Question i7 870 vs i7 2600 and Rx 580

[masabmuhammad2005]

Well I have a core i7 870 PC I was thinking to put in Rx 580 but how much bottleneck I will get will it be worth upgrading to i72600 and how much fps it will gain

 

[Barty1884]

While the 870 will hold back a 580, it'll depend on the cost of a 2600?

IPC gains between an 870 and 2600 were substantial, and a 2600 will be a pretty solid pairing with a 580 IMO.

However, given you already have the 870, I'd maybe consider something a little more fit-for-purpose if you have no intention to upgrade otherwise.... Perhaps an RX570? Probably the strongest GPU I'd consider pairing with an 870 and, while it will likely be held back a little bit, it's a more balanced pairing.

 

[lga1156_ftw]

Depends on the game what you are playing, im getting 150-275fps on my i7-875k paired with 980ti on low fortnite settings with some tweaking on 1080p.
However if your running it on stock you lose about 33% performance compared to overclocking it to 4ghz+

I7-870 and i7-875k are best cpu:s for this motherboard when overclocked, if you want to get i72600 you need new motherboard and its only gen2 so NOT worth. First try to get your ram running 2133mhz+ on dual channel and 4ghz oc on the cpu and then decide if its enough. I have tested this cpu with gtx 970 and the GPU was the bottleneck in every game i tested, I would compare rx 580 and gtx 970 been "fairly" similar in performance.

EDIT: I would say your fine with rx 580 / gtx 970 / gtx 980 / gtx 1060 and even gtx 1070 on this cpu (when overclocked ,Gtx 1070 probably slightly bottlenecked even if you get max from this cpu and ram)

If you dont oc only go with 580 / 970 maximum

 

[LGTFireTiger]

Well I have a core i7 870 PC I was thinking to put in Rx 580 but how much bottleneck I will get will it be worth upgrading to i72600 and how much fps it will gain

i have an i7 870 and an rx570 nitro plus
isnt actually bottlenecking

 

[LGTFireTiger]

Well I have a core i7 870 PC I was thinking to put in Rx 580 but how much bottleneck I will get will it be worth upgrading to i72600 and how much fps it will gain

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11NexYsvFdpBp9CJ24ZTwma6e2QnwRF6I/view?usp=drivesdk
sry for bad quality

 

[LGTFireTiger]

i also play nfs heat with all on ultra 1080p 45fps(without OC) 55 fps with oc

cpu 50-70%
gpu 100%

 

[lga1156_ftw]

LGTFireTiger: You running on stock 2.9ghz with i7-870?

 

[LGTFireTiger]

LGTFireTiger: You running on stock 2.9ghz with i7-870?

yes
first i was thinking is an issue with my cpu because of the low usage
i thought it would bottleneck

 

[LGTFireTiger]

i disabled turbo boost from bios

 

[LGTFireTiger]

because of the temperature

 

[lga1156_ftw]

Your fine until 90c on cores, i mean max temperature. Just replace thermal paste with some good stuff.

 

[LGTFireTiger]

Your fine until 90c on cores, i mean max temperature. Just replace thermal paste with some good stuff.

i replaced the thermal paste
i think its from the fan

 

[LGTFireTiger]

i have 68-71°C in games

 

[lga1156_ftw]

Download cpu-z and go to bench, then press stress cpu and wait few minutes, look temperatures of your cpu cores. What is the maximum after like 5min?

 

[lga1156_ftw]

Those temperatures is completely fine, im overclocked and getting around 88-90c max with 1.425vcore, but that is under stress testing. Keep temperatures while gaming below 80c.,

EDIT: You can enable turbo boost again

This is good aftermarket cooler , just check that it supports lga1156 which is your socket : https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32962247726.html

 

[LGTFireTiger]

Download cpu-z and go to bench, then press stress cpu and wait few minutes, look temperatures of your cpu cores. What is the maximum after like 5min?

ok i will try

 

[LGTFireTiger]

Those temperatures is completely fine, im overclocked and getting around 88-90c max with 1.425vcore, but that is under stress testing. Keep temperatures while gaming below 80c.,

EDIT: You can enable turbo boost again

This is good aftermarket cooler , just check that it supports lga1156 which is your socket : https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32962247726.html

ok thx

 

[Barty1884]

Guys, this thread is from December, which the OP hasn't returned to.
If you wish to discuss a similar setup, please start a new thread.

Closing this one.