Upgrade My CPU?

[landscaper1]

I've got a tower with an Asus P8B75-M/CSM motherboard with an i5 CPU and 16gb of RAM. Is there any real advantage in upgrading to an i7 CPU? The i7-3770 appears to be the fastest option compatible with the P8B75-M/CSM.

Or will the upgrade from the i5 have little perceptive difference in post processing use?

 

[tkbslc]

You can't overclock on a B75 motherboard.

Why not? Can't reach Bios?

The B75 chipset can't adjust multipliers AFAIK, and BCLK overclocking is often very limited due to stability issues.

In the manual section 2-13. AI section. CPU ratio. And also voltage.

Only Z series motherboards support overclocking, per intel chipset limitations.

The manual for his P8B75-M doesn't have a section 2-13, so not sure what you are looking at.

Maybe you should look again.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/P8B75-M/E7993_P8B75-M.pdf

Scroll to 2-13.

That's page 2-13, not section. The sections only go to 2.9.

Either way, what you are referring to are not overclocking settings.

And please, just look up the chipset capabilities before you keep wasting time looking through manuals. Intel makes these chipsets and the processors, so you can't get around the baked in limitations. Z series are required for overclocking.

 

[SushiEater]

You can't overclock on a B75 motherboard.

Why not? Can't reach Bios?

The B75 chipset can't adjust multipliers AFAIK, and BCLK overclocking is often very limited due to stability issues.

In the manual section 2-13. AI section. CPU ratio. And also voltage.

Only Z series motherboards support overclocking, per intel chipset limitations.

The manual for his P8B75-M doesn't have a section 2-13, so not sure what you are looking at.

Maybe you should look again.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/P8B75-M/E7993_P8B75-M.pdf

Scroll to 2-13.

That's page 2-13, not section. The sections only go to 2.9.

Chapter 2 actually page 13 but it is still there.

Either way, what you are referring to are not overclocking settings.

Yes it is.

And please, just look up the chipset capabilities before you keep wasting time looking through manuals. Intel makes these chipsets and the processors, so you can't get around the baked in limitations. Z series are required for overclocking.

Chipset has nothing to do with it. If the multiplier and voltage can be changed on the CPU it can be overclocked. Asus would not put it in just for laughs.