i am using 2500k@4.8ghz upgrade to amd x8 9590?

[warrior_within]

wich better performance?

 

[Z15CAM]

I'm running a an I7 2700K on an ASUS P8Z68ZPro-Gen3 at 4.8 Ghz 24/7 and up to 5.2 Ghz with 16GB's of Samsung MV-3V4G3D-US_DDR3 at 9-9-9-24 -1T at 1.35mv at 1866Mhz with 2 OEM 290X's in XF. PCU and GPU's under water and a 1050 Watt XFX BFEX PSU - Do I want to upgrade "HELL NO" at this point.

Gotta say that AMD X's 8960 twitches me but can't justify the expense for the slight increase in performance.

May be something in the future will eventually make me pull the trigger - AGAIN and my system is 4 to 3 years old.

Seems to me DeskTop PC's are not going anywhere.

Other then that spew, I gotta clean the Platform and change out a few dead Rad Fans, flush and change the fluid - Never been over 70C under full load.

My advise to you is keep your I5 2500K and wait as you are Fast enough ;o)

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PS: If you want a little more Boost sell your I5 2500K and buy a used I7 2700K for under $300 and implement 8 Cores through Hyper Threading.

No matter what Intel Enthusiasts say about the I7 2700K. It's HOT CHIP for the money right now for our older MB's.

Granted Sandy Bridge is somewhat power hungry an I would not recommend anything less then an 850W PSU if running SLI or CF.

A 750W PSU will do if your running a single GPU and still OC.

Although power hungry, the I7 2700K is a Top Binned Intel Sandy Bridge I7 2600K CPU and considered a Monster even by to days standard.

Not that many where made but it's a last chance to buy as prices are going up on this CPU.

Sorry but I would ick a Binned Sandy Bridge over the Hot Tempered Haswell.

 

[ShintaiDK]

FX 9590 would be a huge downgrade.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Keep that 2500K.

 

[Jacky60]

Keep that 2500K.

Why not 'upgrade' to a Pentium 4? You'd have to be mad to replace that 4.8ghz 2500k with a 9590 unless you're doing a lot of video editing work.

 

[warrior_within]

Keep that 2500K.

2500k upgrade 6700k big performance different?

 

[NTMBK]

2500k upgrade 6700k big performance different?

Not big enough to make it worth it. Only thing I would bother recommending is a 3770K, because then you can drop it into your current motherboard.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I would not do it. You'd be side grading from an older platform to an older platform. The 9590 will be faster in some places, slower in others. Depending on what you do it may be an overall upgrade, but nowhere near a solid enough upgrade to be worth the time and money. You'll very likley be better off looking for an i7 to stick in your current system.

 

[XavierMace]

Not big enough to make it worth it. Only thing I would bother recommending is a 3770K, because then you can drop it into your current motherboard.

3770K's are still going for over $200 on eBay. I'd hardly call that a good investment.

 

[NTMBK]

3770K's are still going for over $200 on eBay. I'd hardly call that a good investment.

Flip the 2500k for ~$135, and it's not that big a jump.

Still not the best idea (I'd personally stick with the 2500k), but if you're itching for an upgrade that's what I'd recommend.

 

[Abwx]

FX 9590 would be a huge downgrade.

No, even at 4.8GHz a 2500K is no match in integer throughput compared to a stock FX8350 but it s right that it wouldnt be a really relevant upgrade, actualy even a i7 would be moot given his 4.8 frequency..

 

[Sweepr]

Grab a Core i7 2600K/3770K if you can find a good deal.

 

[Abwx]

Not often that i would agree with Sweepr but in this case a 2600K is the best
solution, assuming of course that the PC is heavily loaded and multitasking the throughput difference is much more than the difference brought by hyperthreading, must be 2x the perfs or something like this...

 

[Denithor]

Don't do it!
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/288?vs=1289

Barely 20% better performance in video encoding (Handbrake, 2nd pass), worse performance in most other comparisons.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/288?vs=551

Far better to swap to a 3770(K) which basically matches 9590 video encoding performance and drastically exceeds in everything else - all without requiring a messy board change and Windows refresh/reinstall.

 

[TeknoBug]

wich better performance?

Laughably not.

Do what others are saying, flip that 2500K for a 3770K. I loved my 3770K, it was a gem but I had to sell it to cover for moving costs.

 

[sm625]

I doubt a 3770K would hit high enough clocks to match a 4.8GHz 2500K's single threaded IPC, so you would be looking at an actual performance loss in some tasks. Dont do it unless 4 threads is simply not enough.

 

[Face2Face]

I doubt a 3770K would hit high enough clocks to match a 4.8GHz 2500K's single threaded IPC, so you would be looking at an actual performance loss in some tasks. Dont do it unless 4 threads is simply not enough.

4.5-4.6GHz shouldn't be hard for a 3770K to hit.

 

[TeknoBug]

I doubt a 3770K would hit high enough clocks to match a 4.8GHz 2500K's single threaded IPC, so you would be looking at an actual performance loss in some tasks. Dont do it unless 4 threads is simply not enough.

3770K hits 4.5GHz easily, many without even touching the voltage settings and can reach 4.8GHz and the 3770K has at least a 25% IPC improvement over Sandy Bridge.

 

[Gikaseixas]

Get a 3770k and push it to 4.5ghz if possible, those 8 threads will make a difference in many programs and newer games.

The FX would be a sidegrade overall, faster on multithreaded programs or even games but slower in singlethreaded stuff

 

[2is]

If you want an upgrade get a 3770k

If you want to spend more money on an entirely different platform that performs worse, and uses more power, the 9590 will make you happy.

 

[Denithor]

3770K hits 4.5GHz easily, many without even touching the voltage settings and can reach 4.8GHz and the 3770K has at least a 25% IPC improvement over Sandy Bridge.

Not even close, more like 5-10% in most cases.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/287?vs=551

EDIT: And note, this is 2600K (3.4GHz) vs. 3770K (3.5GHz) so the 3770K even has a slight clockspeed advantage (not all of increased performance is due to IPC improvement).

 

[Dasa2]

found a 3770k on ebay $135au
used it to replace a 2600k since i had a spare mb for it and another use

trouble is the 2600k was prime stable at 4.9ghz 1.4v ~80c on water although only 4.3ghz 24\7 due to pll over v instability

3770k only manages ~4.3ghz 1.35v 90c on water tried to delid but couldnt get the ihs off its currently running 4.1ghz 1.2v
also the ram becomes unstable over 1.5v after swapping cpu which from what i can find may be due to a damaged socket :\

as far as games go ivy is ~5-10% quicker but then ht can add another ~5% in multithreaded games or ~15% in games that are only optimized for 8+ threads
in rendering ht will add ~25%

 

[MajinCry]

Isn't the only real upgrade one of those eight core Xeons? Sandybridge -> Haswell is, what, 10% performance gain @ the same clocks?

And Sandybridge clocks the highest of all proccies, nay?

 

[Z15CAM]

For the price the Exon I7 Sandy Bridge E3's and Haswell V3's are a steal if you don't intend to get into serious OC'g and water cooling plus you don't need a MB that supports ECC Buffered Ram.

There's cut off point where cheap Intel Exon I7, 8 Core Hyper-Threading, Sandy Bridge and Haswell Exons don't have integrated IGP but if your using a designated GPU - Who Cares ;o)

 

[jihe]

the 3770K has at least a 25% IPC improvement over Sandy Bridge.

No it doesn't