I7 860 from a E8400

[zod96]

Is a I7 860 much faster in games then a stock E8400?

 

[Ben90]

For now, not really... in the future yea definately

Man u have (in my oppinion) the #1 easiest overclocking product of all time

Just noticed u have a 5870... in which case i know a couple of games that are definitely being bottlenecked by ur cpu, mostly source games, and ur getting over 100+ fps in them anyways but i wouldn't worry too much about a cpu upgrade for now

here is a comparison:
toms doesnt have a i7-860 yet, but for all intended purposes they are basically the same thing except for memory bandwith... for games a 860 is normally faster though because of a better turbo (like 2%)

http://www.tomshardware.com/ch...D=on&prod%5B2634%5D=on]Tom's Hardware - Benchmark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.2 GPU[/url]

 

[zod96]

Microcenter has the I7 860 for $219 or the I7 920 for $199. Would the I7 860 or I7 920 be much faster in games then a stock E8400? If I were to upgrade if I went the I7 920 route it would cost me $400 for the MB, Memory and CPU. If I went the I7 860 route it would cost me $300 for the same. The difference being only dual channel ram 2 sticks and the P55 chipset MB as opposed to a X58 chipset MB and triple channel memory.

 

[CurseTheSky]

You won't be able to get a motherboard, i7 860, and memory for $300. The processor alone is $220, the cheapest motherboards are $100, and 4GB DDR3 is around $70.

If you're very much into overclocking, OR if you plan to run a SLI / Crossfire setup at any point, get the i7 920 and X58. If you'd rather stay at stock speeds and only plan to use a single graphics card, i5/i7 and P55 is a good choice. Dual vs. Triple channel memory makes virtually no difference in real world performance; the only real advantage (in my opinion) is the fact that you can load your motherboard with a greater number of cheap DIMMs. 3x or 6x 2GB DIMMs vs 2x or 4x 2GB.

 

[zod96]

Actually I factored in the sale of my old MB CPU and RAM to a friend of mine for $240. So take $240 off the top for a new CPU MB and RAM. If I did, everything would be run stock and no overclocking and Iwould never run dual video cards.

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: Ben90
Man u have (in my oppinion) the #1 easiest overclocking product of all time

Of all time? That's some weird opinion.

 

[vailr]

Newegg combo deal (P55 board & 4 Gb memory) - $169 AR:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.258608

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: Ben90
Man u have (in my oppinion) the #1 easiest overclocking product of all time

you must have a short history with cpu's.

e5200
e6300
e7200
q6600
q9550

and these chips are just from the past year or 2.

 

[RussianSensation]

I think bang for the buck, if you are mostly gaming on your system, just sell your friend the E8400 and get the Q9550 for $170. Then get yourself a $30 Xigmatek 1283 and 3.8ghz should be doable.

 

[v8envy]

E2140. 100%+ overclocks were routine with that. My E2180 is *still* running at 3.2ghz with the stock heatsink on a budget board. I think the factory frequency was either 1.6 or 1.8 ghz... Haven't seen many air cooled 5.5-6 ghz E8400s budget board overclocks around though. =)

$160 out of pocket to upgrade stock clock E8400 to a i7 920 with a 5870 card already in hand? Why are you even thinking about this?

For $240 you might even be able to find a package deal on a Phenom II 955 and an acceptable board. That would be even more of a no-brainer -- a 3.4 ghz phenom quad would be at least 10% faster than a stock clocked E8400 in the worst case. (* assuming ATI ever figures out how to run ATI cards with a Phenom, they perform best with NV video hardware and not so much with the home team).

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
I think bang for the buck, if you are mostly gaming on your system, just sell your friend the E8400 and get the Q9550 for $170. Then get yourself a $30 Xigmatek 1283 and 3.8ghz should be doable.

This. Combined with selling the 8400, you shouldn't be out very much $ at all. 5870 + Q9550 O/C is easily a top end gaming platform for now. You can wait for a real jump in CPU performance before leaping to an all-new platform. DDR3 will improve and dramatically come down in price as well. Right now it's not very cost effective.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Keep your E8400 until you come across a game that is well threaded and can make use of extra cores. At that time (which might be now depending on what games interest you), upgrade.

 

[Ben90]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: Ben90
Man u have (in my opinion) the #1 easiest overclocking product of all time

you must have a short history with cpu's.

e5200
e6300
e7200
q6600
q9550

and these chips are just from the past year or 2.

Well from a benchmarking perspective, the e8400 was the spanks for a long while, fastest cpu for most things until the d0's came along. u are right though; for all time...prolly not;
Also from a % standpoint the celeron M is the top % overclocker, just tapping 200%

Prolly should have said: u have a spanks cpu; just overclock that and u should be fine....

But if overclocking is an absolute nono; then i would recommend getting the 860 because its going to be the be the best stock cpu until sandybridge comes out