so, uh, will i5 2500k be useful for gaming, and apps like video encoding, 3d modelling, plus photoshop until next intel tock in 2015?or is it dead when haswell comes out?
Haswell is coming in 2013.
Broadwell... 2014
Skylake... 2015
The i5-2500k should do fine for a few / several years depending on your expectations.
yah, currently OC'ed to 4.2 ghz..and it's fast enough to be at the top of the food chain right now..
oh well, just have to live with moore's law and do major upgrading for intel's tock at 2015..