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Will this processor upgrade gain me enough to be worth the $100?
I'm still fairly satisfied with my current system. It does what I need it to and runs all the games that I want to run at 1080p and at relatively high quality levels and a pretty decent frame rate. However, I'm considering replacing my GTX260 SLI setup with a newer, single graphics card, more than likely a GTX760 or GTX960 and replacing the processor. I just purchased but haven't installed another 4GB of RAM, taking me up to 8GB. I currently have a Core i5-750 processor and am considering replacing it with a Core I7-870. I'm curious if anyone could give me an idea what sort of boost/increase I may see. I guess I'm referring to mostly gaming as I doubt I'll see much speed increase when entering data or running reports in Family Tree Maker or surfing CNN or any other general tasks. I do a little CD ripping for my ipod and some ripping of my DVDs and Blu-Rays for use on my tablet and I know those can be fairly CPU intensive.
So, does anyone have any idea how the Core i5-750 Lynnfield and the I7-870 Lynnfield compare to each other?
Thanks.
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Last edited by bfollowell; 28 Jan 2015 at 19:54. Reason: Forgot to add system specs