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sc94597 on 13 February 2016

I have i5 4690k which should last me fine for gaming. I do need multithreading for some software development, but I have been using OpenGl and the GPU for most things(programming Monte Carlo simulations of physical systems.)



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WolfpackN64 on 13 February 2016
JRPGfan said:
WolfpackN64 said:
Frankly, Intel's IPC improvements after Sandy Bridge are disappointing. The only real good thing about the newer CPU's are the newer features, and even those aren't spectacular.

And Intel have come out and said they are not working on improveing IPC anymore, but mostly focusing on reduceing power usage of their CPUs.

The thing that worries them the most is ARM IPC growing and a desktop version ending up becomeing popular.

 

If you have like a intel 6700k, chances are your set for the next 10years or something.

I have a weak cheap G3258 @4.2ghz (haswell dual core)..... but honestly even for me, thats enough for most things.

 

Also with DX12 and vulkan, CPU usage needed for games is going to drop alot.

True, but that might bite them in the end, especially on the server side where not only power consumption, but raw computing power is a must. I think, in a decade or 2, Intel will face problems from IBM's Power CPU's again.



episteme on 13 February 2016
Locknuts said:
episteme said:

I bought my 3770K 4 years ago and it will probably last another 4 years, lol.

Can be overclocked to 4.5 GHz with almost no increase of power consumption at less than 1.2 V. Maximum is 4.8-4.9, but I wouldn't use those settings over a long time.

I remember that the difference between Pentium 3 550 and Athlon XP 2000+ was massive and they were only 2 years apart.

From what I've read that's a pretty good overclock for that CPU. What sort of temps do you get while gaming?

60-62°C @ 4.5 GHz in Prime95 In-place large FFT´s. Gaming is a few degrees lower. Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E with 140mm fan at 5V (very silent). 

I have one of those faulty 3770K's that didn't transmit the heat properly from the DIE to the HS. I shaved it off with a razor blade and used liquid metal as the thermal compound. Quite risky, but it improved the temperatures by ~17°C.



Locknuts on 13 February 2016
FunFan said:

Well guys, I have great news for you. Exactly.

Well that sucks....



Locknuts on 13 February 2016
Ganoncrotch said:

Heh, Intel do certainly know how to make a good chip, I'm still a generation behind you again with a 9 year old Core2Quad (2 years of it's life have been spent running WoW for me, sad times) which has never had too much issues handling the majority of games, Considering its age (it was costly before) but it definitely shoots holes through every "you gotta upgrade a gaming PC every 15 minutes" argument that I read.

There are always those who will want the newest tech just because every PC gamecase seems to put the i7 on there as recommended now just because well, I guess and it frees them of someone having a PC setup poorly and not getting the most out of their older chipset. Still tho, gives the mistaken illusion that you can't have a great time with semi older pieces inside your beast.

One tech from the last couple of years (or moreso popular and cheaper in the last few years) is a good SSD, just from a quality of life, PC starting up in single digit figures of seconds, applications jumping at you before you click on them, if you spend a lot of time on a PC (even if it isn't gaming) you are literally wasting time out of your short life if you have your OS and programs on an old magnetic HDD imo, SSD will literally save you hours of waiting from your lifetime! And yeah... they're getting so cheap now that everyone should consider getting at least an OS sized one, at the very least. 240gb ones do not break into triple figures anymore.

Yep, they're seriously affordable now and the boost in overall performance you get for general tasks is ridiculous.

I was running a 60GB SSD in RST with a mechanical drive until last year, but nothing compares with a nice big SSD.



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Locknuts on 13 February 2016
episteme said:
Locknuts said:

From what I've read that's a pretty good overclock for that CPU. What sort of temps do you get while gaming?

60-62°C @ 4.5 GHz in Prime95 In-place large FFT´s. Gaming is a few degrees lower. Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E with 140mm fan at 5V (very silent). 

I have one of those faulty 3770K's that didn't transmit the heat properly from the DIE to the HS. I shaved it off with a razor blade and used liquid metal as the thermal compound. Quite risky, but it improved the temperatures by ~17°C.

That's awesome. Good temps too.



Scoobes on 13 February 2016

I'm in a similar boat. I built a PC for Skyrim and put in a 2500K. I upgraded the GPU to an AMD HD7870 a few months later and haven't really felt the need to upgrade since.

The 2500K really is an amazing CPU and even with the old GPU I'm still nearly maxing most games at 1920 x 1080.

I'll probably upgrade the GPU when the next batch of nVidia chips arrive, but I still don't see the need to update the CPU.




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Wyrdness on 13 February 2016

Have an i5 series in my PC as well, the period around 2010 is when things shot up for PC tech as I think Crysis raised the bar on pushing tech so CPUs and GPUs were being produce to run games of that standard as a minimum. The result is that the tech released has now got a ridiculously long shelf life even though new tech is still rapidly being produced resulting in powerful tech becoming cheaper, an i5 and any good GPU will probably see you through even the gen after this one.



FunFan on 13 February 2016
Locknuts said:
FunFan said:

Well guys, I have great news for you. Exactly.

Well that sucks....

But. But. Now you can rock your Sandy forever...



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JRPGfan on 13 February 2016
Scoobes said:
I'm in a similar boat. I built a PC for Skyrim and put in a 2500K. I upgraded the GPU to an AMD HD7870 a few months later and haven't really felt the need to upgrade since.

The 2500K really is an amazing CPU and even with the old GPU I'm still nearly maxing most games at 1920 x 1080.

I'll probably upgrade the GPU when the next batch of nVidia chips arrive, but I still don't see the need to update the CPU.

Honestly if you OC that gpu (your 7870), your probably set until 2020 :p

Any multiplat that comes out will aim for high settings & 1920x1080 on consoles, and chances are pretty good your PC will be able to play those games at simular graphics as smoothly.