Upgrading from an i5 2400 to an i5 2500k, worth it?

bashy · Jun 16, 2016

Hey guys,

I can purchase an i5 2500k for around € 100 on eBay (pretty cheap). Currently I have an i5 2400 that is bottlenecking some of the games I play, but not by much. For example, I'm getting 100 - 120 fps in Overwatch, and I want to get 144+ (on low settings). I was wondering if purchasing an i5 2500k and overclocking it might give me the additional 20 - 30 fps, I do have a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo.

Now keep in mind I play on 1920x 1080 and mostly on low or medium settings in all games, my GPU is usually at around 70 - 80% load in all games I play. I will probably upgrade the GPU once the RX 480 benchmarks come out, but my GTX 760 should be ok for now. If I wanted to upgrade my CPU to one of the new Skylakes, I would have to buy a new motherboard AND DDR4 ram, essentially a € 500+ upgrade, compared to just € 100.

My current specs:

CPU: i5-2400 @ 3.1 Ghz
Motherboard Model: MSI H67MA-E45 (MS-7678)
Ram: 8 GB Kingston PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM
GPU: GeForce GTX 760 2 GB Ram

Epicness937 · Jun 16, 2016

bashy :

Hey guys,

I can purchase an i5 2500k for around € 100 on eBay (pretty cheap). Currently I have an i5 2400 that is bottlenecking some of the games I play, but not by much. For example, I'm getting 100 - 120 fps in Overwatch, and I want to get 144+ (on low settings). I was wondering if purchasing an i5 2500k and overclocking it might give me the additional 20 - 30 fps, I do have a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo.

Now keep in mind I play on 1920x 1080 and mostly on low or medium settings in all games, my GPU is usually at around 70 - 80% load in all games I play. I will probably upgrade the GPU once the RX 480 benchmarks come out, but my GTX 760 should be ok for now. If I wanted to upgrade my CPU to one of the new Skylakes, I would have to buy a new motherboard AND DDR4 ram, essentially a € 500+ upgrade, compared to just € 100.

My current specs:

CPU: i5-2400 @ 3.1 Ghz
Motherboard Model: MSI H67MA-E45 (MS-7678)
Ram: 8 GB Kingston PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM
GPU: GeForce GTX 760 2 GB Ram

a new cpu and motherboard would be much better
why spend money on a already old platform?
as for a 480 for now your fine just upgrade the cpu and motherboard later

bashy · Jun 16, 2016

Epicness937 :

bashy :

a new cpu and motherboard would be much better
why spend money on a already old platform?
as for a 480 for now your fine just upgrade the cpu and motherboard later

Well, it would only cost me like € 50 really. I'm sure I can sell my i5-2400 for € 50, compared to € 500+ a new system would cost me. The CPU is still pretty good, it's only bottlenecking in Overwatch really. Only other game I play every now and then is LoL.

Epicness937 · Jun 16, 2016

bashy :

Epicness937 :

Well, it would only cost me like € 50 really. I'm sure I can sell my i5-2400 for € 50, compared to € 500+ a new system would cost me. The CPU is still pretty good, it's only bottlenecking in Overwatch really. Only other game I play every now and then is LoL.

unless you can find a i7 2600 or 2700 its really not worth it
the performance boost is not that great as you cant really overclock on that board

bashy · Jun 16, 2016

Epicness937 :

bashy :

unless you can find a i7 2600 or 2700 its really not worth it
the performance boost is not that great as you cant really overclock on that board

I see, I thought I could OC. I'm guessing buying the right motherboard would cost me another € 100 or are there any cheap alternatives?

Epicness937 · Jun 16, 2016

bashy :

Epicness937 :

I see, I thought I could OC. I'm guessing buying the right motherboard would cost me another € 100 or are there any cheap alternatives?

not really that i can think of. if your lucky you can go to a 2nd hand pc store and see if they have any p67 or z68 motherboards as thats the chipset you need. without upgrading your motherboard get a i7 2600 or 2700 or 2700k if thats all thats available even though you cant overclock these chips these will be faster than a 2400 in some applications
in my opinion i think you should get a new cpu and motherboard now and get a r9 480 when it comes out with an aftermarket cooler

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