Is a core i7 3770k a good improvement?

[Stingy McDuck]

A friend of mine is offering me his core i7 3770k at a very good price ($170).

I know Ivy Bridge is very old but buying a new mobo and an Skylake processor is very expensive (almost twice as expensive as just getting the 3770k, and I doubt it'll be twice as fast).

Currently I have a core i5 3330 with a GTX 970. Is it a good improvement moving from that processor to a core i7 3770k?

What do you think?

[Exzanity]

Its an improvement but most games are more gpu than cpu.

I honestly would save up because it wouldent really affect fps in games but rendering and stuff like that would be faster.

Games: not much of a difference, a tad bit faster.
video production and rendering: should be faster by a good amount, but gpu can do this as well, *not sure 100% about all softwares*

[FingaPoppin]

If he was a good friend he would just swap ur i5/ motherboard for his i7/motherboard and sell the i5/motherboard on eBay. he'd prolly come out ahead that way since he's not selling at a discount to a friend.

[[UFO] rad87gn]

True answer is this. Is your CPU hitting over 80% usage playing games? If not. You are good. If so upgrade. Many games use the i7 cores in HT. If 80% or below. No reason to upgrade. I use 80% CPU use or higher as a point to upgrade.

[[UFO] rad87gn]

I've used a 3770K for over 4 years and it's not done yet.

[upcoast]

引用自 Maiti Dukku：

引用自 ☥ - CJ -：

then possibly its something else cuz you really shouldnt be having any issues with that CPU and GPU

Yeah, maybe I'll do a Windows full reinstall.

Some games run a little bad, but then again, those games are famous for being poorly optimized: Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Crysis 3 (the Welcome to the jungle level it's painful to watch), Wolfenstein The New Order.

Seriously the 3330 is no screaming hell, even at stock the i7 3770 is better in the games you list, Ya your mobo can't overclock it but it's better than what you've got.

Like Fingapopin said. Talk to the seller and try to get the mobo too then sell off the 3330/H mobo.

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

The i7 3770 at stock 3.5ghz is still up at the top tier ^.

[Alexalmighty502 Sup Acc]

it isnt worth it if you cant overclock it imo

[Stingy McDuck]

引用自 upcoast：

引用自 Maiti Dukku：

Yeah, maybe I'll do a Windows full reinstall.

Some games run a little bad, but then again, those games are famous for being poorly optimized: Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Crysis 3 (the Welcome to the jungle level it's painful to watch), Wolfenstein The New Order.

Seriously the 3330 is no screaming hell, even at stock the i7 3770 is better in the games you list, Ya your mobo can't overclock it but it's better than what you've got.

Like Fingapopin said. Talk to the seller and try to get the mobo too then sell off the 3330/H mobo.

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

The i7 3770 at stock 3.5ghz is still up at the top tier ^.

I wish I knew how they did that Farcry benchmark, because while those are high numbers, I don't see a big difference from the core i5 3470 (which should be similar to my CPU). I would like too reproduce that test on my system.

BTW, Asrock gives a tuner Utility with their MOBO which allows to adjust multiplier and voltage, and I have seen videos of people overclocking a 2600k on the same MOBO.

Lets put it another way. Would you pay twice or even more than that ( around $500, including taxes and shipping since I live outside the US), to upgrade to a i5 6600k (which means buying CPU, MOBO and cooler) instead of getting a used i7 3770k that you won't be able to overclock? I see diminishing returns on that scenario.

[Alexalmighty502 Sup Acc]

引用自 Maiti Dukku：

引用自 upcoast：

Seriously the 3330 is no screaming hell, even at stock the i7 3770 is better in the games you list, Ya your mobo can't overclock it but it's better than what you've got.

Like Fingapopin said. Talk to the seller and try to get the mobo too then sell off the 3330/H mobo.

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

The i7 3770 at stock 3.5ghz is still up at the top tier ^.

I wish I knew how they did that Farcry benchmark, because while those are high numbers, I don't see a big difference from the core i5 3470 (which should be similar to my CPU). I would like too reproduce that test on my system.

BTW, Asrock gives a tuner Utility with their MOBO which allows to adjust multiplier and voltage, and I have seen videos of people overclocking a 2600k on the same MOBO.

Lets put it another way. Would you pay twice or even more than that ( around $500, including taxes and shipping since I live outside the US), to upgrade to a i5 6600k (which means buying CPU, MOBO and cooler) instead of getting a used i7 3770k that you won't be able to overclock? I see diminishing returns on that scenario.

if that tuner isn't in the bios don't touch it and the i7 3770k is much slower than the i5 6600k going from a i5 to a i7 in the same generation isn't that good of a jump

[upcoast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDo-j00vUtw

With a titan x oc gpu and other i7s cpus at stock.

Maybe you have too high expectations out of the gtx970. The 970 is good but it's not a 980ti.

I don't know what the hang up of digging up a proper mobo for the 3770 is if the 6600k/6700k is going to cost so much that they'll be out of your budget.

Ps,

http://www.techspot.com/review/1128-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-benchmarks/page5.html

A tittle that's in your game library ^.