 Nov 2017 at 20:39

gEd said:
Some folks appear to be willing to pay £180+ for one on a frequent basis. One sold at the end of last month for £225!

I cant see the point spending stupid money for one,, your not going to see night and day improvements. Plus its not like its going to keep your system running smoothly for years to come. If it was 8 real cores Im guessing you would see a huge boost....dreamland that..

El Jimben · 13 Nov 2017 at 15:50

Sold my 4.4GHz 3570K for £60 & replaced it with a 4.3GHz 3770K which I got for £120. It was definitely worth it for better frame rates in pretty much everything for an outlay of ~£65.

andy_mk3 · 13 Nov 2017 at 19:16

I think my 2500k to 2600k upgrade cost me around £20 in total. Absolutely no brainer upgrade

When I get some free time I'm going to see if I can get a stable 5GHz out of it, it's already at 4.8GHz and I have had it at 5Ghz before, but not fine tuned the settings to make it stable.