Upgrade socket 1156 to what?

[Jedi Mind Trick]

My G6950 @ 4.2ghz is starting to show its age in games (skyrim), and I plan on upgrading soon. I have looked at most of my options, and these seem to be the best three options: 1-get the 2100 with a asrock p67 gen3, 2-get the 2500k and the asrock p67 gen3 board, 3-wait for 3570k. If I decide on one of the first 2 options I will be going to Microcenter sometime this week.

If I go with option 1, will the 2100 even be an upgrade, as I know an overclocked 530 beats it at gaming?

I am leaning towards option number two, because it is an unlocked quad core and is better than the 2100, even if it is about double the price.

I've heard that IB will have a 5-10% clock for clock increase in performance (I don't really care about power consumption), but I feel like it wouldn't be worth the wait. I feel like there won't really be any benefit in games when both are at 4.5+ghz.

New specs will be:
Cpu- 2100 or 2500k or 3570k (not likely)
Mobo- Asrock P67 extreme 3 gen3

Stuff staying the same:
Cpu Cooler- 212+
Gpu- Slightly overclocked Msi 560 gtx
Ram- 8gb 1333mhz G.Skill
Hdd- Samsung 64gb ssd + 1tb Spinpoint
Psu- 750w Nzxt 80+ gold (talk about overkill)
Case- CM690
Monitor- HP ZR22w 1080p

 

[kajabla]

I'd take the 2500K. It'll serve you well for a while. Unless IB is as incredible as SB was, you're unlikely to regret it. $180 at Microcenter isn't that much, anyway.

 

[xaira]

the 2100 is pretty much just a sandy bridge i3 550, get the 550, the hyper threading will alleviate the the dual tread bottleneck the g6950 has so will work on quad thread games, but if you must go quad, wait for ivy

 

[esrever]

hyperthreading doesn't work for games. skyrim only really uses 2 threads. Get a 2500k. As you need IPC improvements to play that game.

 

[13thmonkey]

why is the 3750K not likely, the leaked price lists show it as being the same cost as a 2500K

Remember whilst IVB is a die shrink of SB, it is looking like +10% and better OC as it runs cooler.

 

[Jedi Mind Trick]

@xaira-for like $200 more I would rather have a main pc with a quad core and the G6950 as an HTPC, I do not plan on selling it.

@13thmonkey- April seems a little too far off. I guess I have waited this long whats another 3-4 months, but I do not know if MC will have a $50 off IB and mobo like they do for SB, but I guess I could also wait for that to happen, but that puts the build around May/June.

@All is that 10% going to show if they are both clocked higher than 4.5ghz. Also, I feel like my 560 gtx (non ti) will start becoming the bottleneck @ 1080p with higher settings, at least before the 2500k/3570k.

 

[amuffin]

i3-2100 with asrock p67 extreme 4 ($50 bucks off mobo ftw!)

 

[Jedi Mind Trick]

@amuffin-Thats what I was thinking at first, but 2500k is $90 more. I am not a big fan of selling things on ebay/craigslist, so I would not sell it and would eventually make another build using it, so it will cost more down the road if I do upgrade to a quad core. It also seems like a side-grade from my G6950, as I cannot accurately gauge the difference between the two, because of GPU differences and different games tested when comparing CPU benchmarks.

The 560 gtx review here (toms) uses a 2500k @ 4.0ghz so I now around where performance should be.

 

[13thmonkey]

if clock for clock there is a 10% improvement, then at 4.5Ghz, the IVB will perform like a 4.95Ghz SB.

whether you can actually use extra 0.45Ghz is unknown, but thats a lot in my book, and you'd have to pay a lot to get to 4.95GHz and that'd be free.

 

[Jedi Mind Trick]

Might as well wait a little, and hope that it is a 10% increase.

 

[Jedi Mind Trick]

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[Mousemonkey]

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