I7 2600K Sandy Bridge vs I7 3770K Ivy Bridge

Ok guys so I`ve been thinking about upgrading my current i7 2600k to the 3770K Ivy Bridge. Now, I know that my I7 is overkill for most games, thing is I`m kinda of a hardware whore :lol: I recently bought a GTX 680 and I want new generation hardware to match my new GPU, including the mobo. My current board has PCI-E 2.0, I want to upgrade to 3.0. Same goes for the USB controllers. My question is, in order to get USB 3.0 do I have to upgradeto Ivy Bridge, what benefits if any will I get by upgrading from sandy bridge to ivy ? Also is PCI-Experss 3.0 support independent from the CPU, meaning can I keep my i7 2600k and just upgrade to a PCI-E 3.0 board? Thanks guys.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/287?vs=551

Wow! What a huge upgrade!

Your best off OC'ing your CPU...Truth_Hurts_U

Lol, he's at 4.5 ghz But TC upgrading to a i7 3770k will do squat and would be a pointless upgrade. Also its known that Ivy's dont overclock as well as sandy's because of the cheap heat spreader on the die.04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Lol, he's at 4.5 ghz But TC upgrading to a i7 3770k will do squat and would be a pointless upgrade. Also its known that Ivy's dont overclock as well as sandy's because of the cheap heat spreader on the die.Truth_Hurts_U

[QUOTE="Truth_Hurts_U"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Lol, he's at 4.5 ghz But TC upgrading to a i7 3770k will do squat and would be a pointless upgrade. Also its known that Ivy's dont overclock as well as sandy's because of the cheap heat spreader on the die.robertoenrique

It is CPU dependent but PCI-E 3.0 is pretty much irrelevant right now, and upgrading from what you have is just a big waste of money to be honest. But then again it's your money.

[QUOTE="robertoenrique"][QUOTE="Truth_Hurts_U"] I don't have spamy sigs on. Just a nice clean look. If he is already OC'ed then hey would be better off spending cash on SLI.RazorGR

It is CPU dependent but PCI-E 3.0 is pretty much irrelevant right now, and upgrading from what you have is just a big waste of money to be honest. But then again it's your money.

[QUOTE="RazorGR"]

[QUOTE="robertoenrique"] No way im going SLI. But can someone confirm if PCIE-3.0 is CPU dependent? That would suck balls. robertoenrique

It is CPU dependent but PCI-E 3.0 is pretty much irrelevant right now, and upgrading from what you have is just a big waste of money to be honest. But then again it's your money.

[QUOTE="RazorGR"]

[QUOTE="robertoenrique"] No way im going SLI. But can someone confirm if PCIE-3.0 is CPU dependent? That would suck balls. robertoenrique

It is CPU dependent but PCI-E 3.0 is pretty much irrelevant right now, and upgrading from what you have is just a big waste of money to be honest. But then again it's your money.

You're doing it to yourself. That CPU upgrade would be pointless man.

[QUOTE="Truth_Hurts_U"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Lol, he's at 4.5 ghz But TC upgrading to a i7 3770k will do squat and would be a pointless upgrade. Also its known that Ivy's dont overclock as well as sandy's because of the cheap heat spreader on the die.robertoenrique

Not doing SLI

Cares about PCI-E 3.0

What

[QUOTE="robertoenrique"][QUOTE="RazorGR"]

It is CPU dependent but PCI-E 3.0 is pretty much irrelevant right now, and upgrading from what you have is just a big waste of money to be honest. But then again it's your money.

C_Rule

Yeah or build a fileserver or buy a vps and make a proxy.

[QUOTE="robertoenrique"][QUOTE="Truth_Hurts_U"] I don't have spamy sigs on. Just a nice clean look. If he is already OC'ed then hey would be better off spending cash on SLI.GummiRaccoon

Not doing SLI

Cares about PCI-E 3.0

What

I know.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/287?vs=551

Wow! What a huge upgrade!

GummiRaccoon

normally id say go for it but since the 3770k doesn't OC as good as the 2600k then there is no point in it.

Ok guys so I`ve been thinking about upgrading my current i7 2600k to the 3770K Ivy Bridge. Now, I know that my I7 is overkill for most games, thing is I`m kinda of a hardware whore :lol: I recently bought a GTX 680 and I want new generation hardware to match my new GPU, including the mobo. My current board has PCI-E 2.0, I want to upgrade to 3.0. Same goes for the USB controllers. My question is, in order to get USB 3.0 do I have to upgradeto Ivy Bridge, what benefits if any will I get by upgrading from sandy bridge to ivy ? Also is PCI-Experss 3.0 support independent from the CPU, meaning can I keep my i7 2600k and just upgrade to a PCI-E 3.0 board? Thanks guys.

robertoenrique

Since you've already got an i7-2600k you should just stick with that. Of course, it's your money and if you've got the cash to do it then upgrade if you want.

My i7-3770k is at 4.5 and that's about the equivilant of the 2600k@4.8 so Ivy can certainly overclock.