Old I7 860 2.8ghz, could anybody pretty please recommend me a decent upgrade?
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Gregory baker
May 17, 2013 7:29:49 AM
Hi lads its my first time posting here since im having a hard time understanding all of today's new processors ect
i have an old I7 860 2.8ghz, 16 giggs of ddr 3 coarsair vengeance and a msi lightening hd6970 and ive noticed recently im having poor performance raiding in wow, Low FPS ect and since my processors is years old im thinking that could be the issue.
Anyway im wounding would anybody mind recommending me some decently priced upgrades, AMD or Intel is fine.
thanks alot lads
/greg
i have an old I7 860 2.8ghz, 16 giggs of ddr 3 coarsair vengeance and a msi lightening hd6970 and ive noticed recently im having poor performance raiding in wow, Low FPS ect and since my processors is years old im thinking that could be the issue.
Anyway im wounding would anybody mind recommending me some decently priced upgrades, AMD or Intel is fine.
thanks alot lads
/greg
More about : 860 8ghz pretty recommend decent upgrade
Wisecracker said:
A shiny new 120GB SSD and a fresh OS/drivers install cures many ills ...
This is a great suggestion from Wisecracker. +1
Also, investing in a decent cooler like a CM 212 hyper evo and overclocking a bit following this guide:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/263043-29-1156-core...
Its still quite a good cpu, so a overclock would benefit you well.
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Gregory baker
May 17, 2013 8:14:38 AM
Gregory baker
May 17, 2013 11:25:51 AM
All those CPUs would actually be downgrades for you. The i3 3220 might be slightly faster in single threaded tasks, but would be slower on any task that can use more than 2 cores. The A10 is a weaker CPU than the i7 860, the only advantage the A10 has is a relatively strong integrated graphics core, but that won't benefit you much as you already have a Radeon HD 6970.
For any significantly better CPU, you're going to need a new motherboard. The LGA 1156 socket died quickly. If you want a new CPU, I would wait for Haswell to come out, and maybe look at the i7 4770k, the i5 4570k would also work if you don't do any heavily threaded tasks. There's no sense in investing in Ivy Bridge at this point, Haswell comes out next month, and LGA 1155, the Sandy/Ivy Bridge socket is on its way out. Ivy Bridge might not also be enough of a jump over Lynnfield to really justify spending the money on the upgrade.
On the AMD side, the only CPUs they have that are comparable or better than what you have would be the FX 6300, 8320, and 8350. Keep in mind that those CPUs will only be a major improvement in heavily threaded workloads, they aren't much better in single threaded workloads than what you have now.
For any significantly better CPU, you're going to need a new motherboard. The LGA 1156 socket died quickly. If you want a new CPU, I would wait for Haswell to come out, and maybe look at the i7 4770k, the i5 4570k would also work if you don't do any heavily threaded tasks. There's no sense in investing in Ivy Bridge at this point, Haswell comes out next month, and LGA 1155, the Sandy/Ivy Bridge socket is on its way out. Ivy Bridge might not also be enough of a jump over Lynnfield to really justify spending the money on the upgrade.
On the AMD side, the only CPUs they have that are comparable or better than what you have would be the FX 6300, 8320, and 8350. Keep in mind that those CPUs will only be a major improvement in heavily threaded workloads, they aren't much better in single threaded workloads than what you have now.
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