Intel cpu question

[socian]

CPU: Intel Core i5 2400
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333mhz (1x 4GB)
Hard Drives: 500GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: Xigmatek Asgard
PSU: 400W Xigmatek
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Warranty

now what i want to know is if i will have any problems with an Intel Core i7 2600K insted of the Intel Core i5 2400?

 

[alvine]

no you can upgrade to the 2600k
instead of having 4x1 get two sticks of ram to run your memory in dual channel
400watts is kinda low, you should get at least 500watts

 

[stingstang]

You will indeed. The problem is that you're not going to see any performance increase.

 

[Guest]

you can use a i7-2600k but your really putting a very powerful chip on a not so powerful platform. you cannot over clock with a H61 chipset and that is a rather weak GPU.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea ugrade your power supply when you get a new CPU. So make it a double order!

 

[aicom]

It's really going to depend on what he's doing. In my software development work, compile performance easily scales with thread count, thus there's a very noticeable difference between a 2500K and a 2600K. In gaming, it's not going to make a huge difference.

 

[sarinaide]

Stick with the 2400, don't believe you will get much from a 2600K if you are not benchmarking or running applications that run up the thread counts. For general usage and gaming the 2400 will surfice.

PSU: Corsair CX500, good unit for a single card setup.
GPU: GTX 560 SC or 560Ti at least or a Radeon HD 7850 OC

 

[bwrlane]

An i7 2xxx will work in your system no problem, but a couple of points to bear in mind:

- There's no point in getting the k version because with your current platform you will not be able to overclock it. If you plan to get a z or p platform later, then by all means, but otherwise, save a bit of cash and get the non-k

- Consider whether it's really worth it. If you do lots of video editing, transcoding or modelling, then an i7 will deliver a worthwhile performance increase over an i5. If it's for general use or games, the i5 2400 is a pretty useful chip already, and an i7 will offer no tangible benefit

- Any of the above scenarios in which I argue that an i7 would be worthwhile, it would also be worth upgrading your RAM to 8GB. If it's only for games, 4GB is enough

 

[socian]

An i7 2xxx will work in your system no problem, but a couple of points to bear in mind:

- There's no point in getting the k version because with your current platform you will not be able to overclock it. If you plan to get a z or p platform later, then by all means, but otherwise, save a bit of cash and get the non-k

- Consider whether it's really worth it. If you do lots of video editing, transcoding or modelling, then an i7 will deliver a worthwhile performance increase over an i5. If it's for general use or games, the i5 2400 is a pretty useful chip already, and an i7 will offer no tangible benefit

- Any of the above scenarios in which I argue that an i7 would be worthwhile, it would also be worth upgrading your RAM to 8GB. If it's only for games, 4GB is enough

i mostly want the computer for games but i want to upgrade the hardware when i have some extra money and with the i7 i can use the latest hardware if i want or need to at least that was what my friend told me

 

[stingstang]

The i5 and i7 won't affect the hardware you can use in the rest of your system. Your motherboard will determine that most.

 

[Guest]

The i5 and i7 won't affect the hardware you can use in the rest of your system. Your motherboard will determine that most.

+1
even an i3 can handle ANY hardware out there expect a high end multi card graphics solution.
you're better off keeping the i5 2400 and getting a better gpu.