I'm looking to upgrade from a i7 920, and it looks like some pretty good gains for me. Anyone have experience with upgrading some from an old gen?
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My ASUS p6-x58-e ws motherboard had a i7-920 with the LGA1166 socket. The motherboard also accepted some XEON processors for LGA1366, so I replaced my i7-920 with a XEON 5600, which gave me 2 more cores (4 threads). The speed is the same (2,7 gHz), but now I have 6 cores (12 threads) which allows me to run more hyper-v virtual machines. That's a 50% performance gain by putting in a cheap used Xeon processor.
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You will see a performance boost upgrading from a 1st gen i7 to a 4th gen... Keep in mind that you will need a Motherboard that supports the 1150 socket, the 1st gen i7 is a 1366 Socket while the 4th gen is an 1150 socket. You're getting almost a full Ghz og Clock speed (2.66 to 3.5) Plus support for 32GB memory vs 24GB... I made the leap from a Gen 1 i7 to a Gen 3 i7 and did notice a significant difference, so you should see a marked difference in performance jumping to the latest generation. When I jumped from the i7 3770K to the 4770k it was very insignificant, but with such a large jump it would be beneficial if you are willing to spend the extra to upgrade other things too... Just keep in mind that you are looking at having to buy a new Motherboard to support the chip, so factor that into your decision, also not knowing about your setup it may require you to replace peripherals, such as according to intel the older i7 only supported DDr3 800/1066 memory while the new supports DDR3 1333/1600... So simply put you will see a solid gain in performance but you will have to replace at minimum your Motherboard and possible other items to get that gain...
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This unit has the newest I 7 processor that just came out this year. The lower priced unit does not. I was at the apple store before i came to this site. I am considering upgrading and have been paying close attention. From what I have seen that new processor is worth the money.
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I thought the N-740 was not worth it unless you were a gamer, since the it would not kick in for most other activity such as general surfing, etc. However, the 1080p screen upgrade is worth it and the intel card works well with 1080p in my opinion. You can disable the intel card to use the nvidia card but when you do that funny things happen, such as losing control of the brightness level for everything except gaming. So if your not a gamer, it appears to be a total wast to upgrade the video card unless you enjoy full brightness of the 740 card. At night, it was almost like looking at a flashlight it was so bright! Just my thoughts
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I have an I7-3770 and did not require a bios update. Recognized the CPU with no issues, very stable board. No complaints.
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I honestly don't know our plans for Arrandale on our UL series. I think there are two options coming from Intel (4 threads and 8) and they are probably much more expensive than the SU7300. Those might be processors for a $1400 ultra-niche model; not sure what we're going to do (really!). We are extremely pleased with the positive reviews from the SU7300 cpu models (spec/price balance) so I wouldn't want to see us mess with success too soon.
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This is a great "bang for your buck" CPU. As long as your other parts aren't lagging behind in performance you will be perfectly fine with this CPU!
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You are welcome, I hope it helps. The only reason I can see to upgrade from what you have is if you do other heavy CPU intensive programs other than gaming. Of course, if you plan to keep that computer for 5 years, who knows what games will be like then? If they are that CPU demanding in 5 years, it will be time to upgrade anyway. I have 2 3770Ks, a 2600K and a 2500K and can't tell the difference in gaming with any of them other than the GPU.
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What are you looking to upgrade to? Another i5? If so I don't think you will gain any noticable performance. Why are you upgrading? You may only need a memory upgrade.
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I have an i7 and it was a noticable upgrade on my pc . if that helps. windows 7 ultimate.
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A friend of mine has the i7. I think the only real difference is he may get a few more frames per second in certain games. And I read that i7 can multi task better. But I assume that it would only make a difference if you were to run two to three really big programs. But being that I usually just play games or play around in cryengine or 3ds max that the i5 was a smarter purchase.
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got mine aug,2013. still going strong. almost 2 years later.with 3570k i5 overclocking too.very happy with it!
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Yeah, actually it would be a pretty drastic improvement, considering the 4770k has the highest single core cpu performance and if you have a decent cooling system you can get some serious results.
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I have no experience with that cpu. I'm running the intel 4770 k at 4.2 ghz I have it looped through an asus maximus iv formula mobo so it's pushing twice the route that it is designed for. benchmark is 984 at 86 degress Celsius. I think the only better option is the koolance stand alone unit but it's pricey
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No just hyper threading on I7 not worth extra money unless you do 3d disign or other intensive apps if it's just basics and gaming go with I5 the I7 will only improve fps by like 3-5 on games
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No. I use an Intel brix i3 or i5. If you want game too, then i7. Then get mSATA drive and 8gb ram. Mount to wall. It's solid state, quiet, runs and works like a champ! I think i5 is enough but if you are heavy gamer and have $, use i7. Good luck. They're cool!
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I got the computer about a year ago and I put in a Nvidia 750 and a new 480 watt PSU and it all went fine. The computer is quite upgradable and has a lot of open space inside. It has extra ports for additional ram and another hard drive. The only downside is sort of silly, the power supply that's in it must be somewhat unique as the new one I got and other I've looked at don't have a port for the LED near the bottom of the face, which indicates which power setting you're on. Long story short, you should have no problem upgrading this machine.
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It is a good starter CPU and as long as you play either older or less intensive games, it will do just fine until you need to upgrade. Alternatively, I have heard good things from Intel Processors, so it may be useful to look into some of those at the price ranges you are looking for.