Should I upgrade my I5-2500k to a I5-6600 for gaming ONLY
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Is your current 2500k overclocked?
If not I would take a shot at overclocking it and hold off until Q1 2017 when all these new CPUs come out.
The 2500k is nearing its end of life cycle but isn't quite there yet especially with an overclock on it.
If not I would take a shot at overclocking it and hold off until Q1 2017 when all these new CPUs come out.
The 2500k is nearing its end of life cycle but isn't quite there yet especially with an overclock on it.
When you say wait, do you mean wait for the next gen processor so the current I5-6600 can be cheaper for me to buy or do you want me to buy the new CPU instead(Cause I probly won't)? My 2500K is not OC cause I do not know how and are not into OC.
I am upgrading because I am planning to rebuild my computer with new motherboard, hard drive, and case. This current computer is dying. So If I upgrade, I want to know if is better to get the motherboard for my current processor or for the newer processor so I can future proof.
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It is better to wait for either upgrade option.
It looks like AMD might finally release some competition into the CPU market with their Zen lineup. The i7 7700k is also going to hit the market Q1\early Q2 and should drive the prices of the 4xxx and 6xxx generation down a bit.
I would wait and either snag a new generation CPU if the prices are right or I would snag a 4790k\6600k\6700k when they go on sale.
Your CPU will be fine at 1080p (especially with an overclock) at least until then.
Your 970 is completely fine for 1080p gaming too. You don't really need an upgrade unless you are running a 144hz 1080p monitor or a 1440p monitor.
It looks like AMD might finally release some competition into the CPU market with their Zen lineup. The i7 7700k is also going to hit the market Q1\early Q2 and should drive the prices of the 4xxx and 6xxx generation down a bit.
I would wait and either snag a new generation CPU if the prices are right or I would snag a 4790k\6600k\6700k when they go on sale.
Your CPU will be fine at 1080p (especially with an overclock) at least until then.
Your 970 is completely fine for 1080p gaming too. You don't really need an upgrade unless you are running a 144hz 1080p monitor or a 1440p monitor.
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DO. NOT. UPGRADE.
A slightly overclocked i5-2500K is almost identical to an i5-6600.
Even if you didn't overclock the i5-2500K for some reason, the benefits to upgrading would apply only to CPU-bottlenecked scenarios. And YES they do exist. For sure.
But... unless you want to go with an i5-6600K or i7-6700K setup you won't see much difference in those scenarios.
Regardless, I would definitely NOT consider upgrading.
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AMD's ZEN is also coming and should shake up the entire desktop CPU pricing scheme so it's a bad time to upgrade until we have the details on pricing for their lineup.
Possibly the best upgrade for future proofing will be a 6C/12T CPU (six cores with Intel Hyperthreading or for AMD it's called Simultaneous mult-threading or SMT)
I'm hoping an AMD 6C/12T unlocked CPU will be about $250USD.
A 4C/8T CPU (similar to i7-4790K) from AMD might be even $200 or lower but we just don't know.
A slightly overclocked i5-2500K is almost identical to an i5-6600.
Even if you didn't overclock the i5-2500K for some reason, the benefits to upgrading would apply only to CPU-bottlenecked scenarios. And YES they do exist. For sure.
But... unless you want to go with an i5-6600K or i7-6700K setup you won't see much difference in those scenarios.
Regardless, I would definitely NOT consider upgrading.
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AMD's ZEN is also coming and should shake up the entire desktop CPU pricing scheme so it's a bad time to upgrade until we have the details on pricing for their lineup.
Possibly the best upgrade for future proofing will be a 6C/12T CPU (six cores with Intel Hyperthreading or for AMD it's called Simultaneous mult-threading or SMT)
I'm hoping an AMD 6C/12T unlocked CPU will be about $250USD.
A 4C/8T CPU (similar to i7-4790K) from AMD might be even $200 or lower but we just don't know.
the i5-2500k is a very friendly OC chip. I just set my voltage to auto and then set multiplier to 45. voltage in prime95 is about 1.3, in games a little lower, sometimes voltage spikes to 1.35. don't really care, it doesn't seem to hurt anything.
it's also a very good chip that is still very viable today. I have a gtx 1070 (evga sc) and I basically play ultra in everything, all maxed out, with anywhere between 75fps (witcher 3) to 90 fps (bf1) to 144 (doom). yeah, I think i'm ok with not upgrading for a while.
it's also a very good chip that is still very viable today. I have a gtx 1070 (evga sc) and I basically play ultra in everything, all maxed out, with anywhere between 75fps (witcher 3) to 90 fps (bf1) to 144 (doom). yeah, I think i'm ok with not upgrading for a while.
first of all, I'd need to know how much $$ the OP has to spend. Secondly, I'd need to know what he means by "dying".
generally, a "dying" pc only has one major bad component. if $ is an issue, it'd be best to simply fix that problem and continue gaming as both the i5-2500k and the 970 are very viable parts.
generally, a "dying" pc only has one major bad component. if $ is an issue, it'd be best to simply fix that problem and continue gaming as both the i5-2500k and the 970 are very viable parts.
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