Should I buy?

[liam 123]

I have £550 and sick of my AMD system, fairly slow for current standards and I cant overclock it all. Ive got a i7 2700k and a ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Intel Z68 sat in my basket.

Should I buy?

 

[akxpckwb]

I'd do it if you have the cash to spare. Maybe another mobo. Might be just me but I never had a decent ASUS mobo but there are some good reviews about them

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

What are you going to be doing with it? If you are gaming change it out for the Intel Core i5-2500K. If you are doing some heavy encoding or digital editing then I would maybe save a few and drop down to the Intel Core i7-2600K and get a HSF (heatsink/fan) and overclock it up to 4+ GHz.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[liam 123]

Gaming only

 

[liam 123]

ill swap it for i5 2550k?

 

[liam 123]

saying that my old AMD Asus motherboard blew up might go for the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Generation 3 which also has the 16 phase power

 

[HostileDonut]

If you are gaming, a 2500k is the best, unless you don't want to OC, then a 2500 or 2550k.

I would say grab a 2500k, and the motherboard that you have selected, and use the extra money from the 2500k instead of 2700k and get a better GPU or more RAM. Whatever you need.

Hope this helps!

 

[HostileDonut]

ill swap it for i5 2550k?

Don't get a 2550k if you plan to OC. You have a pretty good cooler for OCing. You should hit 4.5Ghz just fine with a 2500k. The 2550k only offers a 100Mhz boost at stock and doesn't have a dedicated GPU.