Ivy bridge worth it?

[Peppered]

I have a I5 sandy bridge I was thinking of O.C. once I find a quit heat sink and fan set up for it The V8 is Bit to loud for me.

I haven't been looking a hardware much lately but i saw the new I5 Ivy bridge CPU. Lower power and unlocked I thought it may be a better CPU.

MY MB just needs a Bios update to use it.

I just cant say if it is has a big enough improvement to warrant buying it.

Any ideas if is worth it ?

 

[lehtv]

No, coming from an i5 Sandy you're not going to notice any difference. It's about a 10% improvement in performance per clock at best, and Sandy Bridge overclocks a bit better. Is your current CPU unlocked?

What do you do with the PC? Gaming? If you're not CPU bottlenecked there wouldn't be a noticeable improvement in framerates even if you bought an i7-3960X and overclocked it to 5.0GHz on water.

Even Intel Haswell in 2013 may not be a worthy upgrade.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Its a 50/50 if you come from Lynnfield. If you come from C2D I would say sure, go Ivy. But Sandy to Ivy doesnt make sense. Same with Ivy to Haswell for example. Or Lynnfield to Sandy.

You want 2 years minimum between upgrades, maybe 3.

 

[Peppered]

I will be playing guild wars 2, web browsing working with Excell and other MS office programs.
May be working some with photo shop too.

I may be picking up a new GPU thinking about the GXT 670 FW. The AMD GPU may be a better value but i think with my inverted MB fro, the silerstone case I will have better cooling for the GPU if i stick with the GTX 670.

Haven't decided on the CPU cooler yet I don't like hearing the fans wine.

I could go with a different case but I like the way mine looks. Silverstone FTO2.

 

[ShintaiDK]

GF and I play GW2. Your SB is more than plenty there. My GF uses an i7 860 and GTX670 with everything maxed in 1920*1200. I use a 3570K with a GTX680. Also everything maxed.

If you dont have an SSD, I can highly recommend that instead of a CPU upgrade. 256GB Crucial M4.

 

[Peppered]

I pre-ordered GW2 yesterday and downloaded the game but I when I log in it says no scheduled event lol so I guess I missed the beta.
I have a Crucial M2 SSD I5 SB 2500, HD 6950 forget how much ram. no over clock yet.
and a 1 tb drive for data, pictures and games.
I read the amd GPUs are kinda low on performance right now.
So I guess a over clock ( better CPU cooler ) and a new GPU (GTX 670 FW) best bet.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Ye, last beta weekend was july 20-22. Next time its early game access for the real deal on august 25

I would basicly do nothing with your setup. Keep it all as it is and see what next year brings. GPU upgrade to a GTX670 only if you really feel you need it. But again, wait till fater you played the game.

 

[Peppered]

I should restate that AMD gpu's or only showing lower performance on GW 2 right now that may change as new drivers come out.

But upgrading from a 6950 to a GTX 670fw should show a big improvement I would think over all. I have a dell u2711 for a Monitor too.

I should be at a new job and location by the time GW2 comes out and for the first time in 16 years I will be working normal 8 hour 40 hr week on salary instead of a 12 hour swing shift. This will let have the time to play normal hours in a MMO again, and looking forward to GW2 lol.

The FT02 is a awesome case but some GPU's have problems cooling in it. The GTX 670 FW will work fine the MSI twin frosa 7950 may have problems.

 

[lehtv]

It's GTX 670 FTW, means "For The Win". Great card that one but it'll be a bit noisier than an Asus, Gigabyte or MSI. You said you don't like the noise of your CPU cooler - I think the same would apply to GTX 670 FTW.

How much are you looking to OC your CPU? You didn't mention if your Sandy i5 is unlocked

 

[ShintaiDK]

IThis will let have the time to play normal hours in a MMO again, and looking forward to GW2 lol.

Oh ye, GW2 is the most anticipated game for us here. And the weekend betas have been fantastic to say the least. Never seen such a polished super working game bfore launch.

Everyone I know bought it.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I have a I5 sandy bridge I was thinking of O.C. once I find a quit heat sink and fan set up for it The V8 is Bit to loud for me.

I haven't been looking a hardware much lately but i saw the new I5 Ivy bridge CPU. Lower power and unlocked I thought it may be a better CPU.

MY MB just needs a Bios update to use it.

I just cant say if it is has a big enough improvement to warrant buying it.

Any ideas if is worth it ?

nope, if it aint a new build you are throwing money away.

 

[Peppered]

I don't recall if it was unlocked or not I think it is I don't think I would of gotten one that wasn't if i had the chance to get one that was.

The Cool master V-8 seemed to make more noise than I liked, When I tried to O.C when I first built the PC.

I don't need a huge over clock most things run good on current CPU's from what I have seen.

I was wrong the Cpu is a I7 - 2600k not a I5.
Running @ 3.4 GHZ no OC.

So no real need to OC 3.4 GHZ then with turbo should be ok for anything I use.

 

[lehtv]

i7-2600K? i5-3570K would be a downgrade

Running at stock, the next step to improve performance would be to overclock, not buy a new CPU.

Based on what you're saying it seems that your V8 is quiet enough at stock clocks. So no upgrading needed if you don't feel like overclocking. When you decide to OC and want it to stay quiet, I'd recommend a Noctua D14. That'll get you past 4.5GHz at a very low noise level (using the voltage adapter cables). Should be able to pay for half of that by selling your existing cooler.

 

[gmaster456]

Upgrading from Sandy to Ivy is silly. Wait until at least haswell. Even then it might not be work it depending on what you do.

 

[mfenn]

Its a 50/50 if you come from Lynnfield. If you come from C2D I would say sure, go Ivy. But Sandy to Ivy doesnt make sense. Same with Ivy to Haswell for example. Or Lynnfield to Sandy.

Agree

I may be picking up a new GPU thinking about the GXT 670 FTW.

Please don't buy a $410 670 with the loud blower cooler when a $400 670 will be much quieter.