Will you be going 2600K or 2500K?

[Mellman]

Just curious what others are planning to purchase. at roughly $100 difference i don't think the extra threads, or cache are worth it. benchmarks show the two CPU's running nearly identical, even anands review showed the i5 on top of the i7.

 

[Hogan773]

Yeah but maybe since its been 6 yrs since I upgraded, I'll treat myself to a little extra whipped cream and a cherry

 

[src1425]

2500K. The $90 savings basically paid for my 8GB of GSkill RAM. And upgrading from a Athlon 64 X2 4800, I'm sure I'll be just as blown away by the 2500k as I would by the 2600k.

 

[theAnimal]

No.

 

[Castiel]

2600K Ordered.. Motherboard is another story

 

[khon]

I'm going to be using my computer mainly for gaming, so I couldn't find a valid reason to spend the extra 100 euros for the i7.

To be honest a stock i5-2400 would probably have been more than enough for my needs, but I feel like overclocking, so i5-2500k it is.

 

[Jumpem]

2600. No option for it on the poll.

 

[Aikouka]

I went with a 2500, but I'm already considering canceling it and getting a 2600 (or 2600K). I just hate the thought of purchasing something, and maybe a month down the road, I realize that I really should have spent the extra money and purchased the better product.

I doubt it'll be an issue... I mean hell, I'm upgrading from an i7-860 . Although, this upgrade is more about replacing the terrible ASUS motherboard I have more than anything. For some reason, I've always had better luck with cheaper computer components... it's a strange thing .

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I work with video and even I'm having a hard time convincing myself of the 2600K over the 2500K and am starting to think the only users who can legitimately benefit from the 2600K are those who do a wide variety of multi threaded intensive tasks, unless they deal with a specific program that individually benefits a great deal on its own. I have a feeling a majority of 2600K adopters will be from ignorance, e-peen, or they simply couldn't get their hands on a 2500K

2500K should easily be the gamer's choice as the two should perform virtually identically, especially when both are overclocked.

 

[Jumpem]

I went with a 2500, but I'm already considering canceling it and getting a 2600 (or 2600K). I just hate the thought of purchasing something, and maybe a month down the road, I realize that I really should have spent the extra money and purchased the better product.

I doubt it'll be an issue... I mean hell, I'm upgrading from an i7-860 . Although, this upgrade is more about replacing the terrible ASUS motherboard I have more than anything. For some reason, I've always had better luck with cheaper computer components... it's a strange thing .

Explain.

 

[aldamon]

I have a feeling a majority of 2600K adopters will be from ignorance, e-peen, or they simply couldn't get their hands on a 2500K

Or some of use haven't upgraded in years and didn't want to upgrade to an inferior CPU. $100 is peanuts over the course of a couple of years. Heck, it's peanuts over the course of 1 year. I swear some people are making it seem like $1000.

 

[Jumpem]

Or some of use haven't upgraded in years and didn't want to upgrade to an inferior CPU. $100 is peanuts over the course of a couple of years. Heck, it's peanuts over the course of 1 year. I swear some people are making it seem like $1000.

This. The 2600(K) at ~$300 is a bargain.

 

[Aikouka]

Explain.

My terrible motherboard? It's the only thing that I can pinpoint that would be causing all of my computer issues. Randomly, software will freeze on my PC... it could be anything from Firefox (regardless of tab count) or even mIRC. I've ran diagnostic checks on all of my HDDs and RAM and they all check out fine.

I've kept the motherboard's BIOS up to date, and the problems have never gone away. There's even another annoying issue that I've recently found. I cannot plug a FAT32-formatted disk into my machine or it will become completely unstable. I've been wondering if it relates to this issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978789/

I've actually been able to replicate the problem using an external HDD that was formatted as FAT32 (not by my doing). If I have no other external devices plugged in, I can use the FAT32 disk and it works fine, if I have another device plugged in, my computer goes haywire until I restart it. I've been able to reproduce the problem each time even on a fresh restart. The odd part is that the other (NTFS) drive I plug in to test this is being attached using eSATA.

I just doubt that my problems are related to anything but the motherboard. I went with Gigabyte this time around just to change things up a bit. I've gone with them in the past and they've been alright, except I'm having some issues with using a lot of SATA devices on an older GA-P35-DS3R. It reported a drive as being bad (and it even failed all checks on that PC), but when I plugged it into this PC and ran the usual checks, it passed them all with flying colors.

All in all, I have a love-hate relationship with computers .

 

[Hogan773]

Or some of use haven't upgraded in years and didn't want to upgrade to an inferior CPU. $100 is peanuts over the course of a couple of years. Heck, it's peanuts over the course of 1 year. I swear some people are making it seem like $1000.

I am leaning 2600k just for this reason. My current pc is 6 yrs old Pentium D. Do I need it? Prob not. Do I need 2500k? Do you? Prob not. Anyway its 90 bucks so whichever way I go, I'm not gonna sit there beating myself up 2 yrs from now "damn I shouldnt have spent 90 bucks cause I'm not sure Im getting enough hyperthreading use"

Where are all these comments for the buyers of 980x. Now THAT is E-peen territory - money wasted for most users.

 

[Nintendesert]

Or some of use haven't upgraded in years and didn't want to upgrade to an inferior CPU. $100 is peanuts over the course of a couple of years. Heck, it's peanuts over the course of 1 year. I swear some people are making it seem like $1000.

Depends on what you're doing and using that chip for. As a gamer the i5 is the superior chip and allows me to put that money saved into my SSD purchase.

 

[Jumpem]

Depends on what you're doing and using that chip for. As a gamer the i5 is the superior chip and allows me to put that money saved into my SSD purchase.

It's not supperior in an way. It is simply cheaper.

 

[Hogan773]

It's not supperior in an way. It is simply cheaper.

Excellent point! "Better" as in better value, that's all. 2600 is "better" performance. Gamers just prob dont need it. Then again, gamers prob are better off not even upgrading if they have an i5 750 and spending their money on a boffo video card.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I am leaning 2600k just for this reason. My current pc is 6 yrs old Pentium D. Do I need it? Prob not. Do I need 2500k? Do you? Prob not. Anyway its 90 bucks so whichever way I go, I'm not gonna sit there beating myself up 2 yrs from now "damn I shouldnt have spent 90 bucks cause I'm not sure Im getting enough hyperthreading use"

Where are all these comments for the buyers of 980x. Now THAT is E-peen territory - money wasted for most users.

except the 980x has 6 cores and is can actually be 50% faster clock for clock in the most heavily threaded situations (and even overclock higher than most other 4 core i7s)

I'm sure there are a lot of people who own the 980x or even 970 for epeen and don't really utilize its power, but in a workstation environment it was easily far more justifiable than the 2600K vs 2500K.

Unless you know you'll definitely make use of it, you're paying an extra $90 for extra piece of mind.

 

[Aikouka]

Given how WoW is mostly what I play and how it's fairly CPU dependent, I decided to switch from the 2500 to the 2500K. I figure it can't hurt and I also realized I didn't use the promo code to get $15 off Windows 7, so there's how I'll save the money .

 

[aigomorla]

2600K vs 2500K.

Unless you know you'll definitely make use of it, you're paying an extra $90 for extra piece of mind.

well thats what i was going to say also...

If your going to get a K, whats the point in getting the higher one if the multi is unlocked.

Your going to surpass the stock multi on both cpu's so it makes more sense to get the cheaper.

However, i had the fortune to talk to Dr. Who from intel @ a CES afterparty.
I asked him a question regarding the 980X -> 990X -> 995X and why they are all on the same stepping but different numbers.

He told me Binning.

So now we have to assume intel does bin the processors even further down family, and not just the locked vs. unlocked family.

So it might make more sense if your an avid overclocker to get a 2600K, if intel does selective binning.

So putting my faith in Dr. Who.. i think i will probably get the 2600K.

 

[tweakboy]

Just make sure it has the K at the end, so the mutliplier is unlocked.

Those without the K at the end can not be overclocked.

 

[Xed]

Was going to get the 2600k but I think I'll go with the 2500k due to the higher minimum framerates in games. Doesn't make much sense to buy the 2600k and turn off HT and pay an extra 100 bucks.

 

[IgoByte]

Got the 2600. The 2500 seemed like the better deal with the combo discount at MC but I decided I don't upgrade very often so I might as well bite the bullet and get the better CPU.

 

[RussianSensation]

Unless you know you'll definitely make use of it, you're paying an extra $90 for extra piece of mind.

At the same time, in 1.5-2+ years when you choose to upgrade again, you have this $90 saved up from 2600k--> 2500k towards your new CPU/videocard. Last time I went with an HT chip, but the price difference was only $50. Today, the $100 price difference is a bit too much for the benefit of having the fastest CPU for only 10-12 months or so imo. I am betting in less than a year, a 6- core and maybe even an 8-core i7s will come out on LGA2011. Even these mighty 2600ks will suddenly feel slow compared to a 12 threaded 24mb of L3 cache beast!!!

 

[killer8]

2600K for the hyper-threading, which some apps I use do use. As well, I'm in the laudable position where the +$100 doesn't matter.