Upgrade from I7-3570K to I7-3770 (non K) worth it?

gingerrankin · May 12, 2018

Hello

My current pc is:

mobo Asus P8Z77-V
cpu I5-3570K
ddr3 2x4 GB 1600 CL9 corsair vengeance
cooler noctua nh-u9b-se2
psu Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 520W (80 plus bronze)
case Nanoxia Deep Silence 3
GPU GTX 970
W-10 home

I wonder if it's worth changing the I5-3570K to an I7-3770 (non K) or is it better to dedicate the budget to increase the memory to 16GB and/or overclock I5-3570K?

I use the computer for general use and some game as fornite or GTAV.

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theonerm2 · May 12, 2018

if you want to play other games that need more threads then 3770 would be a good upgrade.

WildCard999 · May 12, 2018

I'd overclock that 3570K to around 4.2 and see how your games perform, if it games well then no reason to get the 3770 or even the more RAM.

k1114 · May 12, 2018

Sandy and ivy are really getting a bit old and need to be oced to keep up. My 2500k at 4.5 does well with a 1060 so no reason a 3570k can't keep up when oced. I wouldn't upgrade to an i7. It's not worth the cost and it's about time for a platform upgrade.

loki1944 · May 13, 2018

k1114 :

For most games even Bloomfield is plenty as long as you stick with GTX 1070/980Ti level GPUs if on PCIE 2.0. For gaming, upgrading to a 3570K to a 3770K isn't going to make much of a difference; and if it does it will be so minute that it will not even be noticeable.

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punkncat · May 13, 2018

Wait though....are you talking about getting a new, near retail priced 3rd gen proc, or are you talking about a sweet deal used or "gimme" type thing?

Just off memory, I want to recall that series of i5 being 2 core, 4 thread, where those i7 chips were 4 core? You will likely see an uptick in multi task performance, but as far as desktop experience, single thread kind of stuff I doubt it would be notable. If you were looking at paying even a fraction of retail, I would save the money for something MUCH more modern. If it's free, or nearly so then really, what do you have to lose by trying (if you do it right)?

gingerrankin · May 13, 2018

Thank you all so much for your help. I will continue with the current configuration for a while until I replace it with something more modern.

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