May 11, 201313 yr Hi all, Wondering if upgrading my i7 2600 3.4Ghz to a i7 3770K would be worth it. I've been doing some research, reading threads, and I wanted to focus on my CPU. My PC gets hammered pretty good with my sim setup. I'd upgrade the board (mine is generic) to an Ivy Bridge and upgrade the memory at the same time. I have a GTX560Ti 2 gig which I'd keep while the 670s keep coming down in price. What do you think? Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
May 11, 201313 yr I would upgrade it, but you will need to overclock it. You will also not want to buy it from one of the generic computer makers like DELL, because they often remove the overclocking support in the BIOS. Ryan L.
May 11, 201313 yr Author None of the boards I'm looking at it are generic. How far can you safely push it? It has an auto "turbo" mode which will push one core up to 3.9. One thing that I don't want to add monitoring the CPU to my list of things to do while flying. Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
May 11, 201313 yr I have a gigabyte z77x-ud4h got it to 4.5 hz in 5 min its very stable , turbo mode is for ASUS for OC with out bios , OC should be done in the bios. My experience with ASUS board was negative compare to gigabyte .gigabyte has lots of space for cooler ,2 bios for back up ,reset button etc ..its OC and forget ... 3770k was the best buy that I did ... i7 4777k 4.6mhz, 32gddr3, GTX 760 4g sci ,Saitek x52,yoke and quadrant, 60 Led . SSD
May 11, 201313 yr Author I have a gigabyte z77x-ud4h got it to 4.5 hz in 5 min its very stable ,turbo mode is for ASUS for OC with out bios , OC should be done in the bios. My experience with ASUS board was negative compare to gigabyte .gigabyte has lots of space for cooler ,2 bios for back up ,reset button etc ..its OC and forget ... 3770k was the best buy that I did ... What does that mean in terms of frame rate and smoothness...any idea? Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
May 11, 201313 yr I would upgrade it, but you will need to overclock it. You will also not want to buy it from one of the generic computer makers like DELL, because they often remove the overclocking support in the BIOS. Call me biased, but I'm perfectly happy with my Alienware. They actually allow overclocking on their boards. :rolleyes: Chase Barnett
May 11, 201313 yr fps are not a problem anymore, smooth has butter now your limited by fsx OOM if LOD is higher then 4.5 and setting max out wich your probably do . i am running almost max with bloom and airplane shadow etc my quest for better FPS is gone i7 4777k 4.6mhz, 32gddr3, GTX 760 4g sci ,Saitek x52,yoke and quadrant, 60 Led . SSD
May 11, 201313 yr Author fps are not a problem anymore, smooth has butter now your limited by fsx OOM if LOD is higher then 4.5 and setting max out wich your probably do . i am running almost max with bloom and airplane shadow etc my quest for better FPS is gone What did you use for cooling? Anything special? Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
May 11, 201313 yr coolmaster heatsink hyper 212 push pull fan and it never goes over 59c nothing fancy i7 4777k 4.6mhz, 32gddr3, GTX 760 4g sci ,Saitek x52,yoke and quadrant, 60 Led . SSD
May 11, 201313 yr Author coolmaster heatsink hyper 212 push pull fan and it never goes over 59c nothing fancy LOL...sounds fancy. My current rig has...a fan...it's black. Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
May 11, 201313 yr sell for Under 40 $ , at newegg cheers ... i7 4777k 4.6mhz, 32gddr3, GTX 760 4g sci ,Saitek x52,yoke and quadrant, 60 Led . SSD
May 12, 201313 yr coolmaster heatsink hyper 212 push pull fan and it never goes over 59c nothing fancy You got one lucky chip. Mine goes up to 70c with stress testing. Ryan L.
May 12, 201313 yr i dont stress test only fsx ,and fsx is lot less demanding on the cpu then a stress test i7 4777k 4.6mhz, 32gddr3, GTX 760 4g sci ,Saitek x52,yoke and quadrant, 60 Led . SSD
May 12, 201313 yr Hi all, Wondering if upgrading my i7 2600 3.4Ghz to a i7 3770K would be worth it. I've been doing some research, reading threads, and I wanted to focus on my CPU. My PC gets hammered pretty good with my sim setup. I'd upgrade the board (mine is generic) to an Ivy Bridge and upgrade the memory at the same time. I have a GTX560Ti 2 gig which I'd keep while the 670s keep coming down in price. What do you think? Are you not able to overclock your i7 2600 to 4.5 or so? That seems like the obvious step... Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
May 12, 201313 yr If you want a new MB/CPU combo, and have a few extra $$, why not wait a month or two for Haswell? If you really want an Ivy Bridge, I'd still wait for Haswell release and take advantage of the price reductions that usually occur. John Hubbard MSFS2020 - Win10
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