2600k to 3770k - Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by tr1cky271

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!

Back to the Sandybridge it seems! Its a bugger when that happens, I'm due for a bios update once I'm ready to break my raid.

Thanks for your input guys I'll see what I can come up with over the next few weeks.

[KANNIS]

Yes please get an SSD I got my first one a few weeks ago and they are absolutely amazing.