Is it worth getting an i5 760s 2.53GHz 8MB LGA 1156???

Bm4n

Man, if you upgrade for 50€ what the hell, why not. On the HT it's more noticeable on processors with few cores, in a 4 it's not as much, and less in games or that kind of thing, globally it increases performance by 20% more or less.

endermcx

I did notice that about the threads, the i5 has 4 threads and the i7 has 8, but I didn't know they were that relevant for a 20% performance boost...

Well, upgrading to 8 threads does seem interesting to me, and if I also gained a bit more performance in the processor... well, that would be a win-win! I mean, my current motherboard only has two memory slots, so I can't go beyond 4GB.

Now, I'm considering that I'm afraid I would also have to change the heatsink, because the Aerocool Dominator I have is quite old and not compatible with 1156/1155...http://www.hard-h2o.com/review/disipadorescpu/aerocool-dominator.html

so I don't know, the whole thing won't be under 100 euros, even though both the RAM and the heatsink could be reused in the future...

Sylver

@endermcx:

I had noticed that thing about the threads, i5 4 threads and i7 8, but I didn't know they were so relevant for a 20% performance boost…

Well, switching to having 8 threads does seem interesting to me and if I also gained a little more performance in the processor... well, that would be a win-win! My current motherboard only has two memory slots, so I can't go beyond 4gb.

Now what I'm considering is that I'm afraid I would also have to change the heatsink, because the aerocool dominator I have is quite old and compatibility with 1156/1155 is not really an option...

http://www.hard-h2o.com/review/disipadorescpu/aerocool-dominator.html

so I don't know why the cost won't go below 100, although it's true that both the ram and the heatsink could be reusable in the future…

I wouldn't spend 100€ to be honest. It would be more convenient to save up, sell your current equipment later and build a good sandy or ivy directly. One way or the other, it will be noticeable in a substantial way, and the sandy according to my calculations still have to drop in price quite a bit.

Regards

Bm4n

We're talking about a 15-30% (according to intel) but in the best case scenario, for example in a game there will be no difference in performance and in general you won't notice it. HT what it does is virtualize another core to fill the spaces between the execution of a code executing a second, if we talk about 4-core processors that normally there is usually one free... well that increase in performance is not usually noticed frequently.

You will really have the increase in performance due to the change in architecture which is what really matters, the rest are extras. You can look in the benchs section to see what difference there is between a Yorkfield and a Lynnfield, for example in Linx there would be around 10%:
@Linx:

6-Fassou: CPU - i7 860@3,36GHZ - 41.8408 GFlops
7-Xrayboy: CPU-Q6600 @3,4GHz 37.0235 GFlops

endermcx

puff now I'm in even more of a dilemma:

I think I'm going to get involved in the issue, I've reached an agreement with a guy from a computer store and he's letting me have the i5 760 processor at 2.8 ghz for 125 euros delivered to my house, new, with invoice (warranty) and with the standard heatsink (I assume it will be rubbish but for now it will do at stock frequencies until I calmly find one at a good price that suits me)

125+ 39 for the memory that's on offer now on the app = 164 euros, I think that's pretty good...

minus what I could get for mine... the investment wouldn't go up by 60

endermcx

man if you increase the processor performance by 20%, go from 4gb to 8gb and from a crappy motherboard that I have now g41 to something a little better (even if it's not a marvel) can't it be worth it?

by the way how is the intel stock cooler? very noisy? I love silence, hehe

Nemo

But that 20% increase would be if you get the i7, with the i5 you stay the same. Where you do have an improvement is in the RAM.
The Intel heatsink, as always, is rubbish. It's not very noisy, but it doesn't dissipate much either. If you're not going to touch frequencies it will serve you for a while, but don't expect great temperatures.

Best regards

endermcx

are you seriously telling me that an i5 760 2.8 8mb cache and a q9300 2.5 4mb cache, are practically the same? wow what an evolution there was then? because the q9300 is not even a high-end within the quads of 775.

logically with the stock cooler I wouldn't touch frequencies, I would leave it as is until I have something better.

The guy at the store who is leaving it to me for 125 is rushing me at most that I say something this afternoon, or I keep it or he ignores me…

Franziskaner

with the change of platform you gain that you switch to DDR3 and if tomorrow you want to expand memory it will come out well priced (compare prices of DDR2 to DDR3) for the rest …. I personally would only do it for the least (but for tastes...... colors)

Nemo

I couldn't tell you exactly if they are in the same range or if the Q9300 would be slightly above (proportionally in their ranges, not between them)

It does have improvements, but they are more of a "platform" type rather than the processor itself, increased RAM limit, new SSE4.2 instructions, etc.. while in processor the most notable thing is the Turbo and the increase in cache, which never hurts…
Here you have the comparison.
I would say that being a bit lower it equals the Q9300 due to the slight improvements.

Anyway, what really bugs me is the S that accompanies the processor, normally this S is linked to processors with lower consumption than the same processor without S. That is, the i5 760 could consume 95 W while the 760S could be around 82W (all of this is speculation because officially I haven't found it)
As I say, you will gain in RAM capacity but the improvement in processor won't be earth-shattering.

P.D.: I would investigate more deeply the origin of that S and its compatibility with the board.

Best regards

endermcx