Worth the upgrade?

[justin4pack]

I currently have an OC i7-920 running around 3.6ghz. Would a i5-4570s Be a worth while upgrade? i know there are lots of other options but i am just comparing these 2. And yes i know its the low tdp version.

 

[SPBHM]

the biggest difference would be the power usage... if you really want something that feels fresher and will produce less heat it can be a fun upgrade... but overall don't expect any huge gains (apart from efficiency), and the 4570s can't be overclocked... it's faster but it lacks HT..

 

[justin4pack]

Hey thanks for the info. Also can u tell me do u think a gtx 660 ti would bottleneck from the cpu? The 920 i mean.

 

[royo]

Probably not, though it shouldn't be too hard to monitor your GPU/CPU usage and see if you're hitting a wall.

 

[tarmc]

running a gtx 670 and haven't noticed any bottlenecks, was running a 920 @ 3.8

 

[justin4pack]

sweet, so i decided not to upgrade and go with the best GPU i could get that will not cause bottleneck. what you guys think the max is for the 920?

 

[tarmc]

depends on which stepping, my c0 tops out at 3.8 most d0 will do 4.0-4.2 as far as I know

 

[Sweepr]

sweet, so i decided not to upgrade and go with the best GPU i could get that will not cause bottleneck. what you guys think the max is for the 920?

I'm running a HD7970 OCed to 1.2GHz with an i7 920 D0 @ 4GHz on my other system. Havent noticed any bottlenecks.

 

[Arkaign]

Good move staying with the 3.6Ghz 920. A locked i5 is kind of a sidegrade at best, though SATA/USB is better on the newer mobos. But yeah, going from Quad + HT @ 3.6Ghz to 2.9Ghz Quad w/3.6Ghz Turbo = big meh. The best gains would be AVX2 stuff and some poorly threaded games like SC2/Skyrim. But at 3.6+, a 920 will still pump great frames at good settings with a good current GPU.

 

[tarmc]

Try clockingbit up a bit higher maybe? Maybe hit 3.8 or 4.0?