How many of you are still running 1st or 2nd generation Core i5 CPUs?
I've got an i5 2500k and I struggle to see any reason to upgrade. Could someone enlighten me as to what the newer processors can do that makes my 5 year old i5 2500k obsolete?
Google 5820k gaming benchmark and weep
core i3 here
never going to switch
If you're not into gayming shit you have no reason to upgrade.
USB 3.0
>>55595330
Not OP but I am into gaming, but with a GTX 1080, there isn't anything the i5 2500k @4.5GHz struggles with.
>>55595279
Turd-gen i5-3470 (I know its not in the OP, but still 5 years+ old) and I experience no performance issues leaving me yearning for anything more.
>>55595279
i5-2400, gtx460, 8 gigs ddr3 @ 1440p. No reason to upgrade because all modern games are shit.
>>55595291
>Google 5820k gaming benchmark and weep
yea, weep that the x99 platform is terrible
One of the pickiest chipsets ever.
My Q6600 works for me
>>55595366
Please elaborate on why you think it's terrible.
>>55595360
What? 3470 is Q2'12
>>55595346
Almost all Sandy vagina boards have USB3
>>55595375
The Q6600 was quite a good CPU. Paired with a GTX 295x2 it was unstoppable in its day.
>>55595377
Picky as fuck with ram.
Boots slow as fuck, especially with 32gb+ of ram.
Worse than the i7-6700k in single and quadcore performance. Basically only good if you're doing server loads or running 4 GPUs.
>>55595414
>Sandy Vagina
Haha, I haven't seen that since the days of the Fermi housefire memes.
>>55595420
Sounds like a severe case of pebkac.
>>55595424
That's not too long ago tho
Almost gotten myself a housefire570
Seems like yesterday
>>55595415
Man GTX 295 was an unreal GPU at the time. Now it wont run anything on high.
>>55595450
What's Pebkac?
>>55595453
Indeed it seems like just yesterday.
>>55595466
>Pebkac
Problem exists between keyboard and chair.
>implying I'm not using a standing desk.
>>55595453
The GTX 570 is still a very good card and can be picked up cheaply these days.
>>55595479
So is the R9 290.
They are actually quite similar for their respective times
>>55595279
Last time I counted it was about 77 people
>>55595507
The GTX 570 can be had for £30-£40
An R9 290 still fetches £150.
>>55595531
Do you even read?
My comparison was mostly based on the power consumption compared to their counterpart of the opposite brand and their interesting price point x years after introduction.
>>55595279
i5 750 here. I don't really see a huge reason to upgrade, but I am replacing my hard drives - all of them and I need more memory because 8GB isn't cutting it for my needs so I'm actually going to upgrade everything including the processor - old mobo doesn't even support SATA3.
The processor is still good enough even today, but I found it severely lacking in encoding speed and the time it took to 7zip data.
>>55595279
I use an HD 5750 and a Q6600. For being 9 years old this CPU is awesome. Best $25 I've ever spent.
I went from a phenom ii x6 1100t to this.
>>55595686
I have one of these it's great on an H81 motherboard.
>>55595695
Yeah I agree It does everything I need it to, I cant imagine any real reason I'd need to upgrade.
I paired it with a z97 board and 270x and overclocked to 4.3ghz.
i5 2400 and 7870 here. such a comfy setup, I feel like they complement each other very well. the most I think the 2400 can handle is a 290x before bottlenecking.
>>55595720
Was the pentium a real reason to upgrade from the 1100T then? Did you even have an oc?
I have an i5-3570k. Was rendering a 4K .png version of my model with ray tracing in Autodesk Inventor and I wished I had an i7. Only time I've really felt the need to have something better.
>>55595755
I'm not even sure if you can call it an upgrade.
Was using a board from 2011 and I was rendering alot of stuff in x264. Went downstairs to make a sandwich while stuff rendered. Came back to the smell of burning silicon near my computer. I took the side panel off and one of the mosfets blew up in front of me.
CPU was fine and I sold it to pay for a new board and the pentium.
Honestly it was way worth it because I had sata 3 and usb 3
>>55595279
No reason. It is the god processor
i7-920 @ 3.94 GHz here.
Only upgrade I'd consider would be a Xeon X5660 and hope for a 4.2 GHz+ OC.
I'll consider upgrading once you can OC Xeon CPUs again on the enthusiast chipset so I can get the same kind of longevity as I did out of my X58 platform. Haven't seen anything past broadwell-E though so looks like I'm sticking with the i7-920 for a while longer.
what about intel core 2 duo.
>>55595686
also you know its a good cpu when intel tried to send out patches of micro code to remove the ability to overclock.
>>55595818
Useless as it has no Intel Management Engine.
>>55595825
Stop using that shit.
And stop watching me.
>>55595291
Weep at how little we've progressed since 2011 you mean? The 5820K gets rekt in gaymes by the 6700K anyway, even clocked at the same speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwwaVGUFtk
X99 is a fucking meme. There are better options for both gay men and content creation.
>>55595785
That makes sense. The first year after I blew my money on a 2500k I felt dirty for not getting the 1100T for half the price.
Not anymore though.
>>55595785
What did you put on the sandwich?
I don't want to fry my components because of making the same error as you did.
>>55595838
the topic is about the ancient piece of shit 2500k not x99 vs z170
>>55595838
fucking Terry crews just got rekt.
>>55595870
Probably a turkey with pesto on foccoia
>>55595856
Yeah, if anything it was the same performance and some benefits for what I was willing to spend.
pic related
last screen shot i took on it
>>55595279
The motherboards are lacking some pretty important features.
My 1155 only has one 4 pin fan header, not sure about other 1155 boards but it's impossible to find a good one these days.
Another big issue for me is they don't have m.2, which is why I'm planning to upgrade once Zen comes out.
I3 540 here
my laptop has a 2675QM and it gets pretty hot, even with just mpv playing a stream
still pretty snappy with an ssd, sort of want to upgrade ram (8 -> 16gb) even though i know i probably won't use it
>>55595907
broadwell-e is actually faster than skylake.
>>55595365
>gtx 460 @1440
Yah okay buddy
>>55595785
what a retard
>>55596014
Similar for me, I have an old i7 laptop. It does everything I need.
shit.
i just "upgraded" to an i5-2400 10 months ago.
i was running a Core2Quad @ 3.4ghz
im jumping from an 8320 to i5 6600k getting it for free though
>>55596085
yeah, should've made that clear
it performs fine "for now," compiling my fizzbuzzes and watching my animes
battery life leaves some to be desired, but i'm neet so it's not such a big deal
still i would like to get a newer laptop for dem power savings and a 1920x1080+ screen
>>55595279
I'm running a 3rd Gen i3....
I went from a P4 to a 4670K
i7 - 6700 here. Intel a BEST!!
>>55595908
>5 core processor
I think you broke your computer
>>55596556
You are bad at counting
>>55596556
>>55596606
i still see 5 cores. You're move.
>>55595324
i3-2100, can handle demanding games but temp reaches 70c (living in a tropical cunt)
thinking of switich to an i5 3rd gen
>>55595279
can i still buy i5 2500k's at decent price?
>>55596626
You haven't gotten any better between the two posts.
>>55595279
Still on a 2500K myself. I am going to skip 14nm CPUs, unless my computer breaks.
>>55596663
I paid £55 for my i5 2500k a few days ago.
>>55596697
OP here, Th !e.FaLconO6 I'm honoured to have you reply to my thread.
I must give you credit for your hard work on parts guides.
what's the latest gpu I can pair with my i5-760? my hd6870 isn't doing me any favors anymore.
>>55596800
RX 480 was released after 1080, so that.
>>55596800
What's your budget?
>>55596775
That's a really good price.
>>55596864
I heard the RX 480 doesn't go well with older cpus. That any true?
>>55596879
something around 200$-300$ I guess.
>>55596898
>something around 200$-300$ I guess.
Still RX 480
>>55595279
I've got a 2500k that was running at 4.2 GHz until the motherboard wouldn't get to POST after a routine system restart a few months earlier. Motherboard that died in question is a MSI Z77A-G45.
I've been thinking of a replacement S1155 motherboard because this MSI is the second exact motherboard I got when the first one died the same exact way. Suggestions?
>>55595358
You could get more performance if you upgraded your cpu though. That's the point
i7 990X that I got for free replacing an i7 950.
still holds up well.
>>55595279
Still running i7 2700k, works like a dream when OC:d to 4.7 GHz. Does really well in CPU intensive vidya like Kerbal Space Program.
>>55597096
4.5ghz 2500k has the same single core floating point performance as an i7-6700.
Slightly more, really.
tfw fx9590 and coulda spent money toward an intel cpu/mobo combo rather than this cpu and memecooling
Just brought my 2500k from 4.5Ghz stock voltage to 4.7Ghz at 1.4v today. It did a few hours of prime95 and it topped off at 67C. I may try to take it to 5Ghz since I want an excuse for a new cpu.
Also increased the current limit to 120%. It probably allows the processor to go above 95W. Can anyone confirm that?
>>55595279
2600k@4ghz here.
Depending on how well Zen does, I might upgrade to next Intel or AMD offering. Current chips don't have good enough performance to warrant an upgrade.
>>55595279
Looking to upgrade to a RX 480 maybe, i only play on the Ultrawide
Rest of the system has been solid since 2011
Still rocking an i5-750 and it hurts so bad. Can't wait until I save up some cash so I can upgrade to an i7-6800k and 16gb memory on my desktop. After that I'll start saving for a new GPU but my 780GTX is doing fine for now.
I have a fucking lynnfield i5 750 paired with a 380. It maxes pretty much anything including witcher 3 at acceptable framrates lowest fps on witcher 3 was probably 20-30 fps on the latest dlc and stays above 50 everywhere else.
>>55597525
i feel your pain as I'm >>55597515
My CPU is such as huge bottleneck on my machine.
is there much difference in heat coming from the different skylake chips? planning to build a new htpc and want it was cool and quiet as possible.
thinking of going for a non-k i5 or i3.
>>55597474
It's 95W by stock. It's WAY above 95W if you overclock to 4.5GHz, let alone 4.7GHz. WAY above.
>>55595279
I don't see a reason to upgrade from 2500k till i want to play in 4k or mass 6-8 core CPUs are out
Waiting for Zen and/or i7 bargains. Probably will buy Vega in 1 year.
>>55595279
3570K at 4.2 running well going on 4 years.
>>55595279
3 GPU upgrades so far, 2500k still keeping up.
I've got an FX-6300 and an R9 280x on my main rig. Should I just say fuck it and upgrade the FX-6300 first (Upgrading to a I5-6600k) or upgrade my R9 280x to whatever shit is gud and new
>>55598529
>z170 motherboard
>1x16gb of DDR4
>i3 6100
>kaby lake comes out in Q1 '17-buy the new 7600k(same 1151 socket)
>be futureproof forever
You've already lost a year of 'value' on the 6600k. So if you want 'maximum' value you'll wait for the 7600k. By buying it right away you'll get the most out of it. DDR4's getting cheaper, so it makes sense to buy 1x16gb so that you can go 32 and 64 eventually.
The 6600k will be fine though and last forever. So you really won't be missing that much.
The i3 will edge by your chip in multicore. And crush it in single(double).
>>55595279
> i5 2500k
I bought this piece of shit
It's too powerful for its heat capacity and my needs.
I could've spent 150 less. And I spent $180.
>>55595358
calling bullshit on the 4.5ghz
>>55596047
most old cards are very good value.
even nonbranded chipsets can run games on medium settings.
>>55598729
You can clock a 2500k up to 5Ghz under water, so yeah, he's not bsing.
>>55598762
I've seen higher than 5ghz
But I don't think he has it.
I bought $50 worth of cooling and still run it stock because I don't like the heat.
Only time i overclock is to 3.7 (+0.4ghz) for rendering.
>>55598790
what
Still running a 2600k at 4.4 GHz. Sandy Bridge was the G80 of CPUs really. Years with no reason to upgrade no matter how much you'd enjoy just doing so for fun.
>people still try to force sandy 2500k meme
Ivy Bridge >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
just upgraded to 2500k...
>>55595824
Misinformed retard
Lurk moar
>>55595360
Fellow 3470 bro here
Running it with a sapphire 7950
Going strong but might completely rebuild pc soon
Ivy bridge here
>i7 3770k
>muh hyperthread perfomance
>>55598729
I have two older 2500ks they hit 4.5/4.6 on air as does the 4690k I have.
>>55595806
Supposedly most Xeon E5-16xx vx CPUs have unlocked multipliers
I am a happy owner of a 2010 pc:
Core i5 750 , 8gb ram ,p7p55lx MB
sapphire hd 7750 (most recent upgrade from 3 years ago)
Fallout 4 and xcom 2 still running fine on moderate settings. (huh games didn't improve that much in the last 5-6 years i guess)
I am planning buying parts for a new PC, though.
I'd really like to have modern standards on my new motherboard, p7p55lx is limited to pciex 2.0,sata 2, usb 2.
>>55595838
the 5820k is rated as an enthusiast chip, alongside the Xeon and X processors. they are not designed for gaming, they are meant for workstations and servers. i use the 5820k for rendering lighting in UE4 or working with 3d software where it is vastly superior to the 6700k.
>>55598933
Think SATA 3 and USB 3/3.1 have been the only real board upgrades.
DDR4 doesn't seem to have as big an effect.
>>55595358
>what is Fallout 4
>>55598944
Thanks for the tip!
I've completely forgotten about the new ddr4 and the countless debates here, heh.
Local retail/online stores in my country offer ddr4 at the same price of ddr3. It's around 75-80 euro for 16 gb kingston or corsair.
I guess i'll take the most recent one anyway.
Sure memory is really cheap now!
Still a bit undecided on the processor, intel core prices are quite high, and they vary from 180 eur for i5 6400 to 320 eur for i7 6700
i need to know if a10 amd is good for play new game?
I don't know the specs beyond that it's an i5 Quad Core, but I do know that it's never given me any troubles. Never gets too hot and can run pretty much anything. Also I don't overclock it.
>>55599145
this.
>>55598686
>>55595279
running my 2500k at 4500Mhz so its still good enough, but it is starting to show its age, as the performance there is around a stock 6600k
>>55598729
git gud son
>>55598946
A terrible game
>>55595838
Why do people keep saying the 5820k is cheaper than the 6700k?
x99 is much more expensive to get a decent setup. z170 is likely the better option for most as intel confirmed its supporting it for the next 4 years and with 10nm cpus
What are your thoughts on this card? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9896246&Sku=AS0-300804975
>>55599350
Literally no-one is saying that. When 6700k was released and it was being sold at above MSRP, the 5820k, including the cost of a MOBO, was only a little more expensive, so there was hardly any reason to get the 6700k.
Q: does it play games?
A: yes
thats all that matters
>>55595360
Just got that a week ago. Upgraded from a g2020. Got it for $100 at ebay.
>>55595279
The i5 2500k/i5 3570k is still very relevant. There is no need to upgrade now.
>>55595838
>The 5820K gets rekt in gaymes by the 6700K anyway
kek, how is 10-15% better single core performance "rekt"? 10-15% single core performance will only matter in a handful of games, and 99% of the time the reason you can't get 144fps ISN'T your CPU, it's your GPU anyway.
I can count on 1 hand the number of games that I play that are CPU bottlenecked.
And further with DX12 and Vulcan, 6 core+ CPUs are being more and more used, making that 6700k fall further and further behind.
Basically if you think you'll get a significantly better gaming experience on a 6700k vs a 5820k you're delusional.
>tfw i7 870 & gtx 660
>still plays all the games I want but I feel like falling for the VR meme + battlefield 1 probably won't run good on this pc
>>55600359
Xeon x3470 (£25 upgrade for my old i5 750) here.
PCIe usb3 card and upgraded to 12gb of memory recently. The motherboard is seriously on it's last legs though. I now get corruption on the post screen.
Hoping zen is good enough to upgrade too as I've had loads of trouble with skylake shit at work and would rather get a haswell at this point.
I just upgraded from my 1st gen i7950 to a 6700k this year. I honestly haven't had many performance problems with it, but I wanted to beef up my TV PC so I can play some newer games from my couch. With a decent GPU, it's still more than strong enough to play 99% of games at 1080/60 with no problem.
>>55600453
It's in a shitty dell so not worth me fucking around with it, I'd rather build my own pc eventually. I might wait to see how nvidias pricing gets before pulling the trigger on a pc.
>>55595279
Core 2 duo in laptop
Core 2 quad in desktop
No reason to upgrade at all
I'm still running q9550
>dat 2x6MB l2 cache
>>55600466
I thought I was the only chump using that model of PSU
I changed it for a cheap Corsair 700 GS I grabbed during Black Friday but went back to it after the Corsair crapped on me. It still runs strong my OCed i5 3570k and 660 ti.
I will probably swap it for a EVGA 750 G2 after upgrading to either a 390 or a 480.
>>55595279
Is Devil's Canyon a good overclocker? I can get a new one for cheap and I was thinking of turning my current i5 3570k into a mini-ITX emulation machine.
>>55598893
Same here, although I sport a Gigabyte 7950 which I OC'd to 1160MHz.
Frankly, I see myself buying an RX480 or 1060 in Q4'16/Q1'17
>>55595279
I just went from 2500k @ 4.4ghz to 5930k at stock.
5930k actually delivers a much smoother experience even in an old ass game like tf2.
I kind of regret not waiting to get an older i5/i7 instead of being impatient and just getting an A10 7850K.
Upgdaded from an e6750
>>55601584
something was wrong with your setup then
>>55595279
I bought a 6600K because I've never owned a core CPU yet, If I had a Nehalem or Sandy Bridge I'd still be using it like everyone else I know.
>>55602190
Yep, held onto old tech for too long
>>55595279
I got a Core i7.
>>55599196
I have an A10-7870K.
It's ok for games by itself (low settings 1080) I picked up an R9 Nano for cheap. Never had any issues with framerates.
>>55596014
Same here, old dell xps L502x sandy bridge core i7 26xx QM from 2011ish With an SSD and 8GB its still decent.
Couple of driver issues (bad support for Windows 10/gt540m) but aside from that (and weight!) it's great.
Have any of you guys repasted your CPU for better performance on older i3/5/7 chips?
>>55595279
i7 2600k @ 4.7ghz reporting in, using this sucker until it dies or intel/amd make huge performance gains
>>55602321
or you just had faulty software or hardware
good goyim tho
>>55595279
I have a i5 4690k, bought it for $80 over a year ago, runs fucking great.
Q9550 here upgrading to 6600k soon
I don't play too many games since I'm on Linux but my 2600k/7970 combo from over 4 years ago is still great.
>>55595279
i-What?!? I still run a E8500 @ 3.4 GHz with stock cooler. Not planning to upgrade as well. LGA775 is sooo comfy
>>55600466
what RAM setup is that?
>>55595279
Got a i5 4460, paired with my r7 360 im able to play many games on medium settings
still comfy on my 2500K running stock.
don't even know why I bought a K-series chip.
Still running Thinkpad W520 on i7-2720QM. After using throttlestop still better than 3, or 4-gen
>>55604730
Just 4 2gig sticks, I honestly don't much about memory configurations, but the first 3 sticks should still be running in triple channel even if there isn't anything else populating the last 2 slots right?
>>55597291
Nope, i7 6700 is overclockable to beyond the 6700K 4ghz speeds
Keep dreaming faggot. This is mine at only 4.1 GHZ
>>55597291
screenshot 2
>>55595279
i5 2500k @ 4.4GHz reporting in
Plus the 6700 is way more power efficient so your losing money in the long run
>>55595279
Core i5-2520M here. Everything I do works nice and fluent; no need to upgrade. We don't live in the 90s.
>>55599350
>z170 is likely the better option for most as intel confirmed its supporting it for the next 4 years
GL with that.
Jewtel has like never had a socket for 4 years
>>55605660
hmm yup. i saw a news article about a z270 board for the upcoming kaby lake. however, there might still be a possibility that the z170 supports kabylake with some kind of bios update.
>>55595279
Was on 2600k just got a 6700k. Sandy bridge is starting to show it's age on cpu games at 1440p and productivity apps.
>>55606519
Hi, me.
How do you tell what generation you have?
I've been using an i5 750 forever, the CPU is never the bottleneck.
>>55595279
I still run an AMD 1090t X6 perfectly fine. Runs every and any game. If it still fits your needs, I wouldn't upgrade. Probably not worth it. It isn't to me.
>>55606679
had mine at 3.6ghz on a stock cooler. bottlenecks dying light and gta 5 with an r9 290x. Upgraded to a skylake i5 (4.4ghz) and cpu usage in gta 5 went from 100% to ~40%ish.
>>55605344
>>55605321
congrats you proved you cant read lmao
