i5 2400 to i7 2600 IS IT WORTH IT?

[Asgerfo]

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btw i don't wanna upgrade my MB

[Omega]

Only if you overclock. (Requires a overclockable mobo)

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-2600-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2400/620vs803

[Monk]

Can you overclock on your motherboard and how cheap can you get it for ?

[Asgerfo]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Monk:

Can you overclock on your motherboard and how cheap can you get it for ?

how can i know if my MB can overclock? i can get it for around 149€. Aprox. 175 dollars i think.....

[[☥] - CJ -]

If you have a motherboard such as P8Z68 or P8Z77, you can.
If you dont have a motherboard with Z in the name, you cant overclock with it

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

What your motherboard model for starters?

Get CPU-Z, run it, click validate button to the right bottom, and click the submit, your broswer will open, copy the whole link and paste it here in the discussion please.

http://i.imgur.com/aJIzuos.png

CPUZ
https://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/cpu-z_1.80-en.exe

If you don't have a overclocking motherboard, and you're planning to buy a cpu, you might as well just buy the Z370 motherboard that's going for around that price, and get a i5 8600k, or you can go with ryzen 5 1600 with B350 motherboard.

[Monk]

At 150 euros, unless you can overclock, I am afraid, you might be better off using the money to go towards a new build, which would cost you around 3-400, but at 150, you are already a fair way towards it.

[Asgerfo]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Monk:

At 150 euros, unless you can overclock, I am afraid, you might be better off using the money to go towards a new build, which would cost you around 3-400, but at 150, you are already a fair way towards it.

ok ty

[pasa]

you mean you're offered to pay 150 eus for an i7 2600? Forget it.

[Asgerfo]

Ursprungligen skrivet av pasa:

you mean you're offered to pay 150 eus for an i7 2600? Forget it.

2700k??

[[LTT] LinusFTW]

If you want to upgrade you CPU I recommend two ways to go at the moment...

1) Save up for the i7 8700
OR
2) Drop down 1 generation to the i7 7700 to save some cash

These options will be way better than getting a used i7 2600 for a dead platform.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

QU4D, you don't got a overclocking motherboard, your Acer h61h2-ad can use 2nd, and 3rd gen Intel CPU's all the way to their i7's including the k series, but you will not have access to overclocking at all, due to being a H61 motherboard. For real, if you want to overclock, and planning to get a overclocking motherboard, you're better off getting the Z370 for the 8th gen CPU's, or B350 motherboards for Ryzan R5 1600, or better, you will need to get DDR4 by the way, as those motherboards do not support DDR3.

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1489987634020612183/?tscn=1507662714#c1489987634020692925

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Click the link below please.
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1489987634020612183/?tscn=1507733552#c1489987634024429307

[pasa]

Ursprungligen skrivet av QU4D:

Ursprungligen skrivet av pasa:

you mean you're offered to pay 150 eus for an i7 2600? Forget it.

2700k??

For me a general rule of thumb is that we don't mess with 5-6 year old systems. Maybe very lightly like adding a ssd or swapping gpu that will be reused in next box.

I.e I have i5 3570k and if someone offered replacing it to i7 3770k FOR FREE I would pass.
And paying for it sound like purchasing trouble.

Back to your case: the theoretic gain is moot to start with. i7 over i5 has sticker "look, I burned 100 bucks on HT just for bragging rights" for majority of users. On more recent families Intel rearranged so that the K version and i5/i7 have a nice gap on both base and turbo clock. Earlier those were pretty close, leaving pretty little or no observable gain outside benchmarks.

And you will get a fair deal of risk: you don;t know how much that processor was burned in the 6 years of use. For the K variant it's even bigger, as it might have been OCd a lot and ditched due to becoming unreliable. While you know your current CPUs history.

Certainly there may be real-life exceptions, like you may use a certain game or application where your current cpu is bottlenecking and even a 10-15% faster one would not.

In general it's unlikely.

If I were you I'd leade the box as is running out the last of its life, while plan for getting a next system. If you can affor it from the most recent components. If not, then some secondhand Skylake-ish stuff someone replaces with moving ahead.

[cheddarchezz]

I use an i5 2400 myself. Maybe you should upgrade to an i7 3770 generation CPU? Thats what I would do.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

I would keep the system till save up money for better as cpu swap won't don't much for performance on six year old system.

[Asgerfo]

Ursprungligen skrivet av LTT LinusFTW:

If you want to upgrade you CPU I recommend two ways to go at the moment...

1) Save up for the i7 8700
OR
2) Drop down 1 generation to the i7 7700 to save some cash

These options will be way better than getting a used i7 2600 for a dead platform.

So a i7 7700 could be in my MB? what would be the best upgrade if i dont wanna upgrade mb?