May 21, 201214 yr Finally decided to upgrade my current system, an i7 950 overclocked to 3.9ghz on an Asus Sabertooth X58 motherboard. I ordered an i5 3570k with an Asus Maximus V Gene motherboard, and a Corsair H100 liquid cooler system. Also bought a Corsair 600t case to fit the H100. I debated for a long time between the 3770k or the 3570k but the benchmarks indicate that the i5 is just about the same as the i7 when it comes to gaming, which is pretty much the only thing I will be doing with this PC. Plus, if I decide later on I can always put an i7 CPU in. Can't wait! Should be a pretty healthy upgrade over my first gen i7, and the case will be a VERY nice upgrade from my current one (Antec 300). Anyone have any thoughts?
May 21, 201214 yr Congrats! Hope you enjoy. Should be able to hit 4.4-4.6GHz pretty easily, 4.7-4.8 if you're lucky.
May 21, 201214 yr Noice. I just bought a 3570K and with an ASUS P8P77V-PRO motherboard as part of a new system to replace my current rig. I was going to leave them in a cupboard for a week or two until I have all the new parts, but then I decided to chuck them into my current box (swapped out the old CPU and motherboard) to make sure they weren't DOA. I'm leaving any fiddling and tweaking to when I have a whole new system, so at the moment everything is stock. I tried to do a quick test in FSX to see if it was any faster but I couldn't get AA working for some reason, so everything was a jagged mess and I gave up. I made the same decision as yourself regarding the CPU - I decided the extra logical cores weren't worth the extra $130 it would have cost to get the 3770K. The upgrade I'm most looking forward to is a 240GB SSD, big enough for me to chuck most of my games on alongside Windows. Cheers, Mike
May 21, 201214 yr Author Ugh, the more I read about IB CPUs, the more I am worried about the incredibly high temperatures they run at. I mean, I'm not looking for CRAZY overclock, but maybe I would have been better off with a 2700k.
May 21, 201214 yr You'll be fine with the 3570. IVB will get to 4.5GHz no problem. 4.7-4.8 is about where it will top out, so it's no slouch. Also don't forget that IVB has slightly better performance-per-clock, so that 4.7GHz is faster than a Sandy at 4.7GHz. A lot of people seem to have this idea that 5GHz is basically the norm with Sandy Bridge, but the fact of the matter is most chips had to have silly amounts of voltage run through them to get there, so getting to 4.8 was very reasonable. I guess it depends on what you think a crazy overclock is. Cheers, Mike
May 21, 201214 yr You'll be fine with the 3570. IVB will get to 4.5GHz no problem. 4.7-4.8 is about where it will top out, so it's no slouch. Also don't forget that IVB has slightly better performance-per-clock, so that 4.7GHz is faster than a Sandy at 4.7GHz. A lot of people seem to have this idea that 5GHz is basically the norm with Sandy Bridge, but the fact of the matter is most chips had to have silly amounts of voltage run through them to get there, so getting to 4.8 was very reasonable. I guess it depends on what you think a crazy overclock is. Cheers, Mike Agreed with all of the above. I'll take 1.32-1.36V for stable 4.7GHz operation on my IB CPU over 1.45V+ for 5.0GHz SB, thank you. Not that there's anything wrong with people that choose to do this, I'm just not comfortable with that much voltage for long-term use. Temps are only a concern when running extreme burn-in programs anyway. Normal use is just not an issue. Let's also not forget about much faster onboard graphics (for QuickSync, of course) and integrated PCI-e 3.0 which *seems* to make a difference in FSX smoothness in my testing.
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