Upgrade 2nd Gen i5 to 2nd Gen i7?
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Thanks again. I am using Hyperthreading. I have no performance hit. I didn't upgrade expecting a huge improvement. I did primarily because it was possible and was so for very little money. I also knew I needed to refresh older components. So while I had the thing broken down, updating the CPU made sense. If it was more than 40 or 45 bucks, wouldn't have.
To update to an 8500 I'd need a new motherboard. Defeats the goal of spending very little money.
It is interesting the thing is running significantly cooler than the i5. Some of the difference has to be new thermal paste and new CPU fan. But can't be the only reasons.
The i7-2600 is not just an i5-2400 with hyperthreading.
Why is Intel Core i7-2600 better than Intel Core i5-2400?
9.68% faster CPU speed 3.4GHz vs 3.1GHz 4 more CPU threads 8 vs 4 43.56% higher PassMark result 8328 vs 5801 0.4GHz higher turbo clock speed 3.8GHz vs 3.4GHz 2MB bigger L3 cache 8MB vs 6MB 11.73% higher PassMark result (single) 1915 vs 1714 0.5MB/core more L3 cache per core 2MB/core vs 1.5MB/core 165million more transistors (1160 million vs 995 million)You are 100% correct in terms of end use. I barely touched the capability of the i5. Would have been just fine to leave it be. I would not advise anyone to do so as if doing so would give a performance boost in PFSense.
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Hyperthreading enabled.
Hyperthreading disabled.
