Soldato
Hi OCUKers
System as per sig. The upgrade itch is getting stronger and the system is getting old.
I'm used to having super duper overclocking CPUs: E6300 > Q6600 > 2500k.
Now any modern platform will out perform my current system but where are the real overclocking gems? The 2500k has sat at 4.6Ghz for 5 years and been rock solid at a decent increase in speed over the stock 4.2Ghz. Is Ryzen and a move back to AMD the way forward?
I still play lots of single thread games such as Stalker and Kerbal Space program, these games love a high clockspeed , plus I just like squeezing more out of what a CPU is designed to run at.
Of course I could get a better cooler, push up the volts and take the 2500k to 5Ghz (if possible) and also upgrade the RAM to 2200 mhz. This will give a performance gain but I'm reluctant to plough money into a platform which is several generations old.
Comments will be appreciated.
Thanks
System as per sig. The upgrade itch is getting stronger and the system is getting old.
I'm used to having super duper overclocking CPUs: E6300 > Q6600 > 2500k.
Now any modern platform will out perform my current system but where are the real overclocking gems? The 2500k has sat at 4.6Ghz for 5 years and been rock solid at a decent increase in speed over the stock 4.2Ghz. Is Ryzen and a move back to AMD the way forward?
I still play lots of single thread games such as Stalker and Kerbal Space program, these games love a high clockspeed , plus I just like squeezing more out of what a CPU is designed to run at.
Of course I could get a better cooler, push up the volts and take the 2500k to 5Ghz (if possible) and also upgrade the RAM to 2200 mhz. This will give a performance gain but I'm reluctant to plough money into a platform which is several generations old.
Comments will be appreciated.
Thanks