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September 4, 2014 1:45:14 PM

I built my PC roughly two years ago. I upgraded a few things, I think just the graphics card (went from 670 to my current 780). I was wondering, since this new hardware, such as Haswell-E and DDR4 are out, if my PC still stacks up decent enough.

Here are my specs:

i7-2700k | EVGA Geforce GTX 780 | OCZ ZX 850 watt | Seagate Barracuda 2TB
| WD Caviar Black 1TB | Crucial M4 128GB | Asus Sabertooth Z77 | Asus
VG248QE 1080p 144hz | Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 | Corsair Vengeance
1500 Corsair Vengeance MM2000 | Corsair Vengeance K70 and M60 Coolermaster
Storm Enforcer | LG 12x Blu-ray reader/rewriter

Anyway, on a scale of 1-10, how decent is mine? Based on this, does anyone think I'll have issues when a 880 or whatever high-end Maxwell card is released?

Methodology:

1-3 (Low end)
2-5 (Mid-range)
6-8 (Intermediary)
9-10 (High-end)

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September 4, 2014 1:47:24 PM

Thats system is a 8-9. That thing will run any game for the next couple years at least
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September 4, 2014 1:52:11 PM

It's definitely a high end gaming system. You should be set to play pretty much any game on high for at least a couple years. No worries.
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September 4, 2014 1:56:51 PM

Without Hyperthread, you could overclock this I7 and get a performance boost in game. this is what most people do with this Intel Gen as it was not using HT so well back then.
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September 4, 2014 2:00:22 PM

pierrerock said:
Without Hyperthread, you could overclock this I7 and get a performance boost in game. this is what most people do with this Intel Gen as it was not using HT so well back then.
I'm relatively certain Sandy Bridge i7s (at least my 2700k) have hyperthreading. But, that aside. I'm worried about bottlenecks. Is my system strong enough to handle something like a 880, not that we know anything about it, besides the fact it will be better than the 780.

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September 4, 2014 2:03:42 PM

Sturmgewehr_44 said:
pierrerock said:
Without Hyperthread, you could overclock this I7 and get a performance boost in game. this is what most people do with this Intel Gen as it was not using HT so well back then.
I'm relatively certain Sandy Bridge i7s (at least my 2700k) have hyperthreading. But, that aside. I'm worried about bottlenecks. Is my system strong enough to handle something like a 880, not that we know anything about it, besides the fact it will be better than the 780.



a single 880 may be alright. you will have to wait and see after the card comes out. but for now there is no reason to upgrade your 780 and for now the 2700k will be fine
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September 4, 2014 2:10:32 PM

You're computer is still very relevant. As other users have replied, your computer definitely scores the very least 8.5.

The graphics card is still very good and the processor, even though a few years old like mine, still performs really well in games. I read an article where they pitted a i7-2600k against the i7-4770k and the i7-2600k when overclocked perform as well as the i7-4770k stock and almost as well as the overclocked i7-4770k (the performance difference was AT MOST 2-3 fps and that was for just a few games out of many).

You won't have to worry about the DDR4 RAM as the difference performance with the current DDR4 RAM out on the market is as good as decent DDR3 RAM for the most part and there are little gains if you plan on upgrading just for the DDR4 RAM.

If anything, maybe the only suggestion on upgrading for your computer is your SSD. I own a M4 64 GB SSD and I upgraded to a 850 Pro 256GB (pulled the trigger because of a good deal). The performance difference is pretty big, at least for me, even in real world, it's a bit faster. You could go for the 840 EVO or something decent. A bigger SSD will be nice so you can store more stuff on it like games and such.

Also, for your graphics card, you probably won't need to upgrade to the 800 series, you can wait for the 900 series and I'm sure that will be more worth it unless you want to stay near the top all the time.
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September 4, 2014 3:05:30 PM

Cats869 said:
You're computer is still very relevant. As other users have replied, your computer definitely scores the very least 8.5.

The graphics card is still very good and the processor, even though a few years old like mine, still performs really well in games. I read an article where they pitted a i7-2600k against the i7-4770k and the i7-2600k when overclocked perform as well as the i7-4770k stock and almost as well as the overclocked i7-4770k (the performance difference was AT MOST 2-3 fps and that was for just a few games out of many).

You won't have to worry about the DDR4 RAM as the difference performance with the current DDR4 RAM out on the market is as good as decent DDR3 RAM for the most part and there are little gains if you plan on upgrading just for the DDR4 RAM.

If anything, maybe the only suggestion on upgrading for your computer is your SSD. I own a M4 64 GB SSD and I upgraded to a 850 Pro 256GB (pulled the trigger because of a good deal). The performance difference is pretty big, at least for me, even in real world, it's a bit faster. You could go for the 840 EVO or something decent. A bigger SSD will be nice so you can store more stuff on it like games and such.

Also, for your graphics card, you probably won't need to upgrade to the 800 series, you can wait for the 900 series and I'm sure that will be more worth it unless you want to stay near the top all the time.
I generally am into upgrading the graphics card annually, so I probably will. But, we'll see what happens. If a 8.5 at the least, what higher, if at all, do you think it could be. I would be comfortable with a 9, but whatever. I'm glad anyways to see I'm still on track. Should I post some 3Dmark scores?

Regarding DDR3, is 1600 mhz okay for now? I hear about people getting 4 ghz DDR4. Will that necessarily help in any way at this time? It seems ridiculous to me.

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September 4, 2014 3:27:26 PM

Sturmgewehr_44 said:
Cats869 said:
You're computer is still very relevant. As other users have replied, your computer definitely scores the very least 8.5.

The graphics card is still very good and the processor, even though a few years old like mine, still performs really well in games. I read an article where they pitted a i7-2600k against the i7-4770k and the i7-2600k when overclocked perform as well as the i7-4770k stock and almost as well as the overclocked i7-4770k (the performance difference was AT MOST 2-3 fps and that was for just a few games out of many).

You won't have to worry about the DDR4 RAM as the difference performance with the current DDR4 RAM out on the market is as good as decent DDR3 RAM for the most part and there are little gains if you plan on upgrading just for the DDR4 RAM.

If anything, maybe the only suggestion on upgrading for your computer is your SSD. I own a M4 64 GB SSD and I upgraded to a 850 Pro 256GB (pulled the trigger because of a good deal). The performance difference is pretty big, at least for me, even in real world, it's a bit faster. You could go for the 840 EVO or something decent. A bigger SSD will be nice so you can store more stuff on it like games and such.

Also, for your graphics card, you probably won't need to upgrade to the 800 series, you can wait for the 900 series and I'm sure that will be more worth it unless you want to stay near the top all the time.
I generally am into upgrading the graphics card annually, so I probably will. But, we'll see what happens. If a 8.5 at the least, what higher, if at all, do you think it could be. I would be comfortable with a 9, but whatever. I'm glad anyways to see I'm still on track. Should I post some 3Dmark scores?

Regarding DDR3, is 1600 mhz okay for now? I hear about people getting 4 ghz DDR4. Will that necessarily help in any way at this time? It seems ridiculous to me.




Sure, post some 3DMark scores, would be awesome to compare!

For the RAM, the difference isn't really huge and it really depends on what you are doing. For gaming, there is really no benefit at all except maybe 1-2 FPS increase but you will be paying a lot more for faster RAM so it really isn't beneficial. For other purposes such as using it more as a Workstation and doing video encoding/processing and such, then you will find it more useful there.

This video is good to watch about the RAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

A 10 in my book is the best of the best but realistically, very few will have that. You're computer is like borderline 9 IMO but 8.5 the very least.
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September 4, 2014 5:13:11 PM

Cats869 said:
Sturmgewehr_44 said:
Cats869 said:
You're computer is still very relevant. As other users have replied, your computer definitely scores the very least 8.5.

The graphics card is still very good and the processor, even though a few years old like mine, still performs really well in games. I read an article where they pitted a i7-2600k against the i7-4770k and the i7-2600k when overclocked perform as well as the i7-4770k stock and almost as well as the overclocked i7-4770k (the performance difference was AT MOST 2-3 fps and that was for just a few games out of many).

You won't have to worry about the DDR4 RAM as the difference performance with the current DDR4 RAM out on the market is as good as decent DDR3 RAM for the most part and there are little gains if you plan on upgrading just for the DDR4 RAM.

If anything, maybe the only suggestion on upgrading for your computer is your SSD. I own a M4 64 GB SSD and I upgraded to a 850 Pro 256GB (pulled the trigger because of a good deal). The performance difference is pretty big, at least for me, even in real world, it's a bit faster. You could go for the 840 EVO or something decent. A bigger SSD will be nice so you can store more stuff on it like games and such.

Also, for your graphics card, you probably won't need to upgrade to the 800 series, you can wait for the 900 series and I'm sure that will be more worth it unless you want to stay near the top all the time.
I generally am into upgrading the graphics card annually, so I probably will. But, we'll see what happens. If a 8.5 at the least, what higher, if at all, do you think it could be. I would be comfortable with a 9, but whatever. I'm glad anyways to see I'm still on track. Should I post some 3Dmark scores?

Regarding DDR3, is 1600 mhz okay for now? I hear about people getting 4 ghz DDR4. Will that necessarily help in any way at this time? It seems ridiculous to me.




Sure, post some 3DMark scores, would be awesome to compare!

For the RAM, the difference isn't really huge and it really depends on what you are doing. For gaming, there is really no benefit at all except maybe 1-2 FPS increase but you will be paying a lot more for faster RAM so it really isn't beneficial. For other purposes such as using it more as a Workstation and doing video encoding/processing and such, then you will find it more useful there.

This video is good to watch about the RAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

A 10 in my book is the best of the best but realistically, very few will have that. You're computer is like borderline 9 IMO but 8.5 the very least.
I watch Linus all the time, thanks for the link! Anyway, I'll post the scores. They seem a bit low, but I guess the Graphics Score is more important sometimes. I have never overclocked any compnents besides my RAM (overclocked to 1600 because Sandy Bridge doesn't support it. It is default 1600 mhz though). Here: http://www.3dmark.com/results

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