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iniquix · 13th Nov 2012, 08:31

Hey guys,

I've been looking recently at upgrading my CPU from an i5-2500k (Overclocked at 4.4ghz) to an i7. This stated how much of a performance boost within gaming, "Frapsing" is there to be seen? I appreciate there will be some but is it the worth £500 for the necessary upgrades?

GeorgeK · 13th Nov 2012, 08:36

For gaming only you won't see much, if any, difference - certainly not worth the money. For some other tasks (heavily threaded ones) then you would see an improvement.

Deders · 13th Nov 2012, 08:40

The only real difference would be hyperthreading which doesn't benefit games, you'd be better off upgrading your graphics card. what do you have?

mrMonkeyChunks · 13th Nov 2012, 08:42

you might see 1-2 fps difference in gaming but the cpu doesn't impact that much. the only reason to upgrade to the i7 would be if you were running heavily cpu intensive programs which utilize hyperthreading.

if recording on fraps is slowing down your gaming it might be worth looking at more ram. If you could furnish us with your full specs we might be able to help more.

iniquix · 13th Nov 2012, 09:19

I'm currently running a GTX 670 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-g...-1058mhz-cores

16GB DDR3 runing at 1600mhz aswell. Also using an SSD OCZ 4 Agility for a hard drive so I'm pretty much sorted in those respects.

mrMonkeyChunks · 13th Nov 2012, 09:59

what are your settings in fraps?

Jaybles · 13th Nov 2012, 10:22

What is your resolution? What games are you running? And why do you want to upgrade?

mm vr · 13th Nov 2012, 11:41

I can't possibly think how an upgrade would be worth the price, but you'd be looking at the 3770K and not Sandy Bridge E: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/551?vs=523

I've heard there's Ivy Bridge E coming for LGA2011 though.

iniquix · 13th Nov 2012, 13:06

currently looking to playing Planetside 2, MWO. Resolution is 1920x1080. If people don't think it's a good idea then that's great! saves me the money

GeorgeK · 13th Nov 2012, 13:36

You mentioned FRAPS in your original post - are you having problems when running it (FRAPS that is) or was this more of a general question?

Shirty · 13th Nov 2012, 13:51

2500K and 670 are very well matched items for gaming, niether really hinders the other from doing what it does best, and frankly both are overkill at 1080p anyway (I know, I own all three

).

Waste of money imho, wait until you can get a chip with >50% of the performance of your current one, or you start noticing things fully utilising all four cores and slowdown occurring.

Jaybles · 13th Nov 2012, 13:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by iniquix

currently looking to playing Planetside 2, MWO. Resolution is 1920x1080. If people don't think it's a good idea then that's great! saves me the money

Planetside 2 AFAIK is not graphically intensive and at 1920x1080 the GTX670 will easily push those pixels. The i7 will make no noticeable difference in games with this setup as your i5 wont be bottlenecking the GPU, unless you are multitasking heavily.

If you want to spend some money you could put it in some shiny peripherals. For example monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, headphones etc. But performance wise you will be fine.

Blogins · 13th Nov 2012, 15:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by iniquix

currently looking to playing Planetside 2, MWO. Resolution is 1920x1080. If people don't think it's a good idea then that's great! saves me the money

Have to agree with Jaybles, you're already sorted!

My single GTX 670 kicks at a resolution of 2560 by 1440 so standard HD would not be a problem in any game! The only reason I went GTX 670 SLI was to achieve smooth 60FPS with 'Ultra' settings whilst playing Battlefield 3 at the aforementioned resolution.

13th Nov 2012, 08:31	#1
iniquix Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 82	Upgrading CPU worth it? Hey guys, I've been looking recently at upgrading my CPU from an i5-2500k (Overclocked at 4.4ghz) to an i7. This stated how much of a performance boost within gaming, "Frapsing" is there to be seen? I appreciate there will be some but is it the worth £500 for the necessary upgrades?

13th Nov 2012, 08:36	#2
GeorgeK Relapsing Filcoholic Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashford, Kent Posts: 2,482	For gaming only you won't see much, if any, difference - certainly not worth the money. For some other tasks (heavily threaded ones) then you would see an improvement. __________________ Main Rig: i5 760 @ 4GHz \| H100i \| EVGA GTX680 2GB \| GA-P55M-UD2 \| 8GB Dominator LP 1600 \| 1TB F3 \| 128GB M4 \| X-1050 \| CM690II Adv \| VP2365wb \| Xonar DX \| SP2500s HTPC: i3 2125 \| H61I-E35-B3 \| Lian Li PC-Q11b \| 4GB 1066MHz \| 64GB M4 \| ST50F-P w/PP05 Short Cables \| HP bd240i NAS: HP Proliant Microserver \| 8Gb 1333MHz \| 250Gb OS Disk \| 2x2Tb Samsung F4 Raid 1 \| WHS 2011 Keyboards: Black Filco TKL w/Reds\| White Filco TKL w/Browns \| Poker w/Clears

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13th Nov 2012, 08:42	#4
mrMonkeyChunks EVGA Cheesecake Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Reading Posts: 938	you might see 1-2 fps difference in gaming but the cpu doesn't impact that much. the only reason to upgrade to the i7 would be if you were running heavily cpu intensive programs which utilize hyperthreading. if recording on fraps is slowing down your gaming it might be worth looking at more ram. If you could furnish us with your full specs we might be able to help more. __________________ NZXT Phantom 820: i5 3570k @ 4.5Ghz \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 \| 16GB DDR3 Crucial Balistic Tracer RAM \| 2 EVGA GTX 670 SC+ 4GB \| Samsung F3 1TB \| 120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD \| 120GB Kingston Hyper x SSD \| Corsair 850W \| Cooling: 360mm, 240mm radiators, 2 EK 670 Fullcover blocks, EK Supremacy, 250ml res, 2x MCP350 pumps KBT PURE \| Cyborg R.A.T 7 \| 27" & 24" ASUS monitors

13th Nov 2012, 09:19	#5
iniquix Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 82	I'm currently running a GTX 670 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-g...-1058mhz-cores 16GB DDR3 runing at 1600mhz aswell. Also using an SSD OCZ 4 Agility for a hard drive so I'm pretty much sorted in those respects. Last edited by iniquix; 13th Nov 2012 at 09:25.

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13th Nov 2012, 09:59	#6
mrMonkeyChunks EVGA Cheesecake Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Reading Posts: 938	what are your settings in fraps? __________________ NZXT Phantom 820: i5 3570k @ 4.5Ghz \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 \| 16GB DDR3 Crucial Balistic Tracer RAM \| 2 EVGA GTX 670 SC+ 4GB \| Samsung F3 1TB \| 120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD \| 120GB Kingston Hyper x SSD \| Corsair 850W \| Cooling: 360mm, 240mm radiators, 2 EK 670 Fullcover blocks, EK Supremacy, 250ml res, 2x MCP350 pumps KBT PURE \| Cyborg R.A.T 7 \| 27" & 24" ASUS monitors

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mm vr The cheesecake is a lie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 2,968	I can't possibly think how an upgrade would be worth the price, but you'd be looking at the 3770K and not Sandy Bridge E: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/551?vs=523 I've heard there's Ivy Bridge E coming for LGA2011 though. __________________ Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz \|\| Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme \|\| Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H \|\| 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600MHz CL10 \|\| Radeon 4870 512MB \|\| AC Accelero Twin Turbo Pro \|\| Asus Xonar DX \|\| Samsung 830 128GB \|\| 2x WD Blue 640GB \|\| Corsair HX620 \|\| Antec P182 \|\| Samsung SM 2232 + 2233 \|\| Windows Server 2012

13th Nov 2012, 13:06	#9
iniquix Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 82	currently looking to playing Planetside 2, MWO. Resolution is 1920x1080. If people don't think it's a good idea then that's great! saves me the money

13th Nov 2012, 13:36	#10
GeorgeK Relapsing Filcoholic Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashford, Kent Posts: 2,482	You mentioned FRAPS in your original post - are you having problems when running it (FRAPS that is) or was this more of a general question? __________________ Main Rig: i5 760 @ 4GHz \| H100i \| EVGA GTX680 2GB \| GA-P55M-UD2 \| 8GB Dominator LP 1600 \| 1TB F3 \| 128GB M4 \| X-1050 \| CM690II Adv \| VP2365wb \| Xonar DX \| SP2500s HTPC: i3 2125 \| H61I-E35-B3 \| Lian Li PC-Q11b \| 4GB 1066MHz \| 64GB M4 \| ST50F-P w/PP05 Short Cables \| HP bd240i NAS: HP Proliant Microserver \| 8Gb 1333MHz \| 250Gb OS Disk \| 2x2Tb Samsung F4 Raid 1 \| WHS 2011 Keyboards: Black Filco TKL w/Reds\| White Filco TKL w/Browns \| Poker w/Clears

13th Nov 2012, 13:51	#11
Shirty Good news everyone! Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Salisbury, UK Posts: 5,636	2500K and 670 are very well matched items for gaming, niether really hinders the other from doing what it does best, and frankly both are overkill at 1080p anyway (I know, I own all three ). Waste of money imho, wait until you can get a chip with >50% of the performance of your current one, or you start noticing things fully utilising all four cores and slowdown occurring. __________________ 2500K \| Corsair H55 \| HIS 7950 \| 8GB XMS3 \| 128GB Crucial M4 \| Samsung 2TB \| ASRock H77M-ITX \| Corsair CX500M \| White Bitfenix Prodigy \| Dell U2311H \| Creative T6060s \| Ducky G2 Pro TKL (Reds) \| Logitech G500 Why.