2600k to 3770k - Thoughts?

Slicer · 15th July 2012, 3:18 PM

Hey guys,

My parents will be giving me $X to build them a new PC.

I was going to get them the i5 3570K.

I was thinking... if I gave them my i7 2600k and forked out the extra $120 and upgraded myself to the i7 3770k we might both see an upgrade.

Is this true? I keep hearing rumors the ivy bridges are terrible clockers...

I don't go for high clocks, mostly around 4.4ghz on H70. Will I actually see any noticeable differences for my $120 ?

Aetherone · 15th July 2012, 4:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Slicer

Will I actually see any noticeable differences for my $120 ?

Nope

Buy a SSD instead

Linkin · 15th July 2012, 4:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Aetherone

Nope

Buy a SSD instead

This, so many times.

DarkForceMage · 15th July 2012, 5:49 PM

Definitely not worth it over a better pc case//ssd for your parents. Your rig looks beast enough as it is rofl.

Slicer · 15th July 2012, 8:19 PM

Sorry, Didn't mention I already planned a vertex 4 or agility 4 for my parents machine and I'm already running Raid0 SSD's.

So I'm better off just leaving my machine as is and buying my parents the I5-3570K ??

DarkForceMage · 15th July 2012, 8:44 PM

Well I guess it depends on whether or not you need more performance, I doubt there would be anything hugely noticeable over your current setup though.

You could always compare your 3dmark11 score to similar setups in the 3dmark11 thread to see if there are any gains to be had.
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=934574

To me it would be more of a sidegrade if anything, better to wait for when you upgrade your GPU's and do it all at once.

Renza · 15th July 2012, 8:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Slicer

So I'm better off just leaving my machine as is and buying my parents the I5-3570K ??

Parents? the 3570k is way overkill. the 3450 will be more than enough, hell, a i3 2120 will be good enough unless they're gaming or doing heaps of encoding

Reaper_1994 · 15th July 2012, 9:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Renza

Parents? the 3570k is way overkill. the 3450 will be more than enough, hell, a i3 2120 will be good enough unless they're gaming or doing heaps of encoding

Agreed. I personally would go for a i3 if it was my parents. They only use the internet.

Aetherone · 15th July 2012, 9:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Slicer

Sorry, Didn't mention I already planned a vertex 4 or agility 4 for my parents machine

Then save the $$ and get them an Intel SSD instead of cheap OCZ crap.

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Originally Posted by Slicer

my parents the I5-3570K ??

or a 2120 unless they're doing something unusal for parents

Vladdo · 15th July 2012, 9:49 PM

I went from a 2600k to a 3770k and reckon i lost about 200mhz.. went from 4.6 to 4.4ghz..

That said, I bought a new z77 board at the same time so that I could use 2x7970 vid cards on pcie 3 x8 rather than pcie 2 x8..

There's really no reason to from sandy to ivy bridge, unless you need some of the other features that come with the latter chipset.. Save your money otherwise..

Reaper_1994 · 15th July 2012, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Vladdo

I bought a new z77 board at the same time so that I could use 2x7970 vid cards on pcie 3 x8 rather than pcie 3 x8..

10char

Slicer · 15th July 2012, 10:31 PM

PCs are so cheap. I want to get them something future proof that they won't complain about.

Since I don't need to get them a gpu, I want to focus on the cpu/ram/hdd

Nothing wrong with ocz drives

Slicer · 15th July 2012, 10:37 PM

Its actually funny.... I was on the Umart website at my parents and I said to my father I'd probably get you an I3-2120 and he said why would u get me the worst one on the List when the best one is only $100 more...

I was shocked haha.

tr1cky271 · 16th July 2012, 8:47 PM

I've just upgraded from 2500K to a 3770K mainly to utilize the PCI Express 3.0 feature on my Z68 mobo. The Sandy Bridge chip ran a cool 4.5GHz 24/7 with a little less than 1.3vcore. This i7 3770K at stock so far hasn't shown or presented any benefit benchmark wise.

It get hot too, really quickly, with minor voltage increases.

I'm still in the tweaking phase but so far I'm not impressed.

EDIT: Before I shipped my 2500K off today I had to update the BIOS from P1.20 to P2.30 and I forgot to take note of my settings. Now the BIOS looks different with different terminology so I'm gonna have to relearn everything and start from scratch!

Mau1wurf1977 · 17th July 2012, 3:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Slicer

Its actually funny.... I was on the Umart website at my parents and I said to my father I'd probably get you an I3-2120 and he said why would u get me the worst one on the List when the best one is only $100 more...

I was shocked haha.

Haha that's funny. He does have a point but if you apply this to all the parts then you are quickly talking a couple of hundred more

I have a Pentium in my media PC with a 60GB SSD and it feels just as fast as my i7 for standard stuff.

So I'd rather put the money towards an SSD, IPS screen, better keyboard, mouse things like that.

15th July 2012, 3:18 PM	#1
Slicer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 156	2600k to 3770k - Thoughts? Hey guys, My parents will be giving me $X to build them a new PC. I was going to get them the i5 3570K. I was thinking... if I gave them my i7 2600k and forked out the extra $120 and upgraded myself to the i7 3770k we might both see an upgrade. Is this true? I keep hearing rumors the ivy bridges are terrible clockers... I don't go for high clocks, mostly around 4.4ghz on H70. Will I actually see any noticeable differences for my $120 ? __________________ One more such victory until we are undone

15th July 2012, 5:49 PM	#4
DarkForceMage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Brisbane, Southside Posts: 3,288	Definitely not worth it over a better pc case//ssd for your parents. Your rig looks beast enough as it is rofl. __________________ i7 2600k@4.5ghz Custom WC \| Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce X3 SLI \| G.Skill Ripjaws-X 4x4gb@1866mhz \| Intel 330 180gb Raid 1 OS + 2x2TB HDD Raid 1 \| ASRock z68 Extreme4 Gen3 \| Xfi Fatal1ty Pro \| NZXT Switch 810 \| Corsair AX-750W \| Samsung S27A950 \| Corsair SP2500 + Tiamat 7.1 \| Steelseries D3 Mouse & Max Keyboard Nighthawk X8

15th July 2012, 8:19 PM	#5
Slicer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 156	Sorry, Didn't mention I already planned a vertex 4 or agility 4 for my parents machine and I'm already running Raid0 SSD's. So I'm better off just leaving my machine as is and buying my parents the I5-3570K ?? __________________ One more such victory until we are undone

15th July 2012, 8:44 PM	#6
DarkForceMage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Brisbane, Southside Posts: 3,288	Well I guess it depends on whether or not you need more performance, I doubt there would be anything hugely noticeable over your current setup though. You could always compare your 3dmark11 score to similar setups in the 3dmark11 thread to see if there are any gains to be had. http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=934574 To me it would be more of a sidegrade if anything, better to wait for when you upgrade your GPU's and do it all at once. __________________ i7 2600k@4.5ghz Custom WC \| Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce X3 SLI \| G.Skill Ripjaws-X 4x4gb@1866mhz \| Intel 330 180gb Raid 1 OS + 2x2TB HDD Raid 1 \| ASRock z68 Extreme4 Gen3 \| Xfi Fatal1ty Pro \| NZXT Switch 810 \| Corsair AX-750W \| Samsung S27A950 \| Corsair SP2500 + Tiamat 7.1 \| Steelseries D3 Mouse & Max Keyboard Nighthawk X8

15th July 2012, 9:49 PM	#10
Vladdo Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Laverton, Melbourne Posts: 6,282	I went from a 2600k to a 3770k and reckon i lost about 200mhz.. went from 4.6 to 4.4ghz.. That said, I bought a new z77 board at the same time so that I could use 2x7970 vid cards on pcie 3 x8 rather than pcie 2 x8.. There's really no reason to from sandy to ivy bridge, unless you need some of the other features that come with the latter chipset.. Save your money otherwise.. __________________ Gaming Rig \| i7-3770k @ 4.8 \| ASUS Z77V Pro \| 8gb Ripjaws \| 2x7970 \| Samsung 3xS27A950 \| Sandisk Extreme 2x240gb SSD \| Asus Xonar D2X \| XFX 1000W PSU \| 22mbit ADSL \| Last edited by Vladdo; 15th July 2012 at 10:44 PM.

15th July 2012, 10:31 PM	#12
Slicer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 156	PCs are so cheap. I want to get them something future proof that they won't complain about. Since I don't need to get them a gpu, I want to focus on the cpu/ram/hdd Nothing wrong with ocz drives __________________ One more such victory until we are undone

15th July 2012, 10:37 PM	#13
Slicer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 156	Its actually funny.... I was on the Umart website at my parents and I said to my father I'd probably get you an I3-2120 and he said why would u get me the worst one on the List when the best one is only $100 more... I was shocked haha. __________________ One more such victory until we are undone

16th July 2012, 8:47 PM	#14
tr1cky271 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 386	I've just upgraded from 2500K to a 3770K mainly to utilize the PCI Express 3.0 feature on my Z68 mobo. The Sandy Bridge chip ran a cool 4.5GHz 24/7 with a little less than 1.3vcore. This i7 3770K at stock so far hasn't shown or presented any benefit benchmark wise. It get hot too, really quickly, with minor voltage increases. I'm still in the tweaking phase but so far I'm not impressed. EDIT: Before I shipped my 2500K off today I had to update the BIOS from P1.20 to P2.30 and I forgot to take note of my settings. Now the BIOS looks different with different terminology so I'm gonna have to relearn everything and start from scratch! __________________ i7 3930K @4.5GHz 1.37v H100 (4x NF-F12-PWM) SABERTOOTH X79 3305 16GB RipjawsZ 2x 4GB GTX 680 DirectCU II in SLI 2x 240GB Intel 520S RAID0 (2TB WD Black & 60GB Intel 520S caching) 2x 2TB WD Black's HCP-1200 Win7 Pro 64bit 800D 3x U2711 BlackWidow Ultimate Imperator 2012 Z623 beyerdynamic MMX2 & ATH-AD700 Corporate 5000 Bigboy seat iPhone 5 64GB Telstra Prepaid Last edited by tr1cky271; 16th July 2012 at 8:57 PM.