i7 920 to i7 2600 a real upgrade?

[shaka729]

Hi,
i want to know if moving to a sandy brigde will be a real upgrade or is just marketing

 

[d4a2n0k]

What are you planning on doing? I have an I7 920 @ 4ghz and upgraded in January to a 2600k but I do a lot of video editing etc.

 

[shaka729]

I re-encode video and play hard and programming

 

[lehtv]

920 and 2600K overclock similarly well, so comparing their stock speed should be good enough: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=287

40-50% faster in encoding. Maybe 10-20% faster in games, depends on how CPU heavy the game is. Need to pay nearly $400 for cpu+ram+mobo... I don't think it's worth it. I would want closer to 100% perfromance increase for that price. It's largely subjective what is a good deal, we all handle money with different habits and priorities, and we all have different hardware requirements

 

[RussianSensation]

I re-encode video and play hard and programming

You may want to wait for the 8 core Bulldozer then. It might slaughter the 2600k in this task.

 

[nanaki333]

more of a side-grade than an upgrade...

 

[classy]

If it was me I would sell my 920 for $150 or so and buy a 970X or 980X. Throw in a lil OC and nothing you'll buy anytime soon will do your tasks better.

 

[Monster_Munch]

I'm in the same boat. Got an i7 920 two years ago with an X58 board. There's nothing really worth upgrading to unless I change to a 1155 socket motherboard at the same time which is kind of expensive.

I'm probably going to wait for the 1366 replacement, socket 2011 I think it is.

 

[happy medium]

Simple answer , not really ,its more of a side grade.

 

[Markfw]

I have had nothing but problems with my 2600k, it won;t run F@H bigadv units, and it locks up at times, and not much faster at all than my 950@4.0 ghz.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Thats to bad Mark whats the problem. You sure do use alot of electricity F@H . We have a few machines here but I really not interested in 24/7 operation of tring to solve the worlds problems when I already know the world problems . The only machine I leave on now is the local server. Everthing else sleeps .

 

[aigomorla]

Only way the upgrade would make sense is if u needed usb3.0

 

[RussianSensation]

Only way the upgrade would make sense is if u needed usb3.0

OR want to play with new hardware. (I know you know what that feeling is like!)

Either way, 2600k @ 4.6ghz * 1.15 (15% IPC increase over Nehalem) = 5.29ghz Core i7 920. That would be about 25% or so faster than a 4.2ghz i7 920. Is it worth upgrading for 25% performance boost? Probably not, unless you can sell the 920 system and get 2600k + Mobo combo on the cheap at MicroCenter. Although, the power consumption of the 920 @ 4.2ghz is significantly higher than the 2600k system @ 4.6ghz.

 

[lehtv]

Only way the upgrade would make sense is if u needed usb3.0

Or if your current mobo didn't support SATA6 and you wanted to get an SSD for caching.

 

[Zstream]

No it's not worth it for me. Just wait, with the economy the way it is I wouldn't waste it on this. If you want a small upgrade 10% across the board, go for it.

 

[aigomorla]

OR want to play with new hardware. (I know you know what that feeling is like!)

with a very limited bclk your not going to really be playing with new hardware.

it would be a very quick set multi and rock.

Or if your current mobo didn't support SATA6 and you wanted to get an SSD for caching.

i should of added any new "features" boards have.
But if ur not missing them now, u wont be missing them.

 

[Costas Athan]

920 is a fast processor. I would wait till the Hasswell microarchitecture to make an upgrade. Generally I set a target of 4-5 years for a CPU upgrade. That is enough time to make your CPU look a little bit ancient and you actually get an impressive improvement on performance from a new processor after that period of time.

Of course if someone performs demanding tasks for his work that take hours to complete he maybe want to consider an upgrade sooner to save valuable time and increase productivity.

 

[nyker96]

I doubt you will feel too much difference there unless u can clock 2600k pass 4,5, but even then i doubt u will feel it's that much faster than i7 920.

 

[mike2fix]

I think another thing to consider is value of the hardware, socket 1366 will be dead soon and that does have a large impact as far as resale value goes. Just something else to consider in my view.

 

[dpk33]

He did say a 2600, not a 2600k meaning it won't overclock very far. I assume an overclocked i7 920 will be better or similar to a i7 2600.

 

[mb103051]

unless its a lower power issue...makes zero sence to upgrade for performance 1366 is still a beast...

 

[Arachnotronic]

unless its a lower power issue...makes zero sence to upgrade for performance 1366 is still a beast...

This. Especially since LGA 1366 offers six core CPUs -- something LGA 1155 will never see.

 

[gevorg]

I don't think its worth it because Sandy Bridge is already past its half life. I would wait for BD, Sandy Bridge E or Ivy Bridge.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

i should of added any new "features" boards have.
But if ur not missing them now, u wont be missing them.

because they just don't know what they're missing

I upgraded from an i7 930 @ 4GHz to an i7 2600K @ 4.7GHz, and while the increase in CPU speed is greatly appreciated when crunching lengthy tasks, the move to SATA6 for my 128GB Crucial M4 (from a Corsair F120) for my OS/Apps and running a 60GB Microcenter branded ADATA Sandforce drive to cache-accelerate an F3 1TB drive for my games has been far more noticeable for my everyday experiences

 

[Rifter]

not worth it IMO. I was going to go from my 930 to LGA 2011 but since intel butchered 2011 im going to wait it out for Ivy now.