CPU Specs Question

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   I'm comparing my curreny CPU (Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz) with an Intel Core i7 3770k 3.5GHz. This is because I have a Sandy Bridge CPU and I'm looking at what to upgrade next in my rig and I keep hearing that Ivy Bridge is supposed to be the newest and greatest. Please keep in mind I don't know much about computers .

2600K
CPU Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 3.4GHz/3.8GHz
Graphics Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 850GHz/1350GHz
L3 Cache - 8MB

 3770K
CPU Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 3.5GHz/3.9GHz
Graphics Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 650GHz/1150GHz
L3 Cache - 8MB

The 3770 does not look much better then the 2600 even though though it's the new chip. What am I missing? I got the info from Wikipedia, so maybe it's not reliable haha. Thanks for the education I'm about to get 

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RJEwing Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Jul 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Quote Reply Topic: CPU Specs Question Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 5:48pm
	I'm comparing my curreny CPU (Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz) with an Intel Core i7 3770k 3.5GHz. This is because I have a Sandy Bridge CPU and I'm looking at what to upgrade next in my rig and I keep hearing that Ivy Bridge is supposed to be the newest and greatest. Please keep in mind I don't know much about computers . 2600K CPU Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 3.4GHz/3.8GHz Graphics Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 850GHz/1350GHz L3 Cache - 8MB 3770K CPU Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 3.5GHz/3.9GHz Graphics Clockrate Normal/Turbo - 650GHz/1150GHz L3 Cache - 8MB The 3770 does not look much better then the 2600 even though though it's the new chip. What am I missing? I got the info from Wikipedia, so maybe it's not reliable haha. Thanks for the education I'm about to get

Orange7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 760	Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 5:27am
	Ivy Bridge generally only sees a 5%-10% performance increase at the same clock, so I doubt that you would see any very large improvement, unless you were using integrated graphics, where the HD4000 of the 3770 would be a huge improvement over the HD3000 of the 2600. However, Ivy Bridge also uses less energy.
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