- Oct 3, 2013
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Currently I'm rocking an i7-920 stable @ 4.1Ghz with an X58 Sabertooth motherboard, 8GB RAM and a GTX 770. For €150 I can upgrade to a second-hand i7-2600k with mobo, the mobo has the same slots as my current one. Is it worth it to upgrade and sell the i7-920 + mobo for €75?
I use my PC mainly for gaming. Perhaps an i7-2600k is more futureproof... But I've also read elsewhere on the net that an i7-920 @ 4Ghz should definitely not bottleneck two GTX 970's in SLI. That would mean that even the i7-920 is still a bit futureproof...?
On cpubenchmark the i7-2600k @ 3.4GHz scores 8,499.
The i7-920 @ 2.67Ghz scores 4,987.
My i7-920 @ 4.1Ghz scores 6,341...
So the i7-2600k @4Ghz should score > 9,000.
However do these scores matter much for games like GTA V on high in 1080p and 4k (yeah 4k not on the GTX 770, but perhaps I go 2xGTX970 in the coming years)? Where does the difference start to kick in?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I use my PC mainly for gaming. Perhaps an i7-2600k is more futureproof... But I've also read elsewhere on the net that an i7-920 @ 4Ghz should definitely not bottleneck two GTX 970's in SLI. That would mean that even the i7-920 is still a bit futureproof...?
On cpubenchmark the i7-2600k @ 3.4GHz scores 8,499.
The i7-920 @ 2.67Ghz scores 4,987.
My i7-920 @ 4.1Ghz scores 6,341...
So the i7-2600k @4Ghz should score > 9,000.
However do these scores matter much for games like GTA V on high in 1080p and 4k (yeah 4k not on the GTX 770, but perhaps I go 2xGTX970 in the coming years)? Where does the difference start to kick in?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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