What to go for f you had £350ish

PowerPie5000 · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:22

If you're keen on overclocking then you can't really beat the i5 2500K at the moment

. I have a 3570K which is good, but the core temps are a tad higher and the performance difference is barely noticeable at all.

Uncle Petey · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:29

Sparx said:
You could OC the i5-3570K IB quite easily. It would still out perform the i5-2500k SB by a noticable margin.

How noticeable a margin and are we talking about gaming here?

D.Roberts · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:31

Umm I will look into it more when I get some moneys but tbh I am swaying towards a i5 2500k read a few reviews its a good chip.

Any way fingers crossed I get some moneys and its enough to start me new PC

PowerPie5000 · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:55

Uncle Petey said:
How noticeable a margin and are we talking about gaming here?

Not really noticeable at all in my experience. A 2500K will OC further than a 3570K anyway (especially on air where the Ivy chip will end up cooking itself before reaching Sandy clocks

).

D.Roberts · 30 Oct 2012 at 18:00

Well it seems clear to me from what I have read to that I will be going for a i5 2500k

Ok so now thats decided I may build me own system around the 2500k or I may just purchase the pre built system thats known to run at 4.6 ummmm.

Thing is I am confident in OC its just I aint 100% I will get the components that will allow me to get to 4.6 where as OCUK have all ready done the hard part for me

Idleman · 30 Oct 2012 at 18:05

D.Roberts said:
Well it seems clear to me from what I have read to that I will be going for a i5 2500k

Ok so now thats decided I may build me own system around the 2500k or I may just purchase the pre built system thats known to run at 4.6 ummmm.

Thing is I am confident in OC its just I aint 100% I will get the components that will allow me to get to 4.6 where as OCUK have all ready done the hard part for me

If you are going to go SB route, then keep your eye on the MM. You might get a better deal.

D.Roberts · 30 Oct 2012 at 18:15

Yeah had a little look will do closer to when I gets some moneys.

Thanks

Sparx · 30 Oct 2012 at 19:03

Uncle Petey said:
How noticeable a margin and are we talking about gaming here?

Not a massive difference, but noticeable. It doesn't make sense investing in old gen tech, unless you can get it from the MM/used at a good price.

Source: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2012/05/01/intel-core-i5-3570k-cpu-review/6

Uncle Petey · 30 Oct 2012 at 19:14

It was a tongue in cheek question

PowerPie5000 · 30 Oct 2012 at 20:06

Sparx said:
Not a massive difference, but noticeable. It doesn't make sense investing in old gen tech, unless you can get it from the MM/used at a good price.

Source: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2012/05/01/intel-core-i5-3570k-cpu-review/6

There's only a few fps difference when looking at benchmark results and you most likely won't notice the small fps difference when actually playing games (i know i didn't). The 2500K is much better if you want nice overclocks with lower temps

. I'd also be very tempted just to hold off for Haswell as the current gen (Ivy Bridge) has been a little dissapointing... For me at least.

Sparx · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:36

Yes, IB has been quite the disappointment compared to when SB was launched. I am hoping Haswell will be as big of an improvement as what SB was, if not more!

Although I still choose to pick IB for specs as it is currently a £10 difference and it still holds a performance boost.

D.Roberts · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:54

whens ib out as the price of sb may go down?

Sparx · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:09

IB is already out. SB is the old gen right now.

Haswell is Intel's next gen of CPUs but are not released until Q1/Q2 2013.

D.Roberts · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:10

ah sorry LOL thats the ones Haswell`s

ah well if I get money befor then I wont wait around as a 2500k clocked to 4.6 will still be good enough for me.