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Worth upgrading considering CPU?

assalino said:
Right, at least i've got the right idea for the CPU!

Thing is, my 6gb of RAM are DDR2. I think I'd have to upgrade to DDR3 as well.
So really, it's CPU + motherboard + RAM.
That'd probably take me to £250 if I wait for the right deals.

Let's say I sell my RAM, Cpu and board for near £100, that's not the biggest investment ever :)

Going to search the forum to see which board to buy for a 3570k!

Thanks guys
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Get a Gigabyte Z77 board if you want to overclock it.
 
HeX said:
You need to make sure you change your memory multipliers otherwise your ram will be out of spec.

Try:

333MHz FSB
9 x CPU multi
5:6 Memory Ratio

Give the Northbridge a dab more volts, and then go test if the CPU is stable. If not add a tad more Vcore, repeat until it's solid.

That'll give you 3GHz.

Once you've got that stable try for 400FSB, 8x CPU Ratio, 1:1 Memory Ratio for 3.2GHz.
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This worked a treat! Got it working at 3Ghz in seconds. Checked temps, all good.

Proceeded to play Battlefield 3 for an hour and a half. Max temp recorded was 55˚, so I might push it a bit later today.

However, I think I'm now a bit set on upgrading to the i5. It makes sense, since I can still make a bit of money on the Q6600 & Co.

Thanks for your help guys!
 
3.2 GHz is usually pretty stable too.

i5 is the way forward though ;)

bit annoying tho cos you probably need to upgrade motherboard + RAM at the same time, but well worth it really. I did it a year ago and prices haven't moved at all since then XD Best upgrade I made in a while.
 
In terms of RAM, is it better to go for 8GB or flat out 16GB?

Even with Photoshop, coding and a few other apps, I don't think I'd ever need 16!

Does it make much of a difference when gaming?

And since it seems like RAM is a lot cheaper nowadays, would a kit like the
"Corsair 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module", for less than £50, be worth it, or is it actually crap?

Cheers!
 
assalino said:
In terms of RAM, is it better to go for 8GB or flat out 16GB?

Even with Photoshop, coding and a few other apps, I don't think I'd ever need 16!

Does it make much of a difference when gaming?

And since it seems like RAM is a lot cheaper nowadays, would a kit like the
"Corsair 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module", for less than £50, be worth it, or is it actually crap?
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Even for gaming, majority of the time (actually if ever) it doesn't use up to 4GB (may be except for only Metro2033). 8GB is already quite future-proof...so more than that is not really needed, unless you do editings with big size files a lot.

As for £50 for a 8GB Class 9 1,600MHz ram...even if it is Corsair, it seem a bit much. Since you are not in a hurry, I would suggest you keep an eye on the Today Only and This Week Only deals and hunt for either CL8 1,600MHz rams, higher frequency ram, good overclockable rams for around £35.
 
assalino said:
Actually, these Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB are on for £35.99!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-124-KS

That's a better deal already, though they are CL9.

How much of a difference does CL8 make?
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I doubt the difference would be noticeable in real world usage. That memory is not bad for the price, but I think sometimes some low voltage or CL8 or higher frequency (i.e. 1866MHz) memory are on deals for around the same £35....so if you are not in a hurry, you can wait a bit and see if those appear on deals. I don't think it would be too difficult to find 8GB CL9 1600MHz for £35 anywhere anyway.
 
Thanks, Marine.

I'd order today, so I think I'll take the 1600mhz CL9 ones.

With that in mind, any tips on whether to go for Kingston, Crucial, G.Skill, or Corsair?


For instance, even if I am a gamer, do I need the crazy new heatsinks that the Corsair and Kingston have

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-124-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

or should I just go with something like these GeIL EVO Leggera?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-133-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Cheers
 
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Crap.

Was ready to order but just realised that there are 2 versions of the i5 3570. The K and non K.

OCUK sell them for the same price, only the K is OEM and only has 1 year warranty.

Can anyone advise on 3570 vs 3570k, considering I'll have a dedicated graphics card anyway?
Does not getting the 3570k mean I can't overclock?
 
You can only overclock the K series chips. You can increase the non K ones by maybe 200mhz but it's not really worth it. Get the 3570k and live a happy future :)
 
Interesting thread, how are you finding your new rig compared to the old?

I've got a Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz with a GTX295 rig that is well past collecting its gaming pension. I don't really game enough to justify upgrading the whole rig, but just upgrading the GFX doesn't look like it would make a significant difference so I don't appear to have much choice...
 
Hey Rojin,

It's a funny one. At 1st I noticed no difference when benchmarking with Uningine Heaven, and when looking at frame rates in-game.

However, all numbers aside, I've been playing BF3 Close Quarters (which my CPU found more demanding) with settings on HIGH and it's been running silky smooth. No drops, anywhere.

I think my gfx would probably not like ULTRA very much, but to be honest, I'm happy for now and would rather wait until prices come down a bit more.

Ultimately, if you think you're OK with what you have now, I'd wait until the new haswell cpus come out :)
 
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