i5 2500k Overclocked vs a stock i5 6600k

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do you think a stock i5 6600k would out perform a Overclocked i5 2500k?

few reason why i ask, since i been having issues with my i5 2500k, being unstable no matter what overclock it is, just bluescreens no matter the volts or OC , back in the day it was stable at 4.7ghz but now even stock settings and it will blue screen least once a day, now i have tested my ram my hard drives and bunch lot of other testing , i thought it might be my power supply but i don't think so, because it blue screen on idle or load regardless , i even put 1.4v on that dot on stock clock to see if it will even not blue screen, and nope keeps blue screening i set it to 1.3vs still blue 1.26 still blue on stock ghz overall i think cpu is dying. with this alone has put a bad taste in my mouth in overclocking, i do like overclocking but considering that i5 2500k has had nothing but issues for past year, i just want a new computer all together to keep my GTX 980 ti from bottlenecking, right now my i5 2500k is bottleneck unless i push it hard, and yes i notice bottleneck , pretty much my CPU has be overclocked to keep up with my GPU, but im sure a skylake i5 6600k wont , not sure, either way im also considering haswell e 6 core or the i7 sandy i'm stuck really, not sure what route to go.

any suggestions is welcome
 
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In my experience the motherboard has everything to do with a good OC. That being said it sounds like one of your components (maybe the mobo) has become unstable. If that's the case and you are faced with buying a new motherboard then its worth an upgrade. Performance wise you aren't going to see a huge increase in fps maybe a handful at most. i5-2500K is still one of the best CPU's ever made and very capable even today. I was faced with a similar situation but I had a i7-2600 non K and I ended up moving up to a E3-1230V3 which is essentially a Haswell i7. Paired with my R9 390 my CPU has never hit over 55% usage while gaming and that's @ 3.5Ghz. I used to focus on the ghz also but believe me buddy its all about the architecture. If I...
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In my experience the motherboard has everything to do with a good OC. That being said it sounds like one of your components (maybe the mobo) has become unstable. If that's the case and you are faced with buying a new motherboard then its worth an upgrade. Performance wise you aren't going to see a huge increase in fps maybe a handful at most. i5-2500K is still one of the best CPU's ever made and very capable even today. I was faced with a similar situation but I had a i7-2600 non K and I ended up moving up to a E3-1230V3 which is essentially a Haswell i7. Paired with my R9 390 my CPU has never hit over 55% usage while gaming and that's @ 3.5Ghz. I used to focus on the ghz also but believe me buddy its all about the architecture. If I were you i would try to get my hands on a hyper threaded CPU instead. Don't be afraid to look at the the Xeon. Don't waste your money on a 6 core unless you know you are going to fully utilize it. The rest of your system looks great.
 
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