i5 3570k still worth nowdays?

Noixxe

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Hey ppl i want to be sure if the i5 3570K still worth at this stage? i'm planning to buy a new cpu specially for Planetside 2 so i want to be sure i'll get the best performance for the money with that particular cpu, what do you guys think?
 

tachybana

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I5 3570k is still a worthy CPU. Just go ahead an overclock it to get more out of it. JUmping to a haswell system you wont' see any tremedous perfomance jumps (10% at most), it not worth considering all you would have to replace.
 

barto

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Yes it's still worth it. Like Stu 95 said, if you have a Z77 motherboard the 3570k is the way to go. I decided to go with the 3570k just to save a few bucks over the 4670k and a Z87 motherboard (also considering I was going to overclock). But if you are starting fresh, you should get the 4670k.
 

zielritter

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I just bought a 3570k with a Z77 chipset and it is very worthy for use in current gen and past gen games. It was $179 at Microcenter which is a significant price savings over the Haswell while giving up only a nominal amount of performance.

Overclocked to 4.2 without touching voltage and stays plenty cool. Keeps my Crossfired 270x's running 80-100% at all times in multi-player BF4. Happy with my purchase.
 

aylafan

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4670K is also $179.99 at Microcenter. Just FYI.
 

zielritter

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Oh, ok. Didn't realize that. Suffices to say: New project? Buy Haswell. Already own IB? Get 3570k.