Should i upgrade to 3570k from a 2500k

[battoot]

The 3570k had been released and i currently have a 2500k. The price of the 3570k is currently $190 dollars on microcenter.com right now. Is the 3570k a lot better then the 2500k or is it not worth the upgrade. And just a heads up if you are going to buy a 3570k or any of the I7 ivy bridges from microcenter you will get $50 off an intel LGA 1155 motherboard, Microcenter is having some crazy good deals

 

[kelthic]

Not really worth the upgrade. See http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-benchmark-core-i7-3770k,3181.html for more information. it's really not a considerable performance boost from Sandy Bridge.

 

[ctbaars]

No. You pay a lot of money and time with risk for 0% - 7% theoretical increase you won't see.

 

[licktheenvelope]

Nope. if you have Sb better off waiting for Haswell next year.

 

[amuffin]

Haswell won't really be that Much of an upgrade from sb. Wait until skylake!

 

[melikepie]

Haswell won't really be that Much of an upgrade from sb. Wait until skylake!

Will skylake be that good of a upgrade?

 

[SSri]

Forget it...

You may over clock if you have not done so...

Some one with a SB should wait for Skylake. It is a pretty long stretch between now and late 2015; but I think that's the upgrade / new build time for you.

 

[bwrlane]

$190 for zero real world performance gain, it's a no brainer.

 

[Stickem]

I'd say if you have SB just keep what you have. For people like me who are upgrading from a Core 2 Duo, go ahead and jump on board with Ivy Bridge so you can atleast gain access to PCI 3.0 for future upgrades in video cards. Thats just my 2 cents.

 

[ubercake]

No.

 

[jeffredo]

Don't bother. Stock performance is barely better and the i5-2500k will overclock better.

 

[amuffin]

Maybe in 5 years we will actually use PCIE 3.0!

 

[bearclaw99]

No. That would be quite pointless

 

[battoot]

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