I5 2500k or i5 3570k

[phemonus]

Hi,

I am Building a gaming computer with a budget between 1200-1600 and i was wondering which cpu would be better for me.

I may sli in the future if neccsary.
gpu im getting is a gtx 670 or 670ti or 680 not sure yet.

I will be overclocking. my goal is at least 4.5ghz but i prefer to get 4.7-5.0ghz if possible.

i also have the msi gd-65 z77

cpu cooler: zalman cnps 9900 max.

so which cpu would be better for my needs.

Thankyou for your time.

 

[azeem40]

Either would work. You will need to wait for official reviews to know for sure.

 

[phemonus]

would the official review be coming out tommrow?

 

[azeem40]

It just might.

 

[phemonus]

but didnt tom's have a review on this saying ivy bridge is a bad overclocker forgot link lol but i rember it somewhere

 

[azeem40]

That was a pre-release benchmark.

 

[pckitty4427]

The 3570K is already available in my country.

It's the advantage in living in a UTC+12 time-zone.

 

[ilysaml]

The review is out long days ago
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-3770k-i5-3570k_2.html#sect0

As confirmed by Toms and other sites it doesn't worth to move to Ivy Bridge if you currently own a SB CPU...so whatever you pick is gonna give you the ultimate performance.

The bottom line for enthusiasts is that Ivy Bridge’s IPC-oriented improvements alone are not compelling enough to warrant an upgrade from Sandy Bridge chips running at similar frequencies.

NOTE: There's no gain from 5 GHz specially in gaming performance, even there some software are unstable at that speed you'll get just a higher punch of numbers if you run a bench program.

 

[azeem40]

But are there any official UK benchmarks for it yet?

 

[ilysaml]

I don't know myself where Xbitlabs and guru3d are located xD, but they are reputable enough to follow.

 

[azeem40]

They sure are. I personally like anandtech.

 

[phemonus]

so basicaly 4.5 ghz would be a fine overclock for gaming stable and speed wise so ivy bridge would be better over sandy bridge for a new build i could care less if i can get sb cheaper so ib is way to go
?

 

[azeem40]

At 4.5 GHz, it is. You shouldn't run into any overheating issues!

 

[ilysaml]

Whatever you go with will be great, that's the bottom line.

 

[phemonus]

k thanks well i guess ill go with i5 3570k cause ill have to use intergrated graphics till gtx 670 or 670ti comes out or 680 back in stock and 4.5 ghz shouldn't be a problem on it well thank you all for your insight on this problem u reassured me about my decision thanks