I5-3570k still worth?

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Fallensach

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someone was willing to sell their i5-3570k for 51$ and i still use a ivy / sandy bridge 1155 socket motherboard so would it be worth buying? im currently using a i5-3450 and i could easily sell it
 
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Depends on the rest of your system mostly. I'm inclined to say no, but if you have a nice motherboard then you'll be able to overclock the 3570k. But, if you don't have a nice motherboard then you won't end up being able to overclock all that heavily and at that point it will be wasted money.
 
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I'm still quite happy with my i5, but I don't play a lot of modern, AAA games. If you don't overclock, the i5 you're buying will perform about the same as the i5 you already have, but $51 is a very good price so you could potentially buy it just to flip.
 
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would a sandy bridge i7 2600k be a worthy upgrade then? or is it even capable on my motherboard (socket 1155 ivy bridge)
 
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The 3450 can be overclocked too, with an OC-capable board.

The clock difference with OC is not going to be that much bigger than the difference in the stock clocks.

OP, if you can sell the 3450 for $30-40 it's probably worth it.
 
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yeah maybe i thought about that
 
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my motherboard isnt an overclockable one so, GPU is RX 480
 
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