[SOLVED] i5 8500 with 750ti??

[Archr]

Is this a bad combo would i get less bottleneck with i7 3770 and 750ti ?

 

[Eximo]

i5-8500 is going to be the better choice due to simple IPC improvements. Less threads than the 3770, but that won't make up for 4 generations of improvements and a process node shrink.

 

[SamirD]

Is this a bad combo would i get less bottleneck with i7 3770 and 750ti ?

I wouldn't worry about bottleneck or you'll be looking at lga775 setups. Just get the fastest you can and upgrade what you need to when you can. Trying to balance a system perfectly is like trying to be a jack of all trades and master of none.

 

[mdd1963]

You will eventually get a GPU capable of 1080P gaming with newer games; when that happens you don't want to then wish you had a CPU capable of providing adequate frame rates...

The i5-8500 has 6 cores/6 threads, and although many are not happy with but 6 threads, the minimum framerates in non-streaming gaming scenarios seem adequate, but, I'd still try for a 9700K on sale if possible...; it's 8c/8t design seems more than adequate.

 

[Eximo]

Microcenter keeps baiting me to drive over there and get a 9700k. I want to hack it into my Z270 board, just to see if I can. I know it has been done, but I'm a little worried there are differences between the early 9700k and the ones made toward the end of production.

 

[logainofhades]

Is this a bad combo would i get less bottleneck with i7 3770 and 750ti ?

You shouldn't be getting a CPU bottleneck, with that combo. I ran a 3570k with faster GPU's, than that, and didn't experience any.

 

[mdd1963]

(The 9700K is NOT going to work on any Z270...; only 'hack' stories I've heard of to date were getting an i3-8100 to work, which were but updated 7600K models anyway)

 

[Eximo]

(The 9700K is NOT going to work on any Z270...; only 'hack' stories I've heard of to date were getting an i3-8100 to work, which were but updated 7600K models anyway)

Various forum posts and entire programs written to modify the BIOS would disagree with you. That was certainly the very early news of taking a quad core and putting into an older board designed for quad cores. This all goes back to how Intel was using earlier chipsets to test the new silicon in the first place, it was always possible. Intel just didn't want to confuse the market by guaranteeing new chips would work on old boards with new power requirements. For the lesser boards it would have been too much, but for high end boards, it wasn't a problem.

It does entail taping off some pins on the CPUs.

https://www.win-raid.com/t3987f16-TOOL-Easy-automated-Mod-tool-for-Coffee-Lake-bios.html

Further, der8aurer as I recall, also tested taping off power pins on the CPUs until it couldn't operate. He really didn't find that point, each pin is capable of a surprising amount of power. All to prove that Intel's excuse for not making all the LGA1151 sockets cross compatible was basically false.

 

[rcald2000]

Is this a bad combo would i get less bottleneck with i7 3770 and 750ti ?

Hi Archr. What are your current full system specs, including your power supply's mfg. and model number? What's your upgrade budget? Do you live in the US, and if not then which region?