Upgrading from a i5 2500k, thoughts on a new cpu/mobo for gaming?

[Vario]

what motherboard do you have now and what heatsink for the cpu?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Thanks for the great response and support everyone. Most likely gonna pick up an Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 as seems to do what I want it to and is a reasonable price. Then get an SSD/a couple of them and see what I think.

Thanks again

If youre planning to overclock - Id avoid that motherboard, Its a real budget board and most likely doesnt have the power phases to really bump up your clocks.

 

[Phoenix1]

Ahh :S, yes defo going to overclock. Any you would advise getting?

 

[Phoenix1]

@Vario Current motherboard is tat, its a Gigabyte H61M-D2-B3, fairly old and defo a budget board.

When I upgraded from my old q9450 and bought the 2500k, I got that motherboard thrown in with the deal. Easy to see why I guess.... At the time I didn't have a lot of cash to throw around so I just used it...

Will be buying a new heatsink/cooler for OC'ing. Currently using stock intel as have no overclock on the cpu and have adequate case cooling.

 

[vega22]

i wouldnt pay over the odds for for a mobo dude, unless you are chasing bench scores the chances of you noticing any real world gains from the extra ram speeds are slim at best.

not saying faster ram is not better, not at all as you can not argue against that fact. just that the fraction it gains to real world use is so slim you just wont notice.

i have had 1155 mobo ranging from a £50 1 to a £200 1 and while the more expensive one had more features they both hit the same wall clocking wise and on around the same voltages. i think it was about 25mv difference...

a better cooler to help you oc and a fast ssd are my advice. things that are not going to give you real world differences but things which you can also use in the systems next stage of life when you do upgrade the mobo, cpu and ram

edit

ah, seen your current mobo....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIGABYTE-...aptopMotherboards_CPUs_CA&hash=item19f7fe0102

great value mobo that you might get cheap.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-...aptopMotherboards_CPUs_CA&hash=item2a486d4903

depending on the price that could be a steal!

 

[RealNeil]

Thanks for the great response and support everyone. Most likely gonna pick up an Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 as seems to do what I want it to and is a reasonable price. Then get an SSD/a couple of them and see what I think.

Thanks again

The SSDs will make a huge change in performance.

 

[alwayssts]

Don't bother, wait for Skylake.

Stole the words from my mouth...glad to see so many rational people here.
I'm thinking of waiting until even -E myself....I mean, why bother before at least SL-K?

I wanted it for video processing (and may not even need it for that considering what amd is doing in their latest drivers, hopefully nvidia follows)...but there are less and less reasons to buy a new cpu, especially with how incremental the gains from SB onwards. Invest in your actual limitations and uses; be that ssds (I would suggest 256/512GB), monitor, ram (8-16GB 1600mhz+), gpu etc etc.

 

[buffyvpsfan]

I've read that only small amount of games benefit from SB to devil canyon, but that's a different scenario in the dolphin gamecube/wii emulator which is cpu intensive. there are some benefits but not much from what I've heard, only a small handful. I personally want to buy devil's canyon or more so the X99 chipset(despite the over priced ram) but everyone keeps saying "skylake" Skylake'! I think DX11 is also holding back cpu benefits, so until DX12 comes out maybe we'll see bigger changes with cpus???

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I've read that only small amount of games benefit from SB to devil canyon, but that's a different scenario in the dolphin gamecube/wii emulator which is cpu intensive. there are some benefits but not much from what I've heard, only a small handful. I personally want to buy devil's canyon or more so the X99 chipset(despite the over priced ram) but everyone keeps saying "skylake" Skylake'! I think DX11 is also holding back cpu benefits, so until DX12 comes out maybe we'll see bigger changes with cpus???

DX11 is nothing to do with cpu's its a windows kernel. Windows has to support DX12 before dx12 gpus can be used

 

[Bo$$]

Thanks for the great response and support everyone. Most likely gonna pick up an Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 as seems to do what I want it to and is a reasonable price. Then get an SSD/a couple of them and see what I think.

Thanks again

Phoenix I'm doing the same as you! my z68 isn't great for OCing since it's too much of a hassle on this board

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Phoenix I'm doing the same as you! my z68 isn't great for OCing since it's too much of a hassle on this board

didnt you say you were running some sorta hybrid beta bios on your board??? I had a Asus Z68 V-Pro board and i had 4.9Ghz running on my 2500k pretty much straight off the bat.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Haswell is junk (i have a 4670, waste of money even with dirt cheap combo). That is all lol

OC the 2500k.

 

[peche]

hello,
you have been advised with the best things to do,

about SSD's … be sure what would you do with and SSD, what would you store, use and run on it, I've spent like 3 months making out, so I got a Crucial M4 64GB SSD for OS, Adobe CS5 programs and other diary use apps, and 2 Seagate Barracuda 2TB 64mb cache for data music and craps… for games I have a 320GB Seagate HDD (Steam)…

if i were you I would keep that CPU and will look for a decent Z68 o Z77 Motherboard to make it rock @ 4.5 / 4.7 OC…
I see no need to upgrade your Ram… difference between 1333ghz DDR3 to 1600Ghz DDR3 it's not worth it… in my opinion…
Also you might get a decent AIO as it was told before by some dudes…
i5 2500k still rocks for a long time…

 

[Vario]

Asrock Z77 Extreme 4, Asus P8Z77-V, Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, MSI Z77A-GD65, lots of good offerings for z77.