From Ivy to Skylake

[Exia77]

I'm a bit confused about this topic some of the site said it is recommended to upgrade but some are not. I'm planning to upgrade from ivy bridge (3570) to skylake is it really worth it?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Maybe. It really depends on what you use your system for. If gaming is your primary use there will be gains but not in every title. Now if you do video or photo rendering or editing then there will be larger gains. I have a 2600K with a first gen LGA 1155 P67 motherboard. I intend to upgrade to Skylake more for the awesome new motherboard features than for outright CPU performance. There certainly will be a CPU performance boost going from a 2600K ( at 4.5Ghz ) to a 6700K ( potentially also at 4.5GHz+ depending on the chip ) though.

 

[Exia77]

well i'll use it for gaming. Is worth of upgrading or i'll just stick it to ivy?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

If you are using more than one high end graphics card then the upgrade makes sense. If you are using even say, a single GTX 980 Ti ( like me ) then the gains will be small in most cases. Some games are CPU bound and they will benefit but the number of CPU bound games is smallish. Personally I need more SATA ports and would like to use my 980 Ti in a PCI-E 3.0 ( really matters very little in all honesty ) slot for maximum potential. I also want to add an M2 SSD.

If you have Ivy on a Z68 or Z77 motherboard you will find less reasons to upgrade than me. Or if you just want to move to a 'K' series, unlocked processor to overclock. Sandy Bridge users like myself who need more features and people with older systems will see the best gains. But it's your money and if computers are a hobby like with me that's often a good enough reason to upgrade!

 

[Exia77]

I'm using 780 ti card @ 1080p monitor and I'm thinking if there will be big significance from non K to unlocked processor

 

[Deleted member 217926]

There will be a big difference from a locked processor to an overclocked, unlocked processor. Just not much in gaming. That's why you see a list like this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

And benchmarks like this.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation/15

 

[Exia77]

thanks!