How much until good 1155 intel cpu's become obsolete?

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Hello everyone a simple question, dont tell me to buy a new motherboard and cpu because i just want to know this: how long aprox until the good/best 1155 cpus become to bear down my gaming experience? And i mean the good i5 / i7's, i have a i5 2400 as of now and dont have any problem, can even play ark survival evolved at a decent 60+ fps, i just want to know how much can the good i5 or i7 will last for future games
 
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There are a number of games out there where your i5 will already deliver a sub-40fps experience, and a 3770K does not stand much of a chance of delivering smooth 120hz gaming in practically any modern title. When 1155 is obsolete is a matter of perspective and expectation.
 
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I have an i5-2500k and have no plans to replace it yet. I'm considering going 6 or 8 core on my next CPU sometime next year. Once that happens I'll probably give the i5-2500k system to my sister and she'll use it for years to come I imagine.
 
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With Ryzen being released next month, it looks like CPUs will finally get a jump in performance. Intel CPUs are getting higher clocks, and AMD seems to advertise their new 8 cores to gamers. So, certain titles, probably PC-only ones, will push CPUs hard. However- games are made to as wide market as possible- so they will have to be playable to weaker CPUs as well. Most popular CPUs for laptops are 2core-4thread i5s, and AMD has no chip to compete there for now. And all consoles use 8 very weak cores, so multiplatform games also generally use CPUs sparingly. Vulkan and DX12 patches also usually reduce CPU load somewhat. So I guess there will be some time before most games need more than 4 cores- although for you - upgrade to used i7 would not be expensive and would help in new games, especially in Vulkan/DX12.
 
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Actually, finding a used i7-2600k, i7-2700k, i5-3570k or i7-3770k is possible but they are expensive.
 
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@noblegai, unless amd releases processors good enough like intel's and that dont make my pc an oven i dont plan to update anytime soon, good intel cpu's are insanely expensive, at least in my country
 
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Ryzen looks to do exactly what you said. Compete with Intel's best, use slightly less power and produce less heat. Lets just hope 3rd party benchmarking goes well for AMD when these chips are released.
 
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My Xeon W3540 Mac Pro (i7 940 equivalent) at stock clocks is still able to play a lot of games surprisingly well. At least, from recent memory, when paired with my dying HD7950, with 12GB of ECC memory, is able to run all three Borderlands games at 1440p 60fps~ish fairly smoothly, with heavily modified ini files though, and are installed on an SSD.

My i5 4460 with the same graphics card eats it for breakfast.

They're definitely aging, but are still very capable CPU's.
 
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Even non-K processors of those generations overclock by ~500MHz with Z-series motherboards. And where I live- they are not very expensive, for example:
Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4ghz Lga 1155 Kaina: 110 €
Intel® Core i7-3770 (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz) 140e
Intel® Core i7-2600 (8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) 100e,
etc.
Ebay auction prices should be similar.

 
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only k processor can be overclocked right? (safely)
 
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Chips of Sandy bridge and Ivy Bridge generation can be overclocked even if they are not K-series, but multiplier overclock on non-K is limited to only +4 to multiplier, which is 400MHz. This is as safe as it can be.
On top of that- they can be overclocked by increasing the system bus by a few percent. This type of overclocking increases clocks of other components as well, and is very limited- usually clock can be increased 3-5MHz on top of usual 100MHz bus, for ~100-150MHz extra overclock. So, non-K chips can be overclocked 400+ ~100=~500MHz safely, as long as they have better than basic cooler.
 
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