Gaming Performance Increase via i5 2500k Overclock?

[T-Shirt11]

All:


I have built a rig with the following specs:

Corsair Carbide Series 400R Case
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
Intel BOXDH67CLB3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB
CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3
SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-222AB
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

It runs great, and I am doing a fair amount of FPS and RPG gaming on it...Unfortunately, I purchased an H67 mobo, and am wondering if it is worth it to return the board in exchange for a P67 board in order to overclock it...I was completely unaware that you cannot overclock on an H67 and bought the Corsair Hydro H60 in the event I ever wanted to.


What do you think? Worth it to uninstall everything and upgrade? My main question is how much performance increase will I see in gaming? All of my games run great today, without overclocking. Any advice would be appreciated!


Thank You!

 

[TB13]

You might as well take the board back and get a P67 one because you didn't pay the extra for the unlocked processor for nothing.

 

[Kenmitch]

You might as well take the board back and get a P67 one because you didn't pay the extra for the unlocked processor for nothing.

^This

If its worth the time and trouble to you. Even if your fine now its best to have the option if needed.

 

[Puppies04]

^This

If its worth the time and trouble to you. Even if your fine now its best to have the option if needed.

+1 also bear in mind if you are going to want PCIE gen 3/virtu or a board that will officially support IB chips in the future a little research now could prevent you having to upgrade again next year.

 

[fastamdman]

I would grab a z68 board now so you can upgrade to IB when it comes out. It's pointless to buy a K processor if you aren't going to overclock it. The difference in gaming isn't as much as one might think, but when it comes to other tasks it can be pretty impressive. There is a huge difference with applications like folding at home, going from stock to 4.5ghz+ which all SB chips can do easily.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

All:


I have built a rig with the following specs:

Corsair Carbide Series 400R Case
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
Intel BOXDH67CLB3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB
CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3
SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-222AB
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

It runs great, and I am doing a fair amount of FPS and RPG gaming on it...Unfortunately, I purchased an H67 mobo, and am wondering if it is worth it to return the board in exchange for a P67 board in order to overclock it...I was completely unaware that you cannot overclock on an H67 and bought the Corsair Hydro H60 in the event I ever wanted to.


What do you think? Worth it to uninstall everything and upgrade? My main question is how much performance increase will I see in gaming? All of my games run great today, without overclocking. Any advice would be appreciated!


Thank You!

not to be a troll, but you wasted a good load of money on useless crap. or parts that are useless. lol

 

[fastamdman]

T Yamamoto - I disagree with you. The case is just fine, the processor is fine, the hard drive isn't what I would have picked, especially for a main drive but he can always use it for storage and upgrade to a real drive later on. The ram is perfectly fine although I would have suggested 1600mhz, the gtx 560 isn't a bad buy, the h60 is reasonable but not needed, the power supply is decent, the burner is fine and windows 7 is just fine.

The only place he wasted money on useless crap would be the motherboard and POSSIBLY the hard drive but like I said he can always use it for storage and buy a much better hdd or ssd as a boot / main drive later on.

 

[Idontcare]

Welcome to the forums T-Shirt11! :thumbsup:

not to be a troll, but you wasted a good load of money on useless crap. or parts that are useless. lol

The "lol" quip at the end makes the opening part of your post a bit hard to believe :|

FWIW, troll or not, your post is what we call "thread crapping".

The guy obviously has limited options at this point in terms of returning gear, so why bother attempting to make him feel like crap by telling him (true or not) that the components he bought have less than ideal performance/price ratios? What's it to you at this point? :hmm:

 

[Puppies04]

I would grab a z68 board now so you can upgrade to IB when it comes out.

I don't disagree I would grab a Z68 aswell although certain H61 H67 and P67 boards are going to be compatible with IB aswell

http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/PCIe3_Ready/

 

[fastamdman]

I don't disagree I would grab a Z68 aswell although certain H61 H67 and P67 boards are going to be compatible with IB aswell

http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/PCIe3_Ready/

Just because it will work doesn't mean it should be purchased. Why buy older technology just because it works. By that ideology we would all be driving around in cars from the 30s or 40s or 50s or 60s because they still do the job that we want them to do =P.

Z68 > p67 > anything else.

 

[Puppies04]

Just because it will work doesn't mean it should be purchased. Why buy older technology just because it works. By that ideology we would all be driving around in cars from the 30s or 40s or 50s or 60s because they still do the job that we want them to do =P.

Z68 > p67 > anything else.

As I said I don't disagree was just mentioning it

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Hey I used the DH67CL board for a while so I know that it is a good solid board but like everyone else if you are looking to overclock (something besides the IGP) you are going have to change it out to get the ability to overclock your Intel® Core™ i5-2500K. I think that the Z68 chipset based boards are the best option (gives you the most of features for the money) but the P67 chipset also works well.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Are you happy with the current performance? If yes then leave it alone.

The problem with swapping out motherboards is OEM OS. Is your Windows 7 retail or OEM?

 

[fastamdman]

Doesn't really matter, he bought windows 7 so he can reinstall it on a new setup either way.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Doesn't really matter, he bought windows 7 so he can reinstall it on a new setup either way.

Not if it has already been activated on current setup. OEM versions, technically, only allowed on ONE motherboard.

 

[Rvenger]

Not if it has already been activated on current setup. OEM versions, technically, only allowed on ONE motherboard.

I have an OEM copy of Ultimate and activated this thing 6 times (4 different mobo/CPU combos) with no issue. Probably not recommended but basically Microsoft looks for 2 PCs with the same key powered on simultaneously. I just so happened to upgrade the same PC 4 times this year and messed up my windows installation twice. Normally I just don't activate windows because I usually format within the 120 day window lol.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Yeah, I've had good luck too but I consider it a gift from the microsoft gods. The OP's mileage may vary

 

[Arg Clin]

My main question is how much performance increase will I see in gaming? All of my games run great today, without overclocking.

I'm no balancing expert, but I would think that a 2500K @ stock speed usually wouldn't be able to bottleneck a GTX560. So I doubt that you'd see a noticeable gaming performance increase through OC unless you play at some atypical low res + very high fps settings.

 

[fastamdman]

As stated the fps gains are minimal a few fps here and there depending on the games and the resolutions etc. But for other tasks it can be a DRASTIC change.

 

[tweakboy]

The 3.3 and 1333 RAM are holding you back.

What is your question,, your CPU is not a bottleneck for any video card you buy right now including xfire and SLI. Your going to get the maximum possible frame rates the video card can dish out. I play @ 1080p 8xCSAA 16xAF vsync on high detail, 60fps capped BF3 , ultra settings tweaked

 

[Rvenger]

The 3.3 and 1333 RAM are holding you back.

OP this is not true at all. 1333 is the norm for sandybridge and will also be on Ivybridge.

 

[fastamdman]

+1 1333mhz ram is just fine and I recommend not going any higher than 1600mhz because in the real world, it's A not cost efficient and B not usually seen. With synthetic benchmarks obviously there will be a difference, but that's about it.

 

[GoStumpy]

Tweakboy, is that single-player or Multi-player?

 

[nyker96]

I would return the H67 and buy a Z68 board since you got a 2500k, why waste the chance to OC.