1055t vs i53750kvs i7 2600k

[hitec16]

I currently have amd phenom ii 1055t @3.5Ghz and MSIR7850 power edition gfx card in my rig.
Its been few years since I am using the 1055t and I am wondering is it the correct time to upgrade to intel cpus?
I can either upgrade to i5 3750k or i7 2600k so which one should I go with?
I have herd ivy bridge gets pretty hot when OCed and how well does i7 2600k OC?
Just wanted to know how much performance in gaming will I see if I make this upgrade?

 

[dextermat]

Hi,

You do know that if you change to intel you need to change the mobo as well.

Also, if you are using ddr2 , you will have to get ddr3.

If you post all your comp specs, we can guide you better.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

With the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors like the Intel Core i5-3570K you may not be able to reach as high of clock speed as you could with the Intel Core i5-2500K it will give you performance very close. Let say that I am able to overclock the Intel Core i5-2500K to 4.6GHz and on the Intel Core i5-3570K I am only able to reach 4.3GHz but due to the improvement in IPC on the 3rd generation I am performing at about the same level. As most of the reviews stated it is a wash.

Now as far as which one to go with the Intel Core i5-3570K or the Intel Core i7-2600K you answered this yourself when you said that you are going to be gaming. Right now very few games will use more than 4 threads. For this reason the hyper-threading or additional core only has minimal value on a gaming system. So go with the Intel Core i5-3570K.

 

[antonisrsx]

hello,
i think the better upgrade you can do to notice the difference in gaming is to upgrade your GPU, not the cpu.
amd phenom ii 1055t @3.5Ghz and 2xMSI7850 power edition in CF is better setup for gaming than an i5/i7 and a single msi7850.
so my suggestion is to get a second msi 7850 and CF them (if your mobo and PSU support them) or to sell your current msi7850 and get something like a gtx670 or a hd7970 ghz edition.

 

[hitec16]

With the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors like the Intel Core i5-3570K you may not be able to reach as high of clock speed as you could with the Intel Core i5-2500K it will give you performance very close. Let say that I am able to overclock the Intel Core i5-2500K to 4.6GHz and on the Intel Core i5-3570K I am only able to reach 4.3GHz but due to the improvement in IPC on the 3rd generation I am performing at about the same level. As most of the reviews stated it is a wash.

Now as far as which one to go with the Intel Core i5-3570K or the Intel Core i7-2600K you answered this yourself when you said that you are going to be gaming. Right now very few games will use more than 4 threads. For this reason the hyper-threading or additional core only has minimal value on a gaming system. So go with the Intel Core i5-3570K.

So should I go with i5 2500k as it is cheaper and I believe I can fit it in a latest z77 boards aswell. will i5 2500k generate less heat @4.6Ghz compared to the i5 3750k @4.3Ghz?

 

[hitec16]

thx for the replies guyz
One thing I want to know is 1055t @ 3.5Ghz bottlenecking my GPU 7850 in anyway? I checked out some benchmark of crysis 3 on tomshardware and there was a huge difference between an i5 and pheonom II 955 CPU more than 20 FPS in farcry 3.

The reason I want to upgrade is to sell this amd gear bcz an year from now I dont think I will get any value out of it. I have a MSI 890GXM G65 mobo AM3+...or do u think getting new amd CPUs will be a better option ?
PS: is haswell worth the wait?

 

[maxalge]

hello,
i think the better upgrade you can do to notice the difference in gaming is to upgrade your GPU, not the cpu.
amd phenom ii 1055t @3.5Ghz and 2xMSI7850 power edition in CF is better setup for gaming than an i5/i7 and a single msi7850.
so my suggestion is to get a second msi 7850 and CF them (if your mobo and PSU support them) or to sell your current msi7850 and get something like a gtx670 or a hd7970 ghz edition.

Terrible idea, it is not good to crossfire powerful gpu's like that with an amd processor.


I used to have a 1055t @ 3.8 ghz with crossfire 6850's and it was a stutter fest.

The best choice is to go i5 3570k for gaming, the 2600k is $100 more and basically equal to it but with older tech.

 

[aqe040466]

I currently have amd phenom ii 1055t @3.5Ghz and MSIR7850 power edition gfx card in my rig.
Its been few years since I am using the 1055t and I am wondering is it the correct time to upgrade to intel cpus?
I can either upgrade to i5 3750k or i7 2600k so which one should I go with?
I have herd ivy bridge gets pretty hot when OCed and how well does i7 2600k OC?
Just wanted to know how much performance in gaming will I see if I make this upgrade?

You just said that Ivy Bridge gets pretty hot when OC'd so I suggest you go with the Sandy Bridge i5 2500K instead of i7 2600K again you said it will be used for gaming so i5 2500K is best for you.

 

[ohyouknow]

what is your resolution? if its 1080p your graphics card shoulders the load. Skyrim aside.

What are you hoping for? Massive frame boost? not gonna happen

upgrading to intel will be waste a money unless you purposely play at a crappy resolution. If you do want to switch to intel wait for haswell. As of right now spend money on the games and experiences.

 

[hitec16]

Well I am playing at 1600x900 for and will go for 1080p in future. I was hoping for like 15 to 20% FPS boost with i5 2500k. how much do u guyz expect haswell will be faster than i5 2500k or i5 3570k?upgrading gfx card doesnt seem to be sensible considering i got 1055t.I have 7850 power edition that performs near 7870 reference card so i might CF it later but not before upgrading the CPU.

 

[hitec16]

and I found this a comparison between 1055t vs i5 2500k. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=147

 

[Z1NONLY]

I upgraded from a 1045t @ 3.4Ghz to a 2600k @ 4Ghz.

I saw very little difference in Crysis 2 at 1680 X 1050 after the upgrade.

 

[hitec16]

I upgraded from a 1045t @ 3.4Ghz to a 2600k @ 4Ghz.

I saw very little difference in Crysis 2 at 1680 X 1050 after the upgrade.

really? since u had the experience of upgrading firsthand what would u suggest? did u noticed some difference on othergames?
people genreally say that intel CPU shud show atleast 15% improvement over amd.

 

[Z1NONLY]

really? since u had the experience of upgrading firsthand what would u suggest? did u noticed some difference on othergames?
people genreally say that intel CPU shud show atleast 15% improvement over amd.

I don't play a lot of games and Crysis 2 is the only one that seems to "stress" my system at all.

I guess my 1045t and two GTX 560's in SLI were maxing out my 60hz monitor with V-sync enabled.

So when I upgraded to the 2600k, it just maxed it out ....more?

The only small difference I noticed was the rare moments in the game when I would see some FPS drop, were more rare. But it barely every happend with the 1045t and now it just happens a little less often. (Usually when I run into a bunch of Seph (SP?) and start shooting and thay get upset with me.)

Were it not so butter-smooth 98% of the time, I would probably think the FPS at those moments were fine.

It's a little better with the 2600k, but not worth the money spent upgrading.

I wish I would have spend money on a bigger monitor (22" now) and/or a more powerful graphics card.

 

[antonisrsx]

Terrible idea, it is not good to crossfire powerful gpu's like that with an amd processor.


I used to have a 1055t @ 3.8 ghz with crossfire 6850's and it was a stutter fest.

The best choice is to go i5 3570k for gaming, the 2600k is $100 more and basically equal to it but with older tech.

Terrible idea to GF 2x6850!!! for gaming the difference between the 1055t @ 3.8 ghz and the i5 is minimal!!

 

[maxalge]

Terrible idea to GF 2x6850!!! for gaming the difference between the 1055t @ 3.8 ghz and the i5 is minimal!!

Yeah crossfire with amd processors is a terrible idea.


No, the i5 is superior in every way.




http://techreport.com/r.x/amd-fx-8350/crysis-latency.gif


The 3570k is 10% better than a 2500k at equal clocks:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-10.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-9.html

The i5 also gives a smoother gaming experience on top of better fps.

 

[Z1NONLY]

My 1045t @ 3.4Ghz handled my two 560's just fine.

Someone asked me to A/B my AMD rig and my Intel rig by moving my two cards between rigs. (In another thread, regarding this same question)

I worked all day today, but maybe I can do some testing tomorrow....

 

[hitec16]

ypu thats the kind of benchmarks I am talking abt ...the difference b/w i5 2500k n 1055t is huge like 10FPS avg. upgrading to a better gfx card will hardly help me coz i put anything above 7870 will be bottlenecked by cpu.

 

[hitec16]

so just to confirm that i5 2500k OCed is a better choice than i5 3570k .

 

[Z1NONLY]

I'm uploading back to back examples from both of my rigs with the same SLI 560's.

 

[Z1NONLY]

Done.

This is what the two look like back-to-back with the same GPU power:
http://youtu.be/vbGUfaPg-Vo

 

[payturr]

The upgrade to a 2500K or 2600K is good because it future proofs your system for the next few years, it overclocks well, and it has amazing singlethread & multithread performance compared to your 1055t - you'll see improved application performance, I would upgrade.

 

[Z1NONLY]

The upgrade to a 2500K or 2600K is good because it future proofs your system for the next few years, it overclocks well, and it has amazing singlethread & multithread performance compared to your 1055t - you'll see improved application performance, I would upgrade.

I have already done this and found the improvement was not worth the money it cost to upgrade.

Not for the little gaming I do, (As shown in the video I just posted) and not in the applications I use. (I do a decent amount of HD video rendering)

 

[payturr]

I have already done this and found the improvement was not worth the money it cost to upgrade.

Not for the little gaming I do, (As shown in the video I just posted) and not in the applications I use. (I do a decent amount of HD video rendering)

With video editing, the 3570K & 3770K are better because the HD4000 graphics assist the CPU, and as for gaming, it only shows in some games like BF3.

 

[FlintIronStagg]

I don't play a lot of games and Crysis 2 is the only one that seems to "stress" my system at all.

I guess my 1045t and two GTX 560's in SLI were maxing out my 60hz monitor with V-sync enabled.

So when I upgraded to the 2600k, it just maxed it out ....more?

The only small difference I noticed was the rare moments in the game when I would see some FPS drop, were more rare. But it barely every happend with the 1045t and now it just happens a little less often. (Usually when I run into a bunch of Seph (SP?) and start shooting and thay get upset with me.)

Were it not so butter-smooth 98% of the time, I would probably think the FPS at those moments were fine.

It's a little better with the 2600k, but not worth the money spent upgrading.

I wish I would have spend money on a bigger monitor (22" now) and/or a more powerful graphics card.

this is because crysis 2 is a gpu dependent game - if you were maxing it out in DX11 then most of the load went to your cards therefore negating needing a faster cpu. now, go to a game like witcher 2, BF3, or skyrim; those will let you know if theres a cpu bottleneck.
now as far as OP goes, if you want a multiple GPU setup, the 2500k is what i have and these beasts (570 sli) never see a bottleneck, the 2500k being at 4.5ghz. I had a 980BE at 4.2ghz, and it bottlenecked my single 570 in certain applications and games. The main difference in the 3570k and 2500k that you will see is that the 3570k will overclock to about 4.2ghz at the thermal threshold which will hit 70c routinely during games, even with a good cooler, or the 2500k will clock to 4.5ghz, making the per clock performance a wash, and will never see above 60-63c with a good cooler, and that is only occasionally when under p95 or extreme gaming circumstances. Do you want to see less heat in your case? i would get the 2500k.