Would this be a step down overall? I don 't use HT a whole lot. Just recently got a $199 2600k but I'm a little tempted to sell it and get an i5. Dumb idea?
Well it IS a downgrade. So if you want best performance cpu wise, don't do it. If you want energy saving and don't care about HT/how you cpu performs aslong as it gets the job done... "downgrade"
Yeah bad idea, it would be a downgrade. The 3570k is about 7% better than the 2500k if I remember correctly, and pretty sure the 2600k is a bigger improvement over the 2500k than that. Also, like somebody said they run hot as hell.
Not worth a sandy bridge upgrade to ivy you would almost be going down in OCing ability due to these ivy's running pretty hot from what iv heard, I have no idea if the fact that intel is using TIM instead of a Fluxless solder like on a sandy, im not sure if that was the first test chips or if intel is really using TIM on all of them or if it is a production problem in the starting batch. I did see videos of proof that there is TIM on the ivy chips instead of Fluxless Solder and that may be responsible for the hot temps but can anyone insight whether that was just the test chips using TIM or are all ivys using TIM? that would be a SHAME! Either way as with any product i like to usually wait a bit for them to work out the production issues as the first batches usually have some problem non the less. But after seeing performance/Thermal info i have no reason to go from sandy to ivy. ill be lookin at Haswell in 2013 Q2 new socket and what not.
Do it would be a more viable transition if you have sli 680's? Considering the added bandwidther of PCI-E 3.0? I too do not really use hyperthreading.
I'm wondering as a gaming computer if going to the 3570k would be worth it from a 2600k solely for the extra bandwidth on the PCI-E lanes since I have SLI 680's and the 3570k would come at very little cost if I sold my 2600k. I already have a z77 mobo so there would be next to no investment in the swap.
I'm wondering as a gaming computer if going to the 3570k would be worth it from a 2600k solely for the extra bandwidth on the PCI-E lanes since I have SLI 680's and the 3570k would come at very little cost if I sold my 2600k. I already have a z77 mobo so there would be next to no investment in the swap.
I'm wondering as a gaming computer if going to the 3570k would be worth it from a 2600k solely for the extra bandwidth on the PCI-E lanes since I have SLI 680's and the 3570k would come at very little cost if I sold my 2600k. I already have a z77 mobo so there would be next to no investment in the swap.
I'm wondering as a gaming computer if going to the 3570k would be worth it from a 2600k solely for the extra bandwidth on the PCI-E lanes since I have SLI 680's and the 3570k would come at very little cost if I sold my 2600k. I already have a z77 mobo so there would be next to no investment in the swap.
That's the thing I have seen it on these forums that PCI-E 3.0 helps sli 680's and I don't have the best OCing 2600k so considering my rig is mainly gaming I'm thinking even though actual horsepower wise it might be a downgrade, gaming performance wise it might be an upgrade. I don't know though, would be interested to hear what people think.
I gotta find the thread this was in, but someone did a comparison with cards running 16x/16x, 16x/8x, and 8x/8x and there was marginal difference at best. PCIe 2.0 is not saturated yet in gaming use, even with SB/IB limited lanes.
I'll be interested to see tests with PCIe 3.0, though.
A wise choice. Your money is better spent in other areas, not with this small of an upgrade. With a 2600K I'd, I'd skip Ivy Bridge entirely and wait for the next gen of processors.
I gotta find the thread this was in, but someone did a comparison with cards running 16x/16x, 16x/8x, and 8x/8x and there was marginal difference at best. PCIe 2.0 is not saturated yet in gaming use, even with SB/IB limited lanes.
I'll be interested to see tests with PCIe 3.0, though.
I know callsignvega did some tests with 2.0 v 3.0 and showed very big differences but that was 3 monitors and 4 way sli, dunno if the lack of bandwidth still exists with 2 cards on 1 monitor.
im actually doing the same exact thing..just sold my 2600k and should be getting my 3570k tomorrow..dont really need HT as its primarily a gaming machine. Would be nice if pci express 3.0 helps a little bit at least...getting a 2nd gtx 680 for 7680x1600 rez so any frames would help
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