This holiday season I am thinking of upgrading my venerable i5-2500k to an i7-3770k. I am currently using an AsRock Extreme 3 Gen3 Z68 LGA1155 motherboard. Based on my limited research, the 3770k should fit in my existing LGA1155 socket. However, I am curios if using this new Ivy Bridge architecture will require a BIOS update to my motherboard. I've seen that if you are using a Z68 motherboard, I won't have to mess with the BIOS in which case I should just be able to remove my old processor/HS and plop in the new one.
Can anyone attest to the fact that Z68 motherboards do not require BIOS changes?
What about upgrading to a i5-3570k? Is the performance margin better there? The issue with getting a 2nd GPU is for whatever reason, EVGA no longer makes my specific version of the GTX 670.
What about upgrading to a i5-3570k? Is the performance margin better there? The issue with getting a 2nd GPU is for whatever reason, EVGA no longer makes my specific version of the GTX 670.
That's even worse than the 3770k, not worth it at all, i'd say buy an aftermarket cooler and overclock
So in your guys' opinion, assuming a budget of $300, would getting a 2nd 670 do more for gaming than buying say an aftermarket cooler and OC'ing my 2500k then just saving the money?
So in your guys' opinion, assuming a budget of $300, would getting a 2nd 670 do more for gaming than buying say an aftermarket cooler and OC'ing my 2500k then just saving the money?
You could get a second 670 and get a good cooler with that budget.
Assuming the Asus GPU for $200 is bought, what are some good coolers in the $50 range? I've heard a lot of good stuff about the Hyper 212. Is that still a good aftermarket cooler? Sorry for all these questions, I've been out of the PC scene for a little bit and so much new stuff has come about during my "absence".
This holiday season I am thinking of upgrading my venerable i5-2500k to an i7-3770k. I am currently using an AsRock Extreme 3 Gen3 Z68 LGA1155 motherboard. Based on my limited research, the 3770k should fit in my existing LGA1155 socket. However, I am curios if using this new Ivy Bridge architecture will require a BIOS update to my motherboard. I've seen that if you are using a Z68 motherboard, I won't have to mess with the BIOS in which case I should just be able to remove my old processor/HS and plop in the new one.
Can anyone attest to the fact that Z68 motherboards do not require BIOS changes?
The 3770k will also likely not overclock as well.
fm87!Also, your second gtx 670 doesn't have to be the same exact model, it can be any one you want.
They are going really cheap now, for like 200 http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=101
What is your psu? It might not be able to handle 2 670's
fm87!That's even worse than the 3770k, not worth it at all, i'd say buy an aftermarket cooler and overclock
Your psu is fine for 2 670's.
fm87!The cheapest is $250
And OP: It doesn't have to be the same clock speed as your current one. sli will clock both at the speed of the slowest card.
fm87!These games support it http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/technology/sli
Getting a faster cpu/overclocking will get you like 5 fps. sli will increase fps up to 75% ish
fm87!You could get a second 670 and get a good cooler with that budget.
fm87!What ram do you have? Some tall ram will prevent you from installing a large heatsink.
For the phanteks, as long as you don't have ram installed in the 1st slot you should be fine.
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