2500K Upgrade

[XMan]

My main PC is going on four years old and the motherboard and CPU are pretty much the last pieces standing. I'm pretty satisfied with the rest of my system, would I see any worthwhile benefit in swapping out my CPU for a 3770K or would I be better served moving to a newer platform? I do a lot of video assembly and editing from HD camcorder videos, not so much in the way of gaming, anymore. (Still haven't beaten Half Life 2!)

i5 2500K @ 4.0
BioStar TZ68A+
16GB DDR3-1866
Radeon R9 270X

 

[Burpo]

Yes, even an i7 2600k would improve render times when editing video. You don't really need a newer platform..

 

[XMan]

The comparison benchmarks also show a pretty good jump, but that's at stock. What's the 3770K usually top out at?

 

[Ketchup]

With 4 cores and 8 threads, you should notice a nice improvement if you are using software that utilizes it.

 

[Yuriman]

2500K/2600K are slightly slower per clock but clock slightly higher than Ivy Bridge. I'd say 4.5-4.8ghz with reasonable voltage and cooling is the norm for Sandy Bridge, while Ivy Bridge is going to be more like 4.4-4.6ghz.