Intel Core i5 Owners Club

GreiverBlade · Jun 23, 2016

peche said:
by the way... is there any delidded i5 here?

oh well if i manage to get a decent price on a 6600K/6700K i might do it to my actual 6600K xD (and to finally test my Conductonaut... )

P4-630 said:
My next CPU will be an i7, example when I'm gaming (GTA V) my i5 runs at 75~85% load, I could reduce this if I had an i7.
For now no money so I have to deal with the i5 I have now .

naaahhhh not worth it, specially when you know some game run worse with HT on :laugh:

(i prefer having no HT to de-activate than having to do it if needed ) RTS and MMO's could benefit from a i7 tho even my 6600K hold it right on all the games i play

so ... i join (a lil late but better late than sorry ) i5-6600K @ 4.4 (turbo off) idle 23° load 58° max (40° max core temp ) room temp around 25° (only in summer luckily :roll:

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P4-630 · Jun 23, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
oh well if i manage to get a decent price on a 6600K/6700K i might do it to my actual 6600K xD (and to finally test my Conductonaut... )

naaahhhh not worth it, specially when you know some game run worse with HT on (i prefer having no HT to de-activate than having to do it if needed ) RTS and MMO's could benefit from a i7 tho even my 6600K hold it right on all the games i play

so ... i join (a lil late but better late than sorry ) i5-6600K @ 4.4 (turbo off) idle 23° load 58° max (40° max core temp ) room temp around 25° (only in summer luckily )

Welcome to the club! :peace:

It may just be some shadow settings in GTA V or something then that are taxing the CPU at this load.

GreiverBlade · Jun 23, 2016

P4-630 said:
Welcome to the club!

It may just be some shadow settings in GTA V or something then that are taxing the CPU at this load.

well it's GTA V ... it's not like it is a "big" and "interesting" game ... (ok ok ok ... it's IMHO, DO NOT HIT ME, for hating that piece of *self censored* )
optimization at the finest? pfahahaha (btw isn't GTA V more GPU demanding than CPU? ) because i have yet to find a (non mmo or RTS ) game that would be an issue for my 6600K (well i have a 980 not a 10/*burst in laughter*/70 )

since it's you ... i hope you got a good price on that 1070

(not like the prices i see where i live :cry:

oh well money is on red for the next upgrade, if i ever need one ... )

CPU wise ... Skylake will hold a long time ... unless my upgrade fever strike again when Zen will be up for sales ... (can't hold it much ... :roll:

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P4-630 · Jun 23, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
i hope you got a good price on that 1070

Well I don't know the prices at your country but I bought it at 519 Euros. :ohwell:

Jborg · Jun 23, 2016

P4-630 said:
Welcome to the club!

It may just be some shadow settings in GTA V or something then that are taxing the CPU at this load.

Yeah I do have my settings tweaked quite a bit, running a Combo of Ultra/High with an ENB mod. MOST of the time I am sitting around 55-59fps. I do get occasional drops down to 45-50, but overall the gameplay is very smooth and I don't notice it unless im actually monitoring FPS.

Before the i5 I was running GTA using an FX 8350, and I was getting on average 35-50FPS overall, I do notice much more consistent frame rates/ frametimes using the i5, however its odd to me in GTA V because it doesn't seem like I ever go beyond 50-60% CPU or GPU usage. I can post my exact GTA settings later if you want me to

P4-630 · Jun 23, 2016

Jborg said:
Yeah I do have my settings tweaked quite a bit, running a Combo of Ultra/High with an ENB mod. MOST of the time I am sitting around 55-59fps

Mine runs at 56~60fps with around 75% GPU load (ingame set to 60Hz), runs overall pretty smooth, but I do feel it a bit going up and down in fps even though I don't have huge drops.
I guess I just have to play with some settings if I want a lower CPU load.

GreiverBlade · Jun 23, 2016

P4-630 said:
Well I don't know the prices at your country but I bought it at 519 Euros.

well ... dollar wise ... for laugh : FE = 859$ and custom = above 900$ ... total ripoff

(1080 ... but the 1070 are not too far .... and NO i will not replace a 980 Poseidon Platinum by a 1070 :cry:

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not a bad Price for yours since it's a MSI Gaming X (altho still a little too high over MSRP )

also shiny ... Reinhardt is posing for the Glory of the i5 master gaming race! (joke joke)

Jborg · Jun 23, 2016

P4-630 said:
Mine runs at 56~60fps with around 75% GPU load (ingame set to 60Hz), runs overall pretty smooth, but I do feel it a bit going up and down in fps even though I don't have huge drops.
I guess I just have to play with some settings if I want a lower CPU load.

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One thing that seemed to help me was lowering the Terrain Detail, especially in the games desert area, and also under advanced settings you can adjust the View distance which seems to effect the GPU/CPU load, I have mine set at about Half for additional View distance.

P4-630 · Jun 23, 2016

Jborg said:
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One thing that seemed to help me was lowering the Terrain Detail, especially in the games desert area, and also under advanced settings you can adjust the View distance which seems to effect the GPU/CPU load, I have mine set at about Half for additional View distance.

GFE had set all advanced graphics options to the max lol!!
Had +- 95% CPU load, I turned it all down and off.
It was playable though, just not smooth enough to me

Have it set to 4x MSAA now, tried 8x MSAA , not smooth enough.
I'll play with that distance setting. Thanks!

You did not mean in advanced graphics did you?

P4-630 · Jun 23, 2016

These are my current settings:

Edit: Just see it now, wonder why did GFE not set the texture quality to very high with an 8GB vram card!!

Gotta change that asap!

jboydgolfer · Jun 23, 2016

Jborg said:
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One thing that seemed to help me was lowering the Terrain Detail, especially in the games desert area, and also under advanced settings you can adjust the View distance which seems to effect the GPU/CPU load, I have mine set at about Half for additional View distance.

P4-630 said:
These are my current settings:

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Edit: Just see it now, wonder why did GFE not set the texture quality to very high with an 8GB vram card!! Gotta change that asap!

i apologize for butting in on your coversation, but are You two speaking about CPU limitations in GTA5 with your i5's? aka, 4690, etc?

@P4-630 i was looking at your posted settings, and if your having some less than desired fps rates, i leave reflection msaa, water quality, grass, on normal or maybe high, with them set like that, and msaa @ 2 or 4, you can max all others out including advanced with no issue ime. Im pretty sure i remembered all of the important ones.
Im gonna try with my xeon, to see if the 4 xtra threads help,or not..

P4-630 · Jun 24, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
i was looking at your posted settings, and if your having some less than desired fps rates

Well the framerate is ingame set to 60Hz and the GPU runs at average 75% load but the CPU is running at 3.27GHz 75~85% load (thought that my CPU was a bottleneck), the fps in game is mostly 60fps but sometimes 56fps for a second. I tried locking the framerate at 50fps but then I had drops in the 40s.
It's very smooth on my laptop with i7 4700hq locked at just 2.6GHz and GTX770M fps locked at 40fps and still using the GTA V driver.
I'm using the first GTX1070 driver that was released, maybe the upcoming driver will be better optimized?

P4-630 · Jun 28, 2016

I was considering a possible CPU upgrade (i7 6700K) but after watching this video, I see it does not make much of a difference:

The scores in running benchmarks may be higher, but the difference would not be noticeable in gaming.

Edit: I guess I just should be happy with what I have now

SamirD · Aug 26, 2018

Bumping this up because I finally could afford an i5 and finally got one. It came inside a Dell machine I picked up for cheap and is quite impressive for what it is, the i5-2500. I got my hands on a delidded i7-2600k and found that the i7 felt basically identical to the i5, so I kept the i5.

Recently, I acquired an older system with an i3-540 and the chosen upgrade is an i5-680 because of its super strong single thread performance--even much faster than an i7-870:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-870-vs-Intel-i5-680/832vs771
I used to think i5s weren't all that, but that was before owning them. They're quite capable, especially today's newest versions. :toast:

Mussels · Aug 27, 2018

the 2500/2600 have held up extremely well, if you pair them with 1866Mhz ram and a midrange GPU they still perform quite good

Arjai · Aug 27, 2018

I have an i5 3317U, in the "Lappytop" I am on now (runs 2.1GHz on boost running 4 WCG Jobs). My Opticon, has an i5 2400 @ 3.1GHz stock, also a Cruncher.

:lovetpu:

Mussels · Aug 27, 2018

i5 6600k arrived today for my planned ITX/MATX VR build

cost about $350Au for Z170 ITX board and 6600k (with wifi AC + BT 4.0 - which is needed for the VR i have) and i already had the rest of the parts, with a potential change to a smaller case later

Outback Bronze · Aug 27, 2018

My Kaby

Not even delidded.

Edit: Machine in spec's its getting used in.

Durvelle27 · Feb 10, 2019

Got a laptop with a i5-4310m if that counts

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

Processor	I5 4690K @ 4.8 Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7
Cooling	Swiftech H140X
Memory	16GB Crucial BallistiX 1866Mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 G1 Gaming
Storage	850 PRO 1TB SSD, 840 EVO 500GB SSD, 850 EVO 500GB
Display(s)	Nixeus EDG 27-Inch IPS 1440P, 144HZ 16:9
Case	NZXT H440 Red/Black
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	G600
Keyboard	G710+
Software	Win 10 64B

Intel Core i5 Owners Club

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P4-630

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Jborg

P4-630

GreiverBlade

Jborg

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Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
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Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

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Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Bay2- Lowerbay/ HP 3770/T3500-2+T3500-3+T3500-4/ Opti-Con/Orange/White/Grey
Processor	i3 2120's/ i7 3770/ x5670's/ i5 2400/Ryzen 2700/Ryzen 2700/R7 3700x
Motherboard	HP UltraSlim's/ HP mid size/ Dell T3500 workstation's/ Dell 390/B450 AorusM/B450 AorusM/B550 AorusM
Cooling	All stock coolers/Grey has an H-60
Memory	2GB/ 4GB/ 12 GB 3 chan/ 4GB sammy/T-Force 16GB 3200/XPG 16GB 3000/Ballistic 3600 16GB
Video Card(s)	HD2000's/ HD 2000/ 1 MSI GT710,2x MSI R7 240's/ HD4000/ Red Dragon 580/Sapphire 580/Sapphire 580
Storage	?HDD's/ 500 GB-er's/ 500 GB/2.5 Samsung 500GB HDD+WD Black 1TB/ WD Black 500GB M.2/Corsair MP600 M.2
Display(s)	1920x1080/ ViewSonic VX24568 between the rest/1080p TV-Grey
Case	HP 8200 UltraSlim's/ HP 8200 mid tower/Dell T3500's/ Dell 390/SilverStone Kublai KL06/NZXT H510 W x2
Audio Device(s)	Sonic Master/ onboard's/ Beeper's!
Power Supply	19.5 volt bricks/ Dell PSU/ 525W sumptin/ same/Seasonic 750 80+Gold/EVGA 500 80+/Antec 650 80+Gold
Mouse	cheap GigaWire930, CMStorm Havoc + Logitech M510 wireless/iGear usb x2/MX 900 wireless kit 4 Grey
Keyboard	Dynex, 2 no name, SYX and a Logitech. All full sized and USB. MX900 kit for Grey
Software	Mint 18 Sylvia/ Opti-Con Mint KDE/ T3500's on Kubuntu/HP 3770 is Win 10/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro/Win10
Benchmark Scores	World Community Grid is my benchmark!!

System Name	Raptor Baked
Processor	14900k w.c.
Motherboard	Z790 Hero
Cooling	w.c.
Memory	32GB Hynix
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4080 w.c.
Storage	2TB Kingston kc3k
Display(s)	Gigabyte 34" Curved
Case	Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PCIe5 850w
Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Cool n Quiet.

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Processor	\|AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4\|MSI X370 Gaming PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 SE \| AMD Stock Cooler
Memory	G.Skill 64GB(2x32GB) 3200MHz \| 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4
Video Card(s)	\|AMD R9 290
Storage	Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB
Display(s)	LG Nanocell85 49" 4K 120Hz + ACER AOPEN 34" 3440x1440 144Hz
Case	DeepCool Matrexx 55 V3 w/ 6x120mm Intake + 3x120mm Exhaust
Audio Device(s)	LG Dolby Atmos 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RMX850 Fully Modular\| EVGA 750W G2
Mouse	Logitech Trackman
Keyboard	Logitech K350
Software	Windows 10 EDU x64