Help me upgrade

supra · 10-02-12, 01:07 AM

Hi all

I think the last time Ive been on nvnews was probably over 3 years ago.

Anyway I'm looking to upgrade my mobo and cpu but unsure what to go as I'm a bit out of the loop with hardware these days

I'm thinking of going

-ASUS P8Z77-V for $200 (aud)
-Intel Core i5 3570K $235 (aud)

my question is any difference from 3570K and the normal Intel Core i5 3570?

also unsure with the mobo theres also LK, LX and Pro versions but they all look the same to me?

any advice would be appreciated.

AthlonXP1800 · 10-03-12, 07:07 AM

The difference between 3570K and 3570 CPU are K version is unlocked and the other is locked.

You can check ASUS site to add up to 5 mobos to compare the differences each mobo. All looked the same but each mobo has features removed to lower cost.

supra · 10-04-12, 03:00 AM

so I would paying another $20 purely so I can overlclock the cpu? i see. probs go K version then

thnx

**john19055** · 01-14-13, 06:43 AM

If you plan on overclocking then get the K series because it does overclock very good with the multipler.The FSB on the 3570k does not overclock very much. ,unless you go with the X79 and a i7-3820 .It has a ratio where you can change the memory buss to 1.25 and 1.66 .and get good overclocks but that would run around $280 for the i7-3820 and $220 for a gigabyte GA-X79-UD3,but you can run two,three or quad SLI with them because of the 40 lanes.But if you just want a gameing computer then the i5-2500K and the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 would do the job great
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072 they would run you around $348. The ASRock Z77 Extreme4 can run SLI ,plus you could get 16gigs of G.Skill DDRs 1600Mhz 1.5v at cas 9-9-9-24 for $75.that would be a pretty fast gameing rig for $423.The i5-2500K runs between 4.4 to 4.8gigs and runs cool.The i5-3570K with a decent water cooler will run around 4.2 yo 4.5gigs.It does run a little hotter then the 2500K .But still a good deal

10-02-12, 01:07 AM	#1
supra 2JZ powered Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Aus Posts: 1,321	Help me upgrade Hi all I think the last time Ive been on nvnews was probably over 3 years ago. Anyway I'm looking to upgrade my mobo and cpu but unsure what to go as I'm a bit out of the loop with hardware these days I'm thinking of going -ASUS P8Z77-V for $200 (aud) -Intel Core i5 3570K $235 (aud) my question is any difference from 3570K and the normal Intel Core i5 3570? also unsure with the mobo theres also LK, LX and Pro versions but they all look the same to me? any advice would be appreciated. __________________

10-03-12, 07:07 AM	#2
AthlonXP1800 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4,352	Re: Help me upgrade The difference between 3570K and 3570 CPU are K version is unlocked and the other is locked. You can check ASUS site to add up to 5 mobos to compare the differences each mobo. All looked the same but each mobo has features removed to lower cost. __________________ Intel Core i7 3770K, Corsair H80 liquid cooler with Noctua S12-1200 fan, ASUS P8Z77V with UEFI 1606, 16GB Samsung Green 30nm DDR3-RAM, Pioneer DVR-217DBK 22x DVD-RW, Corsair AX850 PSU, Western Digital 2TB SATA3 hard drive, Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic, CanonScan N650U scanner, Microsoft Internet Keyboard, ASDA Wheel Mouse Optical, Sirus's 2 3D speakers, 32inch Sharp LC32LE600 LED TV, EVGA Geforce GTX 670 SC 4GB with Geforce 306.23 driver, 30Mb broadband Virgin Media VMDG480 Super Hub, Aspire Xplorer Midi Tower, Windows 8 Pro 64bit.

10-04-12, 03:00 AM	#3
supra 2JZ powered Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Aus Posts: 1,321	Re: Help me upgrade so I would paying another $20 purely so I can overlclock the cpu? i see. probs go K version then thnx __________________

01-14-13, 06:43 AM	#4
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: Help me upgrade If you plan on overclocking then get the K series because it does overclock very good with the multipler.The FSB on the 3570k does not overclock very much. ,unless you go with the X79 and a i7-3820 .It has a ratio where you can change the memory buss to 1.25 and 1.66 .and get good overclocks but that would run around $280 for the i7-3820 and $220 for a gigabyte GA-X79-UD3,but you can run two,three or quad SLI with them because of the 40 lanes.But if you just want a gameing computer then the i5-2500K and the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 would do the job great http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072 they would run you around $348. The ASRock Z77 Extreme4 can run SLI ,plus you could get 16gigs of G.Skill DDRs 1600Mhz 1.5v at cas 9-9-9-24 for $75.that would be a pretty fast gameing rig for $423.The i5-2500K runs between 4.4 to 4.8gigs and runs cool.The i5-3570K with a decent water cooler will run around 4.2 yo 4.5gigs.It does run a little hotter then the 2500K .But still a good deal __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers