A Question of processors!

[Raven]

I am thinking of upgrading my PC, I was going to wait but I have some cash to burn and the wife will only spend it on something stupid like a dishwasher.

I was browsing processors and I can't see that there has been that much of a leap in recent years?

I have and I7 4770 which is a couple of years old now, is it really worth bothering to replace it? I can't help but think the £300odd would be better put towards a better graphics card and maybe a decent panel.

I have an AMD 290 atm which is starting to show its age in some games.

The memory seems OK, 16 gig of fairly high end for the time 1600

 

[caLLous]

You won't do an awful lot better than an i7-4770 without changing the motherboard - LGA 1150 became LGA 1151 (Skylake) for the next round of CPUs (i7-6xxx). The i7-4790k would be the logical successor but you wouldn't notice the difference.

 

[ECA]

It's absolutely not worth upgrading.

I'm on an OC'd 2600k and it isnt worth upgrading.

Wait for next gen gpu and upgrade then.

 

[Raven]

Thanks both, will leave it for now then.

I think building a PC for someone else must have made me broody.

 

[Jupitus]

Similar question really from me - is it worth upgrading an i5-3570k right now? I don't see a lot of improvement out there right now.... ?

 

[ECA]

Similar question really from me - is it worth upgrading an i5-3570k right now? I don't see a lot of improvement out there right now.... ?

Not worth upgrading at all.

 

[TdC]

tbh Jupilar not sure of the rest of your kit but you may want to consider a better GPU, more or faster SSDs and/or RAM. in that order really. perhaps just a reinstall if your system feels sluggish. if it's a K series, you could plan and execute a good OC if you have the cooler for it. if you do try that, always remember that CPU's are generally ridiculously fast anyway and if the rest of your system is behind the curve even the best of overclocking will rarely be worth the effort.

 

[Jupitus]

tbh Jupilar not sure of the rest of your kit but you may want to consider a better GPU, more or faster SSDs and/or RAM. in that order really. perhaps just a reinstall if your system feels sluggish. if it's a K series, you could plan and execute a good OC if you have the cooler for it. if you do try that, always remember that CPU's are generally ridiculously fast anyway and if the rest of your system is behind the curve even the best of overclocking will rarely be worth the effort.

I have a feeling it might be very similar to your (maybe old) rig teeds... i5-3570k processor with an ASUS P8Z77-V mobo.

The only reason I asked is that I have been getting some heat issues (not terrible, just hitting over 70c on the core)... I have decided on a new cooler and fan for the CPU and leaving it as is now. In fairness, just a reseat of the cooler on the CPU will probably help

Now then - is it nail varnish remover to get old thermal paste off?

 

[caLLous]

I have a feeling it might be very similar to your (maybe old) rig teeds... i5-3570k processor with an ASUS P8Z77-V mobo.

The only reason I asked is that I have been getting some heat issues (not terrible, just hitting over 70c on the core)... I have decided on a new cooler and fan for the CPU and leaving it as is now. In fairness, just a reseat of the cooler on the CPU will probably help

Now then - is it nail varnish remover to get old thermal paste off?

Basically, yes. Anything with acetone in it (or just acetone). Redoing the thermal paste and reseating/replacing the heatsink will probably make a difference if it's been on there a while.

 

[TdC]

some rubbing alcohol and paper towels should do it. at least 70%. just take the cooler off and clean the CPU while it's still in the socket.

have a quick look around your case and fans for dust too.

 

[ECA]

I have a feeling it might be very similar to your (maybe old) rig teeds... i5-3570k processor with an ASUS P8Z77-V mobo.

The only reason I asked is that I have been getting some heat issues (not terrible, just hitting over 70c on the core)... I have decided on a new cooler and fan for the CPU and leaving it as is now. In fairness, just a reseat of the cooler on the CPU will probably help

Now then - is it nail varnish remover to get old thermal paste off?

My guess is if you took off the current cooler and cleaned it, maybe removed and reapplied some proper thermal paste you'd see that heat fixed.
That said if your replacing a stock cooler with something better then yeah.

My upgrade order would be, do you have 8gb ram? dont bother. Then SSD and GPU. Even a 120gb ssd is worth it, just to make all your day to day programs and the most played game or two on it - can find them for £30 most of the time.

 

[Raven]

Looking into it a little more and I will personally be upgrading my CPU and motherboard (and maybe RAM) next year when the die gets shrunk. There doesn't seem a great deal of point at the moment.

 

[Bodhi]

I have a feeling it might be very similar to your (maybe old) rig teeds... i5-3570k processor with an ASUS P8Z77-V mobo.

The only reason I asked is that I have been getting some heat issues (not terrible, just hitting over 70c on the core)... I have decided on a new cooler and fan for the CPU and leaving it as is now. In fairness, just a reseat of the cooler on the CPU will probably help

Now then - is it nail varnish remover to get old thermal paste off?

Nail varnish remover? You big tart. I used some old Brut Aftershave I had in the bathroom cabinet. Cleaned the old paste off a treat and now my PC smells of 1973.

 

[Embattle]

isopropyl alcohol

 

[caLLous]

...big...

 

[Jupitus]

put a better cooler and fan on the cpu, and as I was doing so I saw that the thermal paste in situ was in a bad way - much cooler now, I'm pleased to say