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So buying a new cpu for the motherboard lga 1155. i got a budget of around £100. i found these 3 cpus, i5 3570k, i7 2600 and i7 2600k. all same specs but the i7 has 8 threads instead of 4 and has 2 more MB of SmartCache.

 

so whats better. more threads and smart cache or higher generation???

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Depends on the task.

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1 hour ago, Dragonytube said:

im going to be gaming on it and coding on it sometimes. mostly gaming

i7 2600K would be the best

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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292707265558

This may help

 

Edit: you can also probably find a 3770K in your budget, which would be even better

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11 hours ago, fasauceome said:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292707265558

This may help

 

Edit: you can also probably find a 3770K in your budget, which would be even better

its about £150-£200 so it's out of my budget.

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11 hours ago, fasauceome said:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292707265558

This may help

 

Edit: you can also probably find a 3770K in your budget, which would be even better

also, thats a 3770 not 3770k

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6 hours ago, Dragonytube said:

its about £150-£200 so it's out of my budget.

Wait, the link I sent is $94 USD. Is it a different amount for international purchase? That should be about 75 pounds.

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On ‎9‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 6:13 AM, Dragonytube said:

So buying a new cpu for the motherboard lga 1155. i got a budget of around £100. i found these 3 cpus, i5 3570k, i7 2600 and i7 2600k. all same specs but the i7 has 8 threads instead of 4 and has 2 more MB of SmartCache.

 

so whats better. more threads and smart cache or higher generation???

What's your motherboard? I mean exact brand and model.

 

If it's a board with no overclocking features then stay away from the "K" processors because you're wasting money.

 

About two years ago I went from an i5-3470 to an i7-3770 for roughly 90 USD. Since I had a B75 board from Gigabyte with no OC features I went for the non K processor.

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10 minutes ago, grss1982 said:

What's your motherboard? I mean exact brand and model.

 

If it's a board with no overclocking features then stay away from the "K" processors because you're wasting money.

 

About two years ago I went from an i5-3470 to an i7-3770 for roughly 90 USD. Since I had a B75 board from Gigabyte with no OC features I went for the non K processor.

K-sku i7s have higher base and boost clocks, so they're still worth it imo

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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12 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

K-sku i7s have higher base and boost clocks, so they're still worth it imo

O_o

 

They seem to have the same, according to Intel's ARK web site. What am I missing here?

 

2600: https://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

 

2600k: https://ark.intel.com/products/52214/Intel-Core-i7-2600K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

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10 minutes ago, grss1982 said:

O_o

 

They seem to have the same, according to Intel's ARK web site. What am I missing here?

 

2600: https://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

 

2600k: https://ark.intel.com/products/52214/Intel-Core-i7-2600K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

must've kicked in 4th gen then. 3770 and 3770k only have different base clocks

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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How many watts do I need?

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5 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

must've kicked in 4th gen then. 3770 and 3770k only have different base clocks

My bad. I was basing on the OP's first post who was asking about the Sandy Bridge i7s.

 

You're correct though about the Ivy Bridge i7s. Base clock difference of 100 Mhz but same boost clocks.

 

https://ark.intel.com/products/65719/Intel-Core-i7-3770-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

 

https://ark.intel.com/products/65523/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

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