From what I have ready, Ivy Bridge runs hotter, and you should not even consider overclocking without some serious cooling. Like, spend at very least a couple hundred of dollars on cooling.
So in this case, say you had a 3770K and you wanted to overclock. You would need to spend another say $300 on cooling or risk permanently damaging the card from overheating.
In the alternative scenario, consider Sandy Bridge. Since it runs cooler, you could safely overclock quite a bit with at most a $40 fan cooler like this: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Contin...
Now let's look at overall costs:
2600K: $320 (new) + $35 cooler
= $355 total
3770K: $320 (new) + $300 to $600 in cooling
= $620 to $920 total
Benchmarks rate the 3770K to perform somewhere around 3% to 7% better than the 2600K. But if these prices and analysis are correct, then by overclocking, the 2600K could way surpass the 3770K at the same cost, considering cooling.
So, for you experts, what do you think about this? Do you have anything to add or clarify?
Perhaps you can shed some light on this issue?
So in this case, say you had a 3770K and you wanted to overclock. You would need to spend another say $300 on cooling or risk permanently damaging the card from overheating.
In the alternative scenario, consider Sandy Bridge. Since it runs cooler, you could safely overclock quite a bit with at most a $40 fan cooler like this: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Contin...
Now let's look at overall costs:
2600K: $320 (new) + $35 cooler
= $355 total
3770K: $320 (new) + $300 to $600 in cooling
= $620 to $920 total
Benchmarks rate the 3770K to perform somewhere around 3% to 7% better than the 2600K. But if these prices and analysis are correct, then by overclocking, the 2600K could way surpass the 3770K at the same cost, considering cooling.
So, for you experts, what do you think about this? Do you have anything to add or clarify?
Perhaps you can shed some light on this issue?
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