Ivy, or Sandy Bridge-E

Vicpdx17 · Jun 27, 2013

I am currently building a new system and was wondering which CPU should I get?

The 3570k, 3770K, or 3930K?

These games are what I play:
Flight Simulator X with PMDG 737NGX addon and Ultimate Traffic 2.
Mirror's Edge 1 and or 2
Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3
Max Payne 3
The Sim's 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and 3
Battlefield 3
Sonic Generations
Bus Cable Car simulator
Portal 1 and 2
and more...

so which one do you think would be good for these games and also which CPU would be good 3 years from now?

Drew010 · Jun 27, 2013

Well the 3570k is all you need for gaming right now, the 3770k is really only necessary if you need the hyperthreading for video editing and other professional applications, and the 3930 is just...overkill to say the least, but the 3930 would be your best bet for any type of future proofing.

KnowItAll · Jun 27, 2013

3570K. Are you aware that Haswell cpu's are out now in s1150??

If your building a new computer, it doesn't make sense to go with a old socket, you want to go with the new socket, which is s1150.

Vicpdx17 · Jun 27, 2013

Well the reason I didn't mention haswell is the overclocking issues I have heard about them.

Drew010 · Jun 27, 2013

It isn't really an "issue" they just run significantly hotter and don't OC quite as well as Ivy bridge, but that is due to its architecture being more....I want to say delicate or fragile but that would be incorrect. Basically they crammed more stuff into less space so it's not as easy to modify

Vicpdx17 · Jun 27, 2013

got it! but since i am going to use flight sim which is a known resource hogger Would an ivy with a 4.6ghz air cooled overclock be easier to do then a haswell chip?

Edit: My new computer has a goal of great cooling!

Drew010 · Jun 27, 2013

Yes, it will be easier and cooler to overclock an ivy to 4.6. Haswells usually go to around 4.4 but run quite a bit hotter (i think its 10C on average) than an ivy at 4.6

Vicpdx17 · Jun 27, 2013

oh ok I see What I might do is go Ivy but would that be any good for gaming in 3 years if overclocked?

Edit: Im not trying to upgrade every year lol

Drew010 · Jun 27, 2013

To be honest I can't really say

Vicpdx17 · Jun 27, 2013

Oh ok though actually doing some thinking mabey haswell would be good. So i might go that way but the 4770K or 4670k?

Drew010 · Jun 27, 2013

unless you REALLY need the hyper threading, the 4670 will be plenty.

Intel God · Jun 27, 2013

The Haswell overclocking difficulties are greatly over exaggerated. My 4770K topped out at 4.5ghz on air. Haswell just requires more bios changes then ivy.

Vicpdx17 · Jun 27, 2013

ah ok cool that does lighten up some of the worries for me.

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