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Planning to upgrade my CPU, which should I get?

Killamaker

Killamaker

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I plan on upgraded my CPU from my 2500(non-K) to a new and faster CPU. I was thinking about the 3570K but I was wondering if I have to change my motherboard to the new Z77 chipset as I have the Z68. I know they are the same socket, but are there any worthwhile advantages to getting a Z77 motherboard? Also is there any other CPU's that may be a worthwhile upgrade from my 2500 that is >250
Thanks,
Caleb
 
Your motherboard is compatable with the 3570k with a bios update.


Keeping your current motherboard means no pci-e 3, enhanced ssd caching, native usb 3.0 for the most part.


Do you plan on overclocking the new chip? If gonna run stock speeds then might not be worth the $'s to upgrade.

You can bump up the speed of your current chip if you just need a little xtra power now. Even the non K chips have a little bit of overclocking in them.
 
Don't bother getting a new motherboard. A 3770K would be a decent upgrade, though I'd honestly wait for an Ivy Bridge refresh. Maybe even wait for Haswell.
 
I plan to be using folding@home which is why i wanted the OC'ing potential. And i am glad I dont have to use a new motherboard. I've tried OC'ing my 2500 but so far it doesn't seem to be working at all. i just wanted to know if it would be a worth the money upgrade if I plan to OC.
Thanks.
 
No, IMO it's not worth spending $200-$300+ for a upgrade to run a DC project that does nothing for you.
 
Killamaker said:
I plan to be using folding@home which is why i wanted the OC'ing potential. And i am glad I dont have to use a new motherboard. I've tried OC'ing my 2500 but so far it doesn't seem to be working at all. i just wanted to know if it would be a worth the money upgrade if I plan to OC.
Thanks.
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I've never overclocked a non K chip. But it looks like your max 4 core turbo speed would be 3.8ghz which would be better than the current 3.4ghz

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Might be worth a try again and see if you can get it working.
 
You're probably right. Im not super familiar with the new way of OC'ing with these SB' chips. Do I increase the clock or just the ratio? I assume the clock as I heard the ratio is blocked.
 
Killamaker said:
You're probably right. Im not super familiar with the new way of OC'ing with these SB' chips. Do I increase the clock or just the ratio? I assume the clock as I heard the ratio is blocked.
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I'm not sure on the non K chips. Looking at the following photo I think what I'd try first to see is just changing the turbo values. Just up each one of them by 4 then save and reboot and see what happens. For clarification it's the core ratio limits.

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Once in windows use something to load the cores such as prime, linx, intel burn test etc. and use cpu-z to see the vcore and speed it's running at.
 
Oh that's where I was going wrong. I kept trying to up the clock and then the ratio but it would end up in a boot cycle and I would have to hold the pwoer button for it to boot properly. Next I'll have to try that. I'll disable the C1E and EIST so it doesn't clock down.
 
I don't think you'd need to disable C1E and EIST at all. The chip will throttle up very quickly when needed. Give it a try and see what happens. Might as well get some free speed out of your chip 🙂
 
Welp, I got it 3.798 GHZ(thats what it says on CPUz) and it stays at 52C max while running Prime95, It's running on a WC loop. I disabled C1E and realized I can't boost the turbo frequency if I dont have EIST enabled. So I left EIST on. Also, is there anyway to tell how high the clock is on each core? I just want to make sure I am using all 4 cores at 3.8 GHZ.
 
if your running prime with 4 threads cpu-z would be correct reading. There are some free apps that will show all cores speeds. Open hardware moniter I think is one.
 
Yep, that application worked. All of my cores at running at 3.8ghz. Although it reads my temps a bit hotter. Max temps are now 54-55C. Ohwell, I have to reseat the water block and use new TIM soon anyway.
 
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