I5 2500k vs i5 3570k (price out of the picture)

jimmyfixedme

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Hey,

At the moment amazon is selling the 2500k and 3570k at the same price, and I can't decide which one to get. I will be getting the sabertooth z77 and I really can't decide the best option. Everyone on the forum says the 2500k because of the price, but if the price is the same what should I choose. I wont be doing any crazing over clocking and probably end up keeping the retail heat sink.

Thanks!
 

payturr

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If you're gonna overclock like crazy, 2500K. The 3570K does have better performance, but the 2500K overclocks higher than it - you'll get the same, if not better performance from an overclocked 2500K at like 5GHz compared to a 3570K at like 4.7GHz.
If you edit videos & want PCI-e 3.0, however, the 3570K is better because HD4000 graphics help lower render times, and it has a PCI-e 3.0 controller integrated, so it can utilize the slot - 2500K will take the 3.0 slot & run it at 2.0.
 



The 3570K is your better option given how you said you would use it.

Mactronix :)