Keep i7 3770, or buy an i5 4th gen/5th gen?

SmelliotButton · Dec 26, 2014

Hello, I currently have an i7 3770 (non-k) processor, along with a low-mid range mATX ASUS motherboard. I only do gaming on my computer, with word editing and stuff for College.

I really want a better motherboard, but I would like you guy's opinions

I have three options:
1. Keep my i7 3770, and buy a higher-end ATX motherboard.
2. Buy an i5 4670k, and a high end ATX motherboard which supports overclocking.
3. Wait for the 5th generation i5 (5670k?) and get a high end motherboard.

What would you do in my position?

Any advice is appreciated!
- SmelliotButton

007agentHP · Dec 26, 2014

keep the i7, it still is good. for you, a good upgrade would be skylane/skylake (6670k) when it comes out september of 2015

SmelliotButton · Dec 26, 2014

007agentHP :

Can you give me more details on that 6670k? Is it an i5? How did you find out about that?
Haha, thanks for the super quick reply though!

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 26, 2014

Keep you 3770 and keep your motherboard. i7's last a while. You have no reason to buy a new motherboard unless your VRM's are overheating, and in hat case you would only need a mid-tier motherboard, nothing fancy.

007agentHP · Dec 26, 2014

SmelliotButton :

it came up in a linustechtips video and yes it is an i5 from intel that will be released after broadwell (early 2015) on a new socket (lga 1151)

SmelliotButton · Dec 26, 2014

My motherboard is an ASUS P8H61-MX R2.0 and I use an ASUS GTX 970 for gaming.
Do you think there is any bottlenecking problems because of the motherboard?
Thanks for your help.

007agentHP · Dec 26, 2014

SmelliotButton :

no, a motherboard can only bottleneck if it has a pcie 1.0 port and that one has pice 3.0 you will be fine

slyu9213 · Dec 26, 2014

Keep everything. I don't see the point of getting a new LGA 1155 motherboard unless something isn't working correctly. Like you described you have a 3770, you can't really overclock that CPU(except about 400MHz).

A motherboard would not be a bottleneck for gaming unless it wasn't working correctly. Only reason it would bottleneck would be if the motherboard had no PCI-E x16 (1.0,2.0,3.0) or that it ran at below X8 speeds.

AirForce101HD · Dec 26, 2014

I would keep the 3770K and the motherboard and save up for the Intel 5th GEN CPU and Motherboard the 3770k should be good enough for now. BTW, what are you using your pc for? If gaming, then there's no reason to upgrade.

SmelliotButton · Dec 26, 2014

OK, well I guess I will hold back on upgrading for the neat future.
I haven't watched Linus' video, so will there be a big difference between my third gen i7, and the 6670k? (Apart from overclockability)

AirForce101HD · Dec 26, 2014

That CPU has not been released yet but Intel has announced it.

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 26, 2014

SmelliotButton :

No one will know until more information is released.

Ajith M M · Jan 25, 2016

An i5 probably never beats i7. Mine is i5 2310
And the new skylake i3 can't beat mine. Keep it until some problems arise

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