i5 3570K to i5 8600K worth it?

[Agrovation]

Hi Guys I have a i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz at the o and it has been a few years since upgrading, I have an itch and am not sure it its worth it or not to upgrade to a i5 8600K.

[Lee H]

yeah, go for it!

come join the coffee lake club

[Millennium]

I went from 2500k (4.1ghz) to 6600k (4.5ghz) and I would say it was *barely* worth it.

Yours is a different situation of course, especially with the additional 2 cores, but my advice would be either to go for HT (8700k) @ 4.7+ GHz or wait for Ryzen 2 (or even Ryzen +) as we're starting to see games using 6, or even 8 cores these days. It's a good sign.

If you can get a good deal by all means don't let me put you off but I have Ryzen 7 1700 @ 4ghz now and I think I would prefer that long term (counting the platform) to 8600k @ 4.6 or whatever.

[Agrovation]

thanks for the input guys, the more i read the more I see that It wont make that much difference in gaming as i run a 1070 @ 1080p / 4k downsampled with g-sync so wont notice much real world gain.

I may do it just to do it

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

thanks for the input guys, the more i read the more I see that It wont make that much difference in gaming as i run a 1070 @ 1080p / 4k downsampled with g-sync so wont notice much real world gain.

I may do it just to do it

I did a review of a GTX1080 with an IB Core i7 here:

https://forums.hexus.net/reader-revi...enchmarks.html

The CPU only runs at between 3.5GHZ~3.7GHZ and if you have GSync that should help.

[dandyp]

I'm in the same situation with a 3570k @ 4.4ghz paired with a 1060 6gb, however with the cost of ram at the moment, I just can't justify the outlay, especially as Intel seem to be releasing new platforms every 5 minutes. On the flipside at 1080p it seems as though something like the ryzen 1600/2600 wouldn't be a huge improvement simply for gaming and general every-day tasks.

[Millennium]

Dandy I know this feel. I think you do kinda already have a strong basis. I would just add that For Me a change from 6600k about 4.4 to r7 1700 about 3.96 was a subjectively large upgrade. You may need to budget about 175 for decent ddr4 4 Ryzen tho

[dandyp]

Yeah, I think i'll just stick with what I've got until the end of the year, possibly see if the ram market changes at all. You can bet we'll all be picking up 32gbs of ddr4 if the pricing ever gets back to what it was though.

[Man-In-A-Teapot]

I looked at the 8600K as well, I've got a 2500K and its the first i5 since then that would provide a non-trivial upgrade. RAM pricing is indeed a big negative factor as I'd be wanting to go to 16GB as I've already got 8 (could have 12 because I changed from 4GB 1333Mhz to 8GB 1600Mhz 2 years ago and the 4GB is still here in a box) and doesn't seem much point just stwitching platform and buying DDR4 rather than DDR3.

[Agrovation]

I looked at the 8600K as well, I've got a 2500K and its the first i5 since then that would provide a non-trivial upgrade. RAM pricing is indeed a big negative factor as I'd be wanting to go to 16GB as I've already got 8 (could have 12 because I changed from 4GB 1333Mhz to 8GB 1600Mhz 2 years ago and the 4GB is still here in a box) and doesn't seem much point just stwitching platform and buying DDR4 rather than DDR3.

well I did the upgrade about a month ago and it went well and is very nice, manage to oc to 5GHz with a AOI water cooler without any issues, games and the system in general is much smoother and responsive

[emilsobo]

Depends, If you have the money do it! Its definitely a great jump in performance but the bad part is that you will have to upgrade your motherboard and ram since the 8600K doesn't support DDR3 Ram

[Corpsey]

Extra Cores are extra cores though

I jumped from a 2500K to a 8600K when I had the funds and it was a worthy leap.

[philehidiot]

I have an Intel i5 4690K and have repeatedly looked up whether the jump to a newer CPU is worth it. I have 12GB of DDR3 and so for anything meaningful I'd be looking at 16GB DDR4 on top of the mobo and CPU. I used https://www.userbenchmark.com to assess my full PC and what the effect on various metrics of upgrading would be.

The end result is that it would not be worth upgrading the CPU at all for gaming. Yes, absolutely if I was doing anything else but for games no. Put the money into a better GPU. Ask yourself the question "will the CPU hold me back if I put a faster GPU in?" and if the answer is no (which it will be, look at anandtech's latest gaming CPU review, front page) then go for the GPU.

Extra cores are STILL not being utilised properly by games. Just look at the scheduling problems where CPU 0 is fitting like it's on acid whilst its mates stand there drooling uselessly. Until this is sorted and devs start to use those extra cores the this whole cores race is like the power phase race or GHz race, etc, etc. More cores in a year or so might be useful as Intel have had to get in the game. Right now however I'd say you need evidence that an old i5 is holding you back. Benchmark, consider your usage and also consider RAM.

EDITED to correct CPU details. My head was spinning.

[chinmoypborah]

it good

[vincent8814]

Its probably not worth it tbh, I mean the power level jump for daily taska and gaming makes it pointless. probably better to have a better GPU and RAM as people have said above.

[bellapaul]

I did a review of a GTX1080 with an IB Core i7 here:

https://forums.hexus.net/reader-reviews/371410-cats-little-mini-showbox-apk-adventure-gtx1080-fin-now-moar-benchmarks.html

The CPU only runs at between 3.5GHZ~3.7GHZ and if you have GSync that should help.

I totally agree with this. CPU never run on full Hertz as they decrease it.