Upgrade to i5 2500k or GTX 680?

chawliethefair · 04-02-12, 09:02 PM

Hai

So, short story short, I have crossfired 6870s and an FX 6100 @ 4.2 ghz, getting bad scaling in games, wondering if it is worth it to get an i5 2500k and overclock as far as I can. If I do get it, the mobo is the Gigabyte UD3H-B3. Will cost me about $370 for the upgrade.
So, is it worth it?

OTHER OPTION:
Throw out 6870s, buy a GTX 680, keep FX 6100

If you have any other ideas, please share them

Knufire · 04-02-12, 09:11 PM

I'd take the GTX680 over the 2500K, change the CPU after IB comes out.

chawliethefair · 04-02-12, 09:28 PM

But will the FX 6100 be a horrible bottleneck with the 680? I can't find any one else on youtube or on forums with a FX and a 680, so I have nothing to compare it to.

Knufire · 04-02-12, 09:44 PM

It shouldn't, especially OCed. Bulldozer isn't the greatest but it's not horrible.

ivanlabrie · 04-02-12, 09:46 PM

Yep, it'll definitely bottleneck the card, but I don't think it'll be too terrible.
BUT it would be wiser to wait for IB, to see if SB prices drop or something, or if indeed IB is good or what.
My 2 cents...

chawliethefair · 04-02-12, 10:55 PM

Yeah, prob gonna wait for ivy bridge.

Cigarsmoker · 04-03-12, 04:25 AM

As much as a like the 2500K, if you do a lot of gaming, you'll get more benefit by upgrading to a 680. Instead of throwing out the 6870, you can easily sell it. Sell it soon before everyone else do the same thing and Nvidia releases more of their mainstream 6xx series card.

manu2b · 04-03-12, 04:37 AM

^ agreed.

avok95 · 04-08-12, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knufire

I'd take the GTX680 over the 2500K, change the CPU after IB comes out.

Totally agree.
I was gonna write that

Metlcub · 04-08-12, 02:53 PM

sell the card ya got, Get the 680, then in 3-4 months upgrade to Ivy bridge. I am amusing your board you have now is a AM3+, it should not bottle next the 680 at all I don't think. If it is a AM3 and not AM3+ then yea it may bottle neck a little. But with a good OC like you have, it would not effect you.

Sell the 6870's, get the GTX680, save up and in 3 months upgrade to Sandy bridge or ivy bridge, depending on how good the ivy bridge prices and performance is.

04-02-12, 09:02 PM	Thread Starter #1
chawliethefair New Member Join Date: Apr 2012	Upgrade to i5 2500k or GTX 680? Hai So, short story short, I have crossfired 6870s and an FX 6100 @ 4.2 ghz, getting bad scaling in games, wondering if it is worth it to get an i5 2500k and overclock as far as I can. If I do get it, the mobo is the Gigabyte UD3H-B3. Will cost me about $370 for the upgrade. So, is it worth it? OTHER OPTION: Throw out 6870s, buy a GTX 680, keep FX 6100 If you have any other ideas, please share them
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04-02-12, 09:11 PM	#2
Knufire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI	I'd take the GTX680 over the 2500K, change the CPU after IB comes out. __________________ i7-920 3.8 Ghz \| Venomous-X w/ Panaflo HS \| Sapphire Vapor-X 4890 EVGA X58 SLI LE \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 \| 500GB Samsung OEM \| Rosewill 850w \| Thermaltake Armor Series \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Secondary Rig: CM Elite 430 \| A8-3870K stock \| Radeon HD 6670 \| 500GB WD Caviar Blue \| 4GB G.SKILL DDR3-1333 \| ASUS A55 HEATWARE
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04-02-12, 09:28 PM	Thread Starter #3
chawliethefair New Member Join Date: Apr 2012	But will the FX 6100 be a horrible bottleneck with the 680? I can't find any one else on youtube or on forums with a FX and a 680, so I have nothing to compare it to.
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04-02-12, 09:44 PM	#4
Knufire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI	It shouldn't, especially OCed. Bulldozer isn't the greatest but it's not horrible. __________________ i7-920 3.8 Ghz \| Venomous-X w/ Panaflo HS \| Sapphire Vapor-X 4890 EVGA X58 SLI LE \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 \| 500GB Samsung OEM \| Rosewill 850w \| Thermaltake Armor Series \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Secondary Rig: CM Elite 430 \| A8-3870K stock \| Radeon HD 6670 \| 500GB WD Caviar Blue \| 4GB G.SKILL DDR3-1333 \| ASUS A55 HEATWARE
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04-02-12, 09:46 PM	#5
ivanlabrie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina	Yep, it'll definitely bottleneck the card, but I don't think it'll be too terrible. BUT it would be wiser to wait for IB, to see if SB prices drop or something, or if indeed IB is good or what. My 2 cents... __________________ "What it can take scales inversely with how much you want it to not die." Bobnova
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04-02-12, 10:55 PM	Thread Starter #6
chawliethefair New Member Join Date: Apr 2012	Yeah, prob gonna wait for ivy bridge.
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04-03-12, 04:25 AM	#7
Cigarsmoker Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada	As much as a like the 2500K, if you do a lot of gaming, you'll get more benefit by upgrading to a 680. Instead of throwing out the 6870, you can easily sell it. Sell it soon before everyone else do the same thing and Nvidia releases more of their mainstream 6xx series card.
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04-03-12, 04:37 AM	#8
manu2b Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brussels	^ agreed. __________________ Asus Sabertooth 990FX r2 PhenomII x6 1075t 4.25GHz/1.55v Noctua NH-D14 C&Q enabled 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600/Cl8 Sapphire 7970 Dual-x@1220(1.32v)/1775(1.62v) Hiper M 1000W 80+ Bronze Crucial M4 256GB Samsung SyncMaster BX2450 24"
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04-08-12, 02:53 PM	#10
Metlcub Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cumming Ga	sell the card ya got, Get the 680, then in 3-4 months upgrade to Ivy bridge. I am amusing your board you have now is a AM3+, it should not bottle next the 680 at all I don't think. If it is a AM3 and not AM3+ then yea it may bottle neck a little. But with a good OC like you have, it would not effect you. Sell the 6870's, get the GTX680, save up and in 3 months upgrade to Sandy bridge or ivy bridge, depending on how good the ivy bridge prices and performance is. __________________ Mobo ASRock z77 Extreem4 CPU i7-2600k @ 4.2 1.20v CPU HS/F Corsair H-100 RAM Corsair Veng 12gig DDR3-1600 GPU Asus DCII GTX570 Storage Hyper X 3k 240g , Force 3 120g, 2tb HDD DVD Samsung BD/DVD/CD Inputs Logitech G510 and G700 Sound X-fi Extreem / Sennheiser PC-350 Case Haf X Advanced PSU TT TR2 RX 750w My Heatware
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