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?

 

[landscaper1]

What software do you use?

PS CS6

 

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Your current CPU is pretty good - any performance increase will be expensive, and minor. This might change in the future, of course.

 

[Hot Tuna]

Do you have noticeable lag time now? What do you expect to gain?

I'm fixing to upgrade to an i5 from a 2 GHz AMD 9500 because of lag time and RAM problems.

Actually, I do have noticeable lag times now, but I'm also looking to the future when I expect to be working with even larger files than I am now. Maybe from a 5DS/DSr?

In that case, I'd suggest a more comprehensive upgrade to a new motherboard/CPU/memory, if not a complete new PC.

I concur. You do not want to throw good money after bad. I have never seen hardware cheaper then it is now. Great time to upgrade!

 

[SushiEater]

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?

 

[Skipper494]

No

 

[tkbslc]

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?

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Landscaper

Get i7-3770K if you can and overclock it a little. Your speed will double overall.

The keyword is "overall". Not all operations will be faster of course.

You can't overclock on a B75 motherboard.

I'm also highly suspect of your speed doubling claims, but not worth hashing out given the OP can't do it anyway.

 

[Robert Zanatta]

Agreed.

 

[SushiEater]

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?

 

[Robert Zanatta]

He has a 3470. As I stated earlier, single core performance is 10% better and multicore performance is 40% better with the 3770, while over clocking could take single core performance up to 30%.

 

[SushiEater]

He has a 3470. As I stated earlier, single core performance is 10% better and multicore performance is 40% better with the 3770, while over clocking could take single core performance up to 30%.

Who has 3470? OP has i5-2400s.

 

[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?

 

[SushiEater]

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?

 

[Austinian]

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.

 

[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.

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[landscaper1]

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.

 

[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.

Let's settle this whole debate. I am not interested in overclocking. Period.

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Somebody once told me "If you want to take a dump you need to push" :-D

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[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.

 

[Austinian]

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.

To be more specific, I've been unable to find an actual user of the Asus P8B75-M/CSM who's been able to adjust the CPU multipliers UPWARD, which is the point of the exercise.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1505184/can-i-overclock-with-a-asus-p8b75-m-csm-with-a-3570k

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...dsPerPage=5&body=REVIEWS#CustomerReviewsBlock

Remember, the OP has the CSM version.

Hmmm...maybe a simple BIOS flash from the plain-M version would work. I've heard of a few cases where the mobo makers were able to circumvent Intel's OC restrictions. But since the OP is absolutely not interested, this is a moot point.

 

[Twong]

I agree on the with the comment on 16 GB. My PC has "only" 12 GB and I regularly processed 100+ MB files with no apparent lag time. I have looked into upgrading to 16 GB multiple times but the conclusion was always the same: No Need.

16 GB is already overkill for most people. Unless you actually see your computer run out of memory, I would not spend the money. You can see how much RAM you are using in task manager under the performance tab. Unless you are frequently above 90% used, the extra RAM will go unused and offer no performance gains.

 

[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.

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