Time to upgrade my I7 920 4,3 GHz?

[Curufinwe_wins]

So a new CPU + MOBO and memory will give some performence but not so mush that money vs. more performence is worth it then?

Look gaming at 60Hz: almost no improvement.

Everything else. And I do mean everything else will be faster. Not to mention a massively improved feature set.

[Intelfreak]

Look gaming at 60Hz: almost no improvement.

Everything else. And I do mean everything else will be faster. Not to mention a massively improved feature set.

Alright so as long i only gamming on my 24" 1920 x 1200 60 Hz screen i am good to go. But when my screen dies and i need a new screen that properly gonna be a 4K then i would also need new upgrade on CPU.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Alright so as long i only gamming on my 24" 1920 x 1200 60 Hz screen i am good to go. But when my screen dies and i need a new screen that properly gonna be a 4K then i would also need new upgrade on CPU.

No.

For crying out loud, how blatant do we need to be?

Gaming at 60Hz whatever resolution basically gives 0 fucks whatsoever about your cpu provided it meets a very low threshold and has 3+ physical cores. (Yes I said 3. Look at the average dx11 game in stream and 99%+ of all usage is on 3 threads.)

Everything else you want to do on the computer, or gaming at higher refresh rates will care. Does care. About your cpu being old and slow.

Also multitasking with games running will be more of a pain. Say you have fraps or a dps monitor running, this will all obliterate your cpu where better ones won't care.

Is that worth an upgrade for you? I can't know. I can only say that unequivocally it would be (and was) for me (and I had a relatively speaking smaller jump than you did).

[Intelfreak]

No.

For crying out loud, how blatant do we need to be?

Gaming at 60Hz whatever resolution basically gives 0 fucks whatsoever about your cpu provided it meets a very low threshold and has 3+ physical cores. (Yes I said 3. Look at the average dx11 game in stream and 99%+ of all usage is on 3 threads.)

Everything else you want to do on the computer, or gaming at higher refresh rates will care. Does care. About your cpu being old and slow.

Also multitasking with games running will be more of a pain. Say you have fraps or a dps monitor running, this will all obliterate your cpu where better ones won't care.

Is that worth an upgrade for you? I can't know. I can only say that unequivocally it would be (and was) for me (and I had a relatively speaking smaller jump than you did).

oh i see. So if i upgrade now. What would you suggest i bay when. I7 6700K or go X99/I7 5820K, remember i tend to keep my CPU over a long time before upgrade and i thinking 6 cores is more future prof even then the cores are running at lower frekvens than I7 6700K because that i can oc to any way.

[Curufinwe_wins]

oh i see. So if i upgrade now. What would you suggest i bay when. I7 6700K or go X99/I7 5820K, remember i tend to keep my CPU over a long time before upgrade and i thinking 6 cores is more future prof even then the cores are running at lower frekvens than I7 6700K because that i can oc to any way.

In the US the total cost of each is about the same. If that is the same cost in Denmark then yes x99 all the way. If skylake is more than say 50-100 dollars cheaper or so get it.

[Intelfreak]

In the US the total cost of each is about the same. If that is the same cost in Denmark then yes x99 all the way. If skylake is more than say 50-100 dollars cheaper or so get it.

Alright X99 it is then. But X99 will end up coost more because of the need for 4 DDR4 ram sticks and motherboard do cost more than a skylake ditto. But think it is worth it because it shut be more future prof for me.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Alright X99 it is then. But X99 will end up coost more because of the need for 4 DDR4 ram sticks and motherboard do cost more than a skylake ditto. But think it is worth it because it shut be more future prof for me.

You don't need 4 sticks. You can use two just like skylake or one if you really feel lame. You just actually get a benefit later on adding more than 2.

Also you don't need really expensive x99 mobos because almost all of them are amazing anyways unlike the z170 ones.

Check out the msi x99s sli plus as a budget model with a feature set that massively pulls more than its weight.

[Lan_rover]

I have a i7 920 @ 2.67GHz in a Dell Studio 435MT. I've upgraded memory to 24MB Kingston PC3-12800 1600 DDR3. HD C: is now a 1TB Samsung 840 SSD. Displays are 2 x Dell U2713HM at 2560 x 1440.

 

I'm a little surprised at some of the comments about no real (noticeable) improvements moving to a newer CPU. I assume that is because the OP is overclocking.

 

CPUBenchmark has the following data:

 

PassMark - CPU Mark    Overclocked

5960X           15996            19111

6700K           10916            12269

990 @ 3.33     9267            11068

920 @ 2.67     4990              6630

 

I'm trying to decide if it makes any sense to upgrade the CPU and video board (now stock ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series). I'm thinking about putting an i7 X 990. Is it as simple as popping one CPU out and inserting the new CPU? Do I need to be concerned about MB or bios compatibility? Any video board recommendation? I'm thinking about a 980 or 980ti but if that's overkill what makes sense?

 

PC is used for Lightroom / photoshop with 30-60mb photos, building large acrobat files, and basic wp, spreadsheets, mail, browsing. Usually 5-10 progs open at a time.

[themctipers]

i went from an i5 760 to a i7 3770k, with the i5 i get about 50fps on medium settings at gta v. With the i7 i get 60fps on high-medium settings. IMO wait another year. Wait for the generation after skylake.

[infamous_last]

Keep your current rig and swap out the CPU for an x5670 (6-core xeon) for around $100.

Job done.

 

This gen Xeons can be overclocked and it'll probably give you good enough performance to stretch out your current rig another 12 months until X99's successor is available.

[Lan_rover]

According to PassMark the following have the best performance for the LGA1366 socket:

 

Xeon W3690        9703

Xeon W3680        9408

Core i7 X 990       9267

 

Why not one of those over the X5670 (CPU Mark 8163)? All of these are nearly twice the speed of my 920 and can be had on ebay for $100 to $250. The X990 could be OC, not sure about the Xeons.

 

What is a good choice for a GPU to go along with these CPUs?

[infamous_last]

Why not one of those over the X5670 (CPU Mark 8163)? All of these are nearly twice the speed of my 920 and can be had on ebay for $100 to $250. The X990 could be OC, not sure about the Xeons.

Nothing wrong with those options, but the x56xx series are generally cheaper, easier to get and have wider compatibility.

Also you get virtualisation options on all but the 990x (if wanted)

 

Also lower score due to lower stock clocks.

 

My point was there are good & cheap options available for the OP (who my comment was aimed at)  rather than throwing 2K at an X99 setup

 

Looking at your post, just make sure you check your bios has compatibility, on many consumer boards you need to update to later versions (if compatibility exists at all).

[Coaxialgamer]

There should be a 40% difference in IPC .

Honestly you should be fine for now, maybe get a 6700k if you want to upgrade and/or REALLY need sata 3.0 and usb 3.0

[Nena Trinity]

Get Skylake or wait for Zen! :3

[Cheddle]

Keep your current rig and swap out the CPU for an x5670 (6-core xeon) for around $100.

Job done.

 

This gen Xeons can be overclocked and it'll probably give you good enough performance to stretch out your current rig another 12 months until X99's successor is available.

 

Yup. seriously. do this.

 

There is about 15% difference in firestrike physics scores when comparing a gulftown 6-core cpu to a haswell 6-core cpu - clock-for-clock

[STbob]

On 8/26/2015 at 1:29 PM, Intelfreak said:

On 8/26/2015 at 1:50 PM, Master Disaster said:

I went from Haswell to Skylake, not because I'm dumb and don't read or didn't understand what i was doing but because its likely to be the last full on hardcore gaming system I ever buy, it saw very little performance bump however it does allow me to stay on the right side of technology for a few years, by that time I'll be knocking on the door of 40 and certainly won't be buying £2000 gaming machines.

 

LOL, you left out the real reason you went from a 4770k to a skylake.   Gee what could it be?

 

You are a PC addict, just looking for excuses to upgrade working system.  

 

Lol, and this notion of no more game PCs past age 40, you are fooling self.  I'm past 40 and I use to think that when I was 30.  Na, I wont be gaming past 30 no way.   Fast forward.....  Oh I am still gaming and still get new hardware.    I will say there has not been a GOOD reason to upgrade since the X58s.    Certainly not a 4770k to skylake.   You just had to have it.   And in 4 years you will find excuse to upgrade again.

 

Admit it man, you are a PC addict.  Nothing wrong with that.

 

 

[ybriK]

It's not worth it, especially if you're only gaming. Wait next year and see if ZEN brings another "2005 Athlon X64" incident or is it a big faildozer. Heck I bought a used 2700K setup for $250 USD and it still somewhat manages to keep up with Skylake on CPU bound games.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/7619421/fs/6321592#

[DunePilot]

On 8/26/2015 at 0:29 PM, Intelfreak said:

Hey im new to this forum and sorry English is not my strong side so i hope you all will put up whit it.

 

Full system spec.

Core i7 920 @ 4,3 Ghz 

ThermalRight Ultra 120 eXtreme cpu cooler 

ASUS Rampage II Extreme ROG motherboard

12 GB DDR3 memory Corsair 1600 MHz

Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F DVD-drive

Crusial M4 64 GB SSD for OS only

SAMSUNG EVO 250 GB SSD for games

2 x WD Velociraptor 150 GB 10000 RPM in raid 0 for games 

WD Caviar Black 1 TB

WD AV-GP 2 TB

2 x Zotac GTX 970 i sli

Thermaltake ToughPower 1500 Watt PSU

Antec Twelve Hundred case

Windows 10 PRO 64 bit

 

I got an old first gen I7 920 running 4,3 GHz aircooled and a pair of GTX 970 in sli and hits over 16000 in 3Dmark Firestrike. But the CPU is getting old now so im thinking going skylake I7 6700K or X99/i7 5820k setup.So what to do upgrade or just keep the old I7 920 a while longer?

 

Its for gamming and i mostly have the same CPU for years thats why im going for the strongests CPU i can get whit what i can aford.

 

You should upgrade your cpu but not your computer. Absolutely I would upgrade the CPU. There performance difference is quite huge. 

I would go with an X5675-X5690 and of those. Or a W3680-W3690 you could also go with a X5650 which you can sometimes pick up for as cheap as $80. As far as the other chips, I would try to pick up something for $150.... I absolutely wouldn't pay more than $225 for anything.

 

That'll give you about a 60% performance upgrade for less than $200. 

 

I'd say you have absolutely zero reason to upgrade to anything else. Swap out the chip, spend the rest of your money to pick up a new widescreen 144hz 1440p monitor and a 980Ti and you'll have one killler gaming/workstation.

 

 

Just noticed someone above bumped this thread from 6 months ago... bahaha.. 

Well... I hope the dude didn't go out and buy a whole new system... money would have been better spent on a new monitor and gpu.