Roley Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Right now I have the i5-760 Quad Core Processor and I have 30 days to return or upgrade it. If I upgraded it to the i7-960 Quad Core, will I be getting a noticeable difference between the two? The price difference is around $150 so I'm trying to figure out if it is worth the swap. P.S. Finally decided to buy a new computer, so I should be on in the next day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxygen Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Anymore specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 you will get alot of difference...i7 is awesome. too bad there coming out with the i9 D: ive been saving for the i7 for a really long time but now i have to save for i9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 For gaming, not worth the 150$, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRacture Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Get the 930, and OC it to 4.0ghz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 There are too many different answers on this thread haha. Terry says no while fracture and Ahmed say yes. Fracture, do you have an i7? BTW I have a Cooler Master V8 so OC wont be an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRacture Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 There are too many different answers on this thread haha. Terry says no while fracture and Ahmed say yes. Fracture, do you have an i7? BTW I have a Cooler Master V8 so OC wont be an issue Getting one soon, and I plan to OC it. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Getting one soon, and I plan to OC it. =) Yeah, I'll more than likely be switching mine out today. Read all the reviews on newegg and feel I can't go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRacture Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Yeah, I'll more than likely be switching mine out today. Read all the reviews on newegg and feel I can't go wrong. I'd wait until you see what Terry has to say about getting a 930 and OCing it, unless you are very anxious to upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) Not that anxious but I need to go to Microcenter (like Newegg in a store with even lower prices) today anyway to get some more RAM so I'd thought I'd switch it out while I'm there. Also, Terry the price difference between the i5 I have and the now i7-930 I might get, is only $80 Edited July 22, 2010 by Roley Just adding some info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscian Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 For gaming, not worth the 150$, no. This. You know it's different sockets right? you mean i7 860 maybe? Anyway here my specs and yes. For gaming at any res literally all you need is a decent C2D that does 3.6ghz. Though a i5 750 is fine at stock. heatware = piscian18 I3 530 3.75Ghz Corsair H50 W7 U 64bit MSI P55-GD80 2x4GB OCZ Platinum 1333Mhz (1060Mhz) XFX 5870 1GB+BFG GTS250 1GB 3x1 HP LP2465 24" SPVA panel (Eyefinity+physx) 2x750GB Raid-0 2x1TB Cooler Master Storm Sniper OCZ 1010w GameXtream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Not that anxious but I need to go to Microcenter (like Newegg in a store with even lower prices) today anyway to get some more RAM so I'd thought I'd switch it out while I'm there. Also, Terry the price difference between the i5 I have and the now i7-930 I might get, is only $80 Piscian pointed out that they are different sockets (I forgot about that fact), the only i7 socket that are 1156 are i7 860/870/875k. They are all 300-350$. There is no benefit going to the i7 just to gain hyperthreading and triple channel memory as there is ZERO gains in games 99% of the time right now. I have i7 920 @ 4.0ghz and I keep hyperthreading off, it's useless for me unless I'm running multiple virtual machines, even then quad core does that fine. If I were you I'd just overclock the 760 to around 3.6ghz or higher, whatever you can get stable and be happy. A 3.6ghz quad on any platform will make your graphic/fps limit the video card for most games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cefdinir Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 IMO not worth it. Unless you are going to be taking advantage of 4 cores or 8 threads (hyper-threading) which most games don't. Over clocking should raise you headroom for your VGA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr(+)sshair Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Only go extreme if you're computer does extreme stuff. I got an i7 975 because I'm a dedicated folder@home. I also do an array of other things that can be intensive. So yeah, only get what you're gonna use it for, not for e-peen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Piscian pointed out that they are different sockets (I forgot about that fact), the only i7 socket that are 1156 are i7 860/870/875k. They are all 300-350$. There is no benefit going to the i7 just to gain hyperthreading and triple channel memory as there is ZERO gains in games 99% of the time right now. I have i7 920 @ 4.0ghz and I keep hyperthreading off, it's useless for me unless I'm running multiple virtual machines, even then quad core does that fine. If I were you I'd just overclock the 760 to around 3.6ghz or higher, whatever you can get stable and be happy. A 3.6ghz quad on any platform will make your graphic/fps limit the video card for most games. Damn that's helpful. Thank you. Right now my specs are 12gigs RAM a GTX 470 Superclocked 1gig and a v8 cpu cooler Would the i5 max out my gpu's performance? I ask because the 470 is a damn powerful card and i figured an i5 wouldn't be able to max out my cards performance. EDIT: I'm also wanting to play crysis with good fps flow on high settings. All in all, Thanks for the help. Edited July 23, 2010 by Roley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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