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Multi-million dollar Cheyenne supercomputer auction ends with $480,085 bid — buyer walked away with 8,064 Intel Xeon Broadwell CPUs, 313TB DDR4-2400 ECC RAM, and some water leaks
Is it time to upgrade my cpu for gaming?
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Montblanchill
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Most new games simply require an Intel quad, which the i5 suits perfectly.
I would stick with that i5 for a good while yet. I think you'll get a few more years no problem. That combined with a 970 will play almost anything out at the moment completely maxed out on details.
I would stick with that i5 for a good while yet. I think you'll get a few more years no problem. That combined with a 970 will play almost anything out at the moment completely maxed out on details.
bicycle_repair_man
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As someone who has a 2500K with no intention of upgrading it, I can say that you really don't need to upgrade. The recommended system requirements for certain games may state an i7, but in reality, the extra threads don't offer any meaningful improvement. Games are still about the graphics card, and the GTX 970 is arguably the best one in terms of its price/performance ratio.
Trenchcoat
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Depends what you want to do with your computer. You can get an extra ghz or more out of the 2500k if you have a decent CPU cooler and you won't have to upgrade. Otherwise an i7 is not the way to go for a gaming machine unless you plan on streaming or heavy video editing, stick to a newer i5.
I Also have a 2500k running at 4.6ghz with a small all in one watercooler.
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