Well I can somewhat put it in a better perspective for you .... real time hahah
X51 r3 6700 970. Upgraded to 6700k and 1070gtx
The 970 gtx is sitting in a previous Asus system with a i5 4460 now. The difference was almost nil intake with exception of a few games like ark survival that are CPU and Ram intense while loading but fps is 5% but I account that for the faster bus speed of the 6th gen
I can't answer #1 exactly as I don't know the relationship here, but I did find this youtube video with your i5 vs the top-of-the-line i7 offered in the R2. Even with the i7 having a slower 960 (vs the i5 having a 970), it looks like it i7 was faster all around. I'm guessing the thread count helps a little, but the 400-600Mhz bump is most of the difference.
You'll only be able to run those 4th gen (Haswell & Devil's Canyon) Intel's in the R2. This means the i7-4770 & i7-4790 variants. I'm also not positive what you're running, but with the proper power supply, you should also be able to run the K variants of these chips as well. (e.g. i7-4790k) but you'll want to watch your PSU/TDP.
Also be careful the K variants shipped with liquid cooling, so your temps might get a little rough on stock air if you really push for power here.
Well my understading is that the difference in framerates would be minimal, about 5% or smthin like that.
Would u agree?
For 300 euro (greece here) I dont know how worth it is it really. And in terms of a longetivity of the machine I dont know how much it would add... probly a waste of money...
CometusCrimsonion
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January 31st, 2017 02:00
Follow up:
Here's a reddit post with your same question basically.
The real right answer here is you'll need to check CPU usage for whatever specific games you're playing.
Likely the ~$300 price point isn't worth it for most games it seems?
89fordprobee
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January 31st, 2017 06:00
Well I can somewhat put it in a better perspective for you .... real time hahah
X51 r3 6700 970. Upgraded to 6700k and 1070gtx
The 970 gtx is sitting in a previous Asus system with a i5 4460 now. The difference was almost nil intake with exception of a few games like ark survival that are CPU and Ram intense while loading but fps is 5% but I account that for the faster bus speed of the 6th gen
CometusCrimsonion
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January 31st, 2017 02:00
I can't answer #1 exactly as I don't know the relationship here, but I did find this youtube video with your i5 vs the top-of-the-line i7 offered in the R2. Even with the i7 having a slower 960 (vs the i5 having a 970), it looks like it i7 was faster all around. I'm guessing the thread count helps a little, but the 400-600Mhz bump is most of the difference.
You'll only be able to run those 4th gen (Haswell & Devil's Canyon) Intel's in the R2. This means the i7-4770 & i7-4790 variants. I'm also not positive what you're running, but with the proper power supply, you should also be able to run the K variants of these chips as well. (e.g. i7-4790k) but you'll want to watch your PSU/TDP.
Also be careful the K variants shipped with liquid cooling, so your temps might get a little rough on stock air if you really push for power here.
Cheers,
Ravgov
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Thank u all for the replies!
Well my understading is that the difference in framerates would be minimal, about 5% or smthin like that.
Would u agree?
For 300 euro (greece here) I dont know how worth it is it really. And in terms of a longetivity of the machine I dont know how much it would add... probly a waste of money...