Reviews - Intel Core i5-3570K (22nm Ivy Bridge)

[PowerPie5000]

If you already have a 2500K then i wouldn't bother spending £150+ on the 3570K for such a marginal performance increase! I'll probably give Ivy Bridge a miss unless a 6-core version is ever released (for skt 1155).

[Nzyme32]

Just bought one, simply to move away from AMD and my paltry dual core 3.0ghz

[Lord Midas]

Looks like I've found my C2D E4300 replacement. Now, if only we weren't spending £7K on a holiday this year. By the time I can afford to upgrade this will be eaither much cheaper or superceeded by something even better.

[shayr1992]

This CPU is going to be the best available for a while it seems. It's a shame AMD have nothing to compete.

[Lord Midas]

Looks like I've found my C2D E4300 replacement. Now, if only we weren't spending £7K on a holiday this year. By the time I can afford to upgrade this will be eaither much cheaper or superceeded by something even better.

Quoting ones self can be a dangerous occupation. But anyway...

I've just taken the plunge and bought myself an Intel i5 3570k, Asus P8Z77v-LX mobo and 16GB Corsair Vengeance. Woo. Free delivery from Scan and it arrives tonight. Roll on home time.

[drewos1]

Definitely a great chip from intel however definitely not worth upgrading from the previous generation (Sandy Bridge).

[PowerPie5000]

Definitely a great chip from intel however definitely not worth upgrading from the previous generation (Sandy Bridge).

I only "upgraded" (i use that term loosely) from an i5 2500 to a 3570K as i was building a PC for my partner and let her have my 2500 so i got the 3570K... I didn't notice any real world performance at all (benchmarks are slightly higher). I did notice the core temps were a bit uneven and a couple of °C warmer with the 3570K though... Just realised how old this thread is too .



EDIT: Haha... This is what i said a few posts earlier (about a year ago):

If you already have a 2500K then i wouldn't bother spending £150+ on the 3570K for such a marginal performance increase! I'll probably give Ivy Bridge a miss unless a 6-core version is ever released (for skt 1155).

I was buying a new CPU anyway for my partners rig, so i decided to give her my old i5 2500 and keep the shiny new 3570K for myself . A 6 core Ivy chip was wishful thinking!