- Jan 10, 2015
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Hi, everybody!
I've beed recently wondering about upgrading my CPU and I'm not quite sure which way to go. Hope you can help.
My current setup:
CPU: i7-920 overclocked to 3,8GHz
Mobo: MSi Eclipse SLI
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600
GPU: Gigabyte HD7970
PSU: 750W PC Power and Cooling
My PC is used mostly for gaming. I think it's still a pretty decent setup and it allows me to enjoy even performance hungry games at high settings, but I feel the CPU is bottlenecking it, even overclocked. And the thought that I'm not getting the best out of it is bugging me to be frank
I'll list 3 options I've come up with:
1. Keep the i7-920 for a year or so, till the dust comes down on the X99 systems. then sell out all my crap and get a completely new rig
pros: having a 100% up to date rig
cons: having to live with an insufficent, propably bottlenecked system for a whole year
2. Sell the i7-920 and replace it with something like a Xeon X5660 or X5650 and overclock it trying to get the best out of my current setup for a year or two
pros: having a better CPU with the least amount of money involved in the upgrade
cons: investing in an aging technology
concerns: are server CPUs good for gaming? will it work well with non-ECC RAM?
3. Sell the i7-920 with the mobo and get a 1150 socket board like for example Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming with a i7 4790k CPU (using the current GPU, PSU and RAM)
pros: significant upgrade for up to 3 years and for a lot less money than buying a completely new rig; Broadwell upgradeable
cons: still quite a big investment for not so new parts
Which of those seems to be most reasonable? or maybe there is another option?
I've beed recently wondering about upgrading my CPU and I'm not quite sure which way to go. Hope you can help.
My current setup:
CPU: i7-920 overclocked to 3,8GHz
Mobo: MSi Eclipse SLI
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600
GPU: Gigabyte HD7970
PSU: 750W PC Power and Cooling
My PC is used mostly for gaming. I think it's still a pretty decent setup and it allows me to enjoy even performance hungry games at high settings, but I feel the CPU is bottlenecking it, even overclocked. And the thought that I'm not getting the best out of it is bugging me to be frank
I'll list 3 options I've come up with:
1. Keep the i7-920 for a year or so, till the dust comes down on the X99 systems. then sell out all my crap and get a completely new rig
pros: having a 100% up to date rig
cons: having to live with an insufficent, propably bottlenecked system for a whole year
2. Sell the i7-920 and replace it with something like a Xeon X5660 or X5650 and overclock it trying to get the best out of my current setup for a year or two
pros: having a better CPU with the least amount of money involved in the upgrade
cons: investing in an aging technology
concerns: are server CPUs good for gaming? will it work well with non-ECC RAM?
3. Sell the i7-920 with the mobo and get a 1150 socket board like for example Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming with a i7 4790k CPU (using the current GPU, PSU and RAM)
pros: significant upgrade for up to 3 years and for a lot less money than buying a completely new rig; Broadwell upgradeable
cons: still quite a big investment for not so new parts
Which of those seems to be most reasonable? or maybe there is another option?
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