i7 2600k vs i7 4770

[SqiffyRaptor1155]

Ok, so i currently have an i7 4770 in my main PC paired with 16gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram (overclocked to 1866mhz) and a GTX 1080. I have it hooked up to my TV running at 1440p at 120hz. I just got an old CPU/MOBO combo with an i7 2600k in it. I've seen some people say it runs games better when overclocked. I have an AIO liquid cooler. What do you guys think? 

[svmlegacy]

3 minutes ago, SqiffyRaptor1155 said:

Ok, so i currently have an i7 4770 in my main PC paired with 16gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram (overclocked to 1866mhz) and a GTX 1080. I have it hooked up to my TV running at 1440p at 120hz. I just got an old CPU/MOBO combo with an i7 2600k in it. I've seen some people say it runs games better when overclocked. I have an AIO liquid cooler. What do you guys think? 

An overclocked 2600K really isn't worth the hassle over a 4770. Any benefit is really going to be negligible, unless you run that 2600K like you stole it.

[TomvanWijnen]

According to https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4770-vs-Intel-Core-i7-2600K/1978vs621 comparing a 2600k stock vs a 4770, the 4770 gets ahead by 7%, while the 2600k overclocked pulls ahead by about 4%. If the real world values are anything like that, then yes, a 2600k could be faster (if it's s decent overclocker), but whether those 4% are worth it over the hassle and higher power consumption, I doubt.

[Guest]

Sell it all and buy something a little closer to modern imo.

 

Looking to get you off that sata 2.slow if anything lol.

[TomvanWijnen]

3 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Sell it all and buy something a little closer to modern imo.

 

Looking to get you off that sata 2.slow if anything lol.

As someone with a Z77 board and a bit of google searching power, I can tell you that even the 2600k can definitely support sata 3.

[svmlegacy]

4 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Sell it all and buy something a little closer to modern imo.

 

Looking to get you off that sata 2.slow if anything lol.

 

1 minute ago, TomvanWijnen said:

As someone with a Z77 board and a bit of google searching power, I can tell you that even the 2600k can definitely support sata 3.

All my LGA 1155 boards have had SATA-III ports. Even my X58 board has a couple.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, svmlegacy said:

 

All my LGA 1155 boards have had SATA-III ports. Even my X58 board has a couple.

 

3 minutes ago, TomvanWijnen said:

As someone with a Z77 board and a bit of google searching power, I can tell you that even the 2600k can definitely support sata 3.

 

M.2

[Streetguru]

26 minutes ago, SqiffyRaptor1155 said:

Ok, so i currently have an i7 4770 in my main PC paired with 16gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram (overclocked to 1866mhz) and a GTX 1080. I have it hooked up to my TV running

4000 is better, could just sell the secondary and put the money away for Ryzen 4000 soon enough.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

4000 is better, could just sell the secondary and put the money away for Ryzen 4000 soon enough.

I like the way you think.

Fingers crossed it hits 5ghz.

[Mick Naughty]

Sell em both and get something that can keep up with that card. 4770 doesnt really hold its own.

[TomvanWijnen]

9 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

 

 

M.2

I moved from a relatively old and slow SATA 3 SSD to one of the fastest M.2 SSDs, and noticed almost nothing.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, TomvanWijnen said:

I moved from a relatively old and slow SATA 3 SSD to one of the fastest M.2 SSDs, and noticed almost nothing.

Gaming load times was a vast improvement. Going from actually a Patriot Torqx (original) to M.2 probably about twice as fast.....

If you didn't notice anything, that's a bummer. Even the write times are significantly better.

 

Perhaps your old and slow sata 3 sad was faster than the M2 you bought??

[TomvanWijnen]

8 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Gaming load times was a vast improvement. Going from actually a Patriot Torqx (original) to M.2 probably about twice as fast.....

If you didn't notice anything, that's a bummer. Even the write times are significantly better.

 

Perhaps your old and slow sata 3 sad was faster than the M2 you bought??

The M.2 I bought is one with 3000 MB/s+ read/write speeds, so it's definitely faster. I just don't have that many things on my SSD, much of what I have are either small files or really large files that I store on my HDDs. It's no worry though, I moved from a 120 GB to a 960 GB, so it's definitely an upgrade (it's still almost completely empty, but that's a small detail :P).

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, TomvanWijnen said:

The M.2 I bought is one with 3000 MB/s+ read/write speeds, so it's definitely faster. I just don't have that many things on my SSD, much of what I have are either small files or really large files that I store on my HDDs. It's no worry though, I moved from a 120 GB to a 960 GB, so it's definitely an upgrade (it's still almost completely empty, but that's a small detail :P).

Well it's at least a measurable increase even if we humans sometimes just don't take much notice in it. I feel that.

 

My drives are getting near the 20% left capacity. I'll be shopping before the end of the year for storage drives. I have 2 640GB drives that have a lot of old pictures I need to keep. For redundancy, I write to 2 drives with all the same information. But not in a raid configuration. 

[TomvanWijnen]

25 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Well it's at least a measurable increase even if we humans sometimes just don't take much notice in it. I feel that.

 

My drives are getting near the 20% left capacity. I'll be shopping before the end of the year for storage drives. I have 2 640GB drives that have a lot of old pictures I need to keep. For redundancy, I write to 2 drives with all the same information. But not in a raid configuration. 

I do exactly the same, but then with two 1 TB drives and another 2 TB drive. I also really need more storage, but everything is too expensive.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, TomvanWijnen said:

I do exactly the same, but then with two 1 TB drives and another 2 TB drive. I also really need more storage, but everything is too expensive.

1T drives where expensive when I got the 640 gigers.  Lol. WD Green with 64mb of cache. Very decent. They shut themselves down when not in use. The only draw back is waiting for the spin up. 

 

I'll probably stick with the green drives and probably need closer to 4T each. 5 people at home and 4 with cell phones. The pics through the years have multiplied as my kids older.

[HardStroke]

22 hours ago, SqiffyRaptor1155 said:

Ok, so i currently have an i7 4770 in my main PC paired with 16gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram (overclocked to 1866mhz) and a GTX 1080. I have it hooked up to my TV running at 1440p at 120hz. I just got an old CPU/MOBO combo with an i7 2600k in it. I've seen some people say it runs games better when overclocked. I have an AIO liquid cooler. What do you guys think? 

i think you should test that 2600k and see how far you can push it by overclocking it. wont hurt to try

but no, even with a mad overclock, an i7 4770 is better

pretty sure you can overclock that 4770 with a high quality z97 board and some good cooling