2500k VS 3770k

[irse]

What would be the main difference between these two chips? I have the 2500k but was thinking about upgrading. I have a p67 board (MSI P67A-GD65) and was hoping to use it or what would be the best board for the Ivy Bridge chipset? No gaming but more for rendering videos. Any articles you could point me to that discusses this would be appreciated. Built my system about two years ago and thought I was set for a while but want more performance now and I haven't been keeping up on things.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Makes no sense to upgrade from SB to IB. Wait for Haswell.

 

[Lepton87]

The main difference would be HT but if you needed it you could have got 2600k instead of 2500k so I assume you don't so there's no point in upgrading.

 

[Hulk]

The "old" 2500k is still a very competent CPU. In applications that don't utilize hyperthreading the 2500k hangs in there with the 3770k very well. If the applications you use day-to-day then the 3770k might be a worthwhile upgrade for you. But I would search out benches and actual improvements before dropping any money. As the other poster noted Haswell is just around the corner, especially if you think you'll be upgrading your mobo anyway.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

first off, yes, your P67 should support a 3770K as long as you update your BIOS

as far as performance, it would be 15-25% faster for most video related stuff, although up to 45-50% faster in some of the most optimized situations

if you haven't overclocked already, you should think about overclocking the 2500K as an overclock alone should give you that kind of performance boost if you're feeling that your 2500K is a tad slow right now, and that should help tide you over until newer options are available here in a few months

 

[irse]

Thanks. My other option was to wait for Haswell so maybe I'll just do that. It is overclocked to 4.2. MSI has this thing called Over Clock Genie which overclocks it for you. I just used that.

 

[tweakboy]

Thanks. My other option was to wait for Haswell so maybe I'll just do that. It is overclocked to 4.2. MSI has this thing called Over Clock Genie which overclocks it for you. I just used that.

Haswell 1H 2013 will only be budget chips for mobile. powerful built in GPU
Haswell 3Q quad core budget haswells. powerful and low conumpstion
Haswell 2014 Haswell 6 core to 12 core cpu's Top Tier Extreme Enthusiast level. also will be out 2H 2014

Im guessing all this btw, and Im pretty right on it I hope...

 

[Ken g6]

I see you're in a hot climate, but you should be able to do better than 4.2. Where did Over Clock Genie set your voltage? I'd probably leave the voltage where it is, and ramp the clock 100MHz at a time until [thread=2195063]stability tests[/thread] fail.