Worth upgrading from a i5 2500k??

[Monkeyspaz5000]

I have a I5 2500K, but recently moved my build to a Bitfenix prodigy with a Z77 itx board.

Is it worth me upgrading from a 2500K to a 3570K for the extra £40 or so it might cost me once I sold the 2500K?

I have a GTX670, would there be any benefit also from that then running at PCI 3.0 speeds?

I would never have considered it in the past, but I now have a Z77 board after all.

thoughts..... ?

 

[VaderDSL]

No real need to upgrade unless you definitely want the few extra features Z77 + IB gives you.

Personally, save the money either put it towards something else or save it

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

What are the extra features bar the on-chip graphics (won't use) and the PCI 3.0

 

[blackoctagon]

What are the extra features bar the on-chip graphics (won't use) and the PCI 3.0

What do you do with your PC? For gaming, PCI-e 3.0 means next to zilch.

I have an i5-2500k and it is plenty good enough for me as a gamer. Far better to focus ones cash on maximising GPU power

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

Gaming mate

 

[IvanDobskey]

I have no plans on replacing my 2500K. Utterly pointless if you ask me.

 

[ShakeNBake]

I only realised recently that 2xxx series chips won't be able to run PCI-E 3.0.

What happens when you combine a GTX 600 series graphics card + Sandybridge CPU?
The graphics card still works, but only at PCI-E 2.0 speeds or..?

 

[Justintime]

I only realised recently that 2xxx series chips won't be able to run PCI-E 3.0.

What happens when you combine a GTX 600 series graphics card + Sandybridge CPU?
The graphics card still works, but only at PCI-E 2.0 speeds or..?

Only at PCIE 2.0 speeds, which it won't saturate either.

 

[JonSmith]

It will downgrade the speed to 2.0/2.1. Regardless, 8x PCI-E links are enough for modern graphics cards, even 4x speed.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1253914/tpu-ivy-bridge-pci-express-scaling-with-hd-7970-and-gtx-680

I always laugh when people are like "ZOMG I must spend £1000 to get a socket 2011 motherboard for teh PCI-E thr33!!11!1eleven".

Maybe in 10 years you'll need PCI-E 3.0, I'll quite happily sit with my PCI-E 2.0 motherboard.

 

[Leeroy123]

Yeah don't waste your money mate.