Processor Comparison

[ChuckFinly]

Is the performance increase from the i5 2500K to the i7 2600K worth the extra 80 or so dollars?

 

If you need me to narrow down some parameters just ask.

 

 

Thanks,

[hoofhearted4]

depends on what youll be doing?

 

if your going to be encoding videos and whatnot, then yes, the hyperthreading in the 2600k can be very useful (that said, the 2500k can still encode and whatnot with the best of them)

 

if your just going to be normal PC use and gaming and whatnot, then no the 2600k is not worth it at all. ive even seen tests where the hyperthreading of the 2600k hurts it in some cases in games.

 

the new Ivy Bridge 3570k is actually like 10% faster then the 2500k at stock. it however does not OC quite as high because of its smaller architecture, it cant dissipate heat as fast and cannot be OCed as high, but can still get to 4.0GHz no problem and will be faster then its 2500k brother up until the point where the 2500k can OC higher.

[ace992]

As Hoofhearted4 said, if you're just gaming and general computer work then get the 2500k, unless 80 dollars isn't much too you, then why not? But you wont see much of a difference.

[FMod]

In games there just isn't any performance increase.

If anyone here has 80 dollars they don't need, I'm always willing to accept donations.

[ChuckFinly]

I won't encode any videos or anything like that, so short answer no.

 

Ok that's about what I figured, just wanted to make sure. Also is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO with the Artic Silver Compound thermal paste enough to get the 2500K up to 4.5 GHz? If not what can it get up to as far as overclocking goes?

 

And what's a cheap LGA 1155 socket processor so I can learn how to overclock (I am not about to risk such an expensive processor :tongue:)?

 

One more question:

Can I install the OS with the smaller processor, overclock it, and then install the 2500K and repeat the same process without having to re-install the OS?

Edited August 21, 2012 by ChuckFinly

[Erik005]

Why not the 3750k? these are newer, faster and less power consuming.

 

You can only overclock the i5-2500k/2550k/3750k and the i7-2600k-2700k/3770k unfortunately, and you need a p-67, z68, z77, or z75 motherboard chipset.

[ChuckFinly]

Because the performance increase is small stock, and the overclocking is not as good.

 

Anyways, I thought it was the motherboard's bios chip that allowed overclocks (or at least its like with ASUS boards), not the chipset. For the motherboard I was considering a z68 or z77 chipset anway, so that is not a big deal.