i5-2500k vs i7-2600k and DRAM compatibility

4hya · Dec 19, 2011

a friend of mine told me that this board is better

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http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68_DELUXE/

I'd be buying i5-2500k and an SSD. and as for the RAM. I might be limited to 1600MHz since there will be not much diferrence... should I pick 1600 or 1333?

badger906 · Dec 19, 2011

I'd always go with an Asus board. I currently gave the P8Z68-LE model, don't need all the jazz like on board post readout and reset and power buttons, a simple screwdriver across the points does the same!
I'd go for corsair vengeance 1866mhz Ram. At default bios settings on an Asus board it will run at 1333mhz, but up the voltage to 1.5v and you'll get all 1866mhz of it. Plus the ram looks funky.

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4hya · Dec 19, 2011

what's the diff on LE and deluxe? features?

badger906 · Dec 19, 2011

The deluxe comes with right angle mounted sata slots, has bluetooth built in, think it has dual bios and cmos clear switch. As well as on board power and reset, and post bios readout.

Unless your interested in that and a hardcore over clocker than the deluxe is the better buy, but bear in mind I had my core i5 running at 4.4ghz air cooled

not tried since I water cooled it. So LE still packs a punch!

4hya · Dec 19, 2011

so. overclocking features of deluxe and le are the same. only the buttons? as I can remeber. LE only supports xfire and not SLI. I know for sure that deluxe support SLI

badger906 · Dec 19, 2011

well overclocking wont be identical, the deluxe has an added heatsink and a few more premium components, but the average overclocker wont benefit.

It wouldnt surprise me the LE not being SLI ready, as majority of boards are only crossfire ready. id go as far as saying its an 80-20% affair.

Im a single card man fan. Id rather have one high performance card, than 2 to do the same job.

4hya · Dec 19, 2011

I'm just preparing my pc for further upgrades. planning to have gtx570. and sli it with another gtx570 after a quarter or so. and planning to research further on overclocking.

so my best bet is the deluxe?

here in the Philippines. it's just a few thousands or hundreds of money here difference

4hya · Dec 19, 2011

the only problem here in the Philippines is that those components are very hard to find. hehe

badger906 · Dec 19, 2011

well go for the deluxe then as it offers SLI support, but youll need a large psu to boot id say 1000w+

4hya · Dec 19, 2011

yes. as i'ved researched. two gtx570 would need about 1200 psu above

GeneO · Dec 19, 2011

4hya said:
just wanna be sure to pick the right move. since my money is not that abundant. haha. Does HT pose noticeable diference? if not. I'm really going to buy the 2500k. which board is better overclocker? p67 or other chipset for 1155?
or. is that board on first post be a good overclocker?

Hyperthreading can benefit some depending what you do. Nobody mentioned the larger cache on the i7 (8MB vs 6MB). That might have more benefit than the hyperthreading.

I would get an Asus or a Gigabyte to overclock - not an Intel.

4hya · Dec 20, 2011

GeneO said:
4hya said:

just wanna be sure to pick the right move. since my money is not that abundant. haha. Does HT pose noticeable diference? if not. I'm really going to buy the 2500k. which board is better overclocker? p67 or other chipset for 1155?
or. is that board on first post be a good overclocker?

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Hyperthreading can benefit some depending what you do. Nobody mentioned the larger cache on the i7 (8MB vs 6MB). That might have more benefit than the hyperthreading.

I would get an Asus or a Gigabyte to overclock - not an Intel.

so the 2MB cache and HTT worth the $100? (not sarcastic)
but would rather be sure now before it's too late

GeneO · Dec 20, 2011

That depends on your use and how much you value a modicum of performance increase vs. $100

I would go for it. Wish I would have bought the i7-860 or i7-870 instead of the I5-760.

badger906 · Dec 20, 2011

Pc format magazine voted the core i5 2500k CPU still the best for gamers and the best value for money.

Its not the fastest in the world.. but the fastest will set you back £800...

the 2500k was only 5-10fps on average behind the 2600k in games testing. to me $100 isnt worth 10fps.. it only beat the 2500k hands down in HD video editing, but like the magazine writers said, the average person isnt going to edit HD videos in real time.

severedsolo · Dec 20, 2011

just my tuppence worth,

As the happy owner of an i-5 2500k I haven't found a game it can't play well at maximum settings yet. The only thing it occasionally struggles with is FSX, but frankly, that's only because in the area's I fly in where it lags, there are upwards of 600 AI Aircraft in the sky.

As others have said, if gaming is your concern, you may as well save yourself $100. It may not be the fastest, but it doesn't need to be, it's already way ahead of most games and applications anyway.

4hya · Dec 23, 2011

badger906 said:
Pc format magazine voted the core i5 2500k CPU still the best for gamers and the best value for money.

Its not the fastest in the world.. but the fastest will set you back £800...

the 2500k was only 5-10fps on average behind the 2600k in games testing. to me $100 isnt worth 10fps.. it only beat the 2500k hands down in HD video editing, but like the magazine writers said, the average person isnt going to edit HD videos in real time.

what do you mean that 2600k beats the 2500k at HD vid edit? do you mean a very noticeable diferrence? how 'bout photoshop? that's the program I mainly use. have anyone here tested PS CS5 on both cpu's? was there some significant diff's.

I'm confused again on what to buy. I usually use PS on hi-res large format designs as we are an advertising company involved in hi-res large format printing like billboards. so, a file would be at about 100MB min and 1GB at usual.

is there a downside for the 2600k having HTT? some says having it enabled causes some problems on other progs.

badger906 · Dec 23, 2011

Well unless you film in true 1080p and try editing in real time then the difference will be minimal, and unless you have the fastest SSD in the world, you'll end up waiting for your hard drive to write the file so that will be your bottle neck. PS wiil benefit from more ram than a faster cpu, and as the clock speeds are very similar as it is. I can't see the hyperthreading making much of a difference. Your doing it with your current system are you not? And its not taking a month and a day? So any new generation cpu will blitz through it.

4hya · Dec 23, 2011

yes. I'm doing it in my current setup. the only downside is that when the design has several masks or applying filters. the pc became more unresponsive at many times and you'll see lags

Wishmaster · Dec 23, 2011

If your Video Encoder (or any other mulri-threaded app) of choice will take advantage of multiple threads well, yes ..
Hyperthreading is a significant difference.

8 threads vs 4.

This was my sole reason for going with the i7 and i do not regret it.

However, if you rarely encode videos or work with HD resolutions type stuff, it may not be worth the extra cost.
But if you do somewhat often, by all means .. get the i7 over the i5. It will be worth it.

For gaming ... as mentioned theres really not much to be gained from HT. So do not expect the i7s to perform that much better than a i5 in a games.

4hya · Dec 23, 2011

encoding video? like encoding flv to avi? am I right?

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