What sort of performance increase can I expect? *Problem* Need Help*

Hey All,

I made a thread a while back before Christmas about a possible upgrade. Well, it's in the shop being cleaned and the new parts are being installed.

I went from a Q6600 to an i5 3570k. I went from 5GB of DDR2 RAM to 16GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper X. Got a new mobo with USB 3.0. Kept my 560ti as the GPU, and kept my antec 900 case.

I also got an 120GB SSD which I'm going to have my copy of Windows on.

This is really me just being excited for the upgrades, as I haven't really had any in some time (Last I did, my GPU fried and I had to have my old 8800GTS replaced). So what kind of performance increase should I expect from the stuff I've changed?

Thats a damn good upgrade, props on gettin a 120gb SSD, i've been wanting one for a while, but my mobo doesn't support Sata3 so i'm kinda stuck.

My girlfriend gave me a SSD for christmas with Windows 8. This made a night and day difference for me. The only drawback is now i no longer have the time to get a snack while my comp boot... lol I think you should see a increase of 10% in fps while gaming with your new CPU with the same GPU but don't quote me on that.Lord_of_Terrans

When i finally make the change this is what i will miss ;)

You basically had the same PC as I had, q6600 with 8800GTS to a slightly better 560Ti than my 470, any CPU demanding game will see a big increase, others about 20%.

Lots? New cpu will no longer hold back your gpu from upgrade, q6600 is decent, but the k-bridge intels are great.

A simple ram + cpu upgrade boosted the frames from bottom to top even though I kept my 570 w/q6700 from before. Less minimal frame drops and much higher max fps jump = smooother gaming experience.

Thats a damn good upgrade, props on gettin a 120gb SSD, i've been wanting one for a while, but my mobo doesn't support Sata3 so i'm kinda stuck.

KABCOOL

I ran my 128gb SSD with my last motherboard, which was an AM3 with no SATA 3. Performance was still way better a regular hard drive.

Hey All,

I made a thread a while back before Christmas about a possible upgrade. Well, it's in the shop being cleaned and the new parts are being installed.

I went from a Q6600 to an i5 3570k. I went from 5GB of DDR2 RAM to 16GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper X. Got a new mobo with USB 3.0. Kept my 560ti as the GPU, and kept my antec 900 case.

I also got an 120GB SSD which I'm going to have my copy of Windows on.

This is really me just being excited for the upgrades, as I haven't really had any in some time (Last I did, my GPU fried and I had to have my old 8800GTS replaced). So what kind of performance increase should I expect from the stuff I've changed?

chrisrooR

Well you can test whether it's GPU stress related or just game related by running a stress test like Furmark and see if it still freezes. As always make sure you have the most up-to-date drivers for your GPU when you experience problems like this. In fact, it's probably good to make sure you have all the proper drivers installed for all your hardware since you just got a new mobo.General_X