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When will the 2500K be an outdated slow cpu ? Like in how many months or years do you think ?

Will anything ever push it all the way ?
 
Everyone is a little different. Some peoplke still use Core2 CPUs and others ditched them as soon as Socket 1366 came about.
 
MustangSVT said:
it depends on the user. some are fine with c2q even these days.
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Ditto. Just trying to keep up with the latest and greatest is an expensive hobby. For me, it's a tradeoff that involves the $$, the security and integrity of my data, and the need for ongoing routine use of the machine -- against that famous line from "Top Gun:" "Do you feel the need for speed?!"

Truth is -- and there's a thread here near the top of the stack per the old Q6600 C2Q -- I'm not even sure that for many purposes those old LGA-775 systems are just ready for the junkpile. I might have waited another year before building this system, in which case I'd be using an Ivy core and a Z77 board.

My fam-damn-ily is using C2D's on LGA-775 mobos -- one with Win 7 and the other (get this!) still using XP 32-bit. I just have to keep my hand in it while I keep up with the web-reading. . . .

Usually, I just build a completely new machine instead of harvesting my used parts -- all for reasons cited. There are certain types of "overhead," for instance if you use the machine for double-duty in HTPC functions and you don't want to mess with the HDCP reset and configuration.

For the 2500K, I think we'll need to wait for this Haswell core release just to "see." Ivy won't make the 2500K obsolete . . .
 
Considering my 3DMark06 doubled from 16,500 to 31,700 by just upgrading my C2Duo E8400 at 3.825GHz to an i5 2500K at 4.5GHz and using the same 2 eVGA GTX 460 1GB I'd say that my Sandy Bridge CPU will be great until the end of the world on December 21st, 2012.
 
the 2500k will not be outdated until 8 core via hyper thread is the norm for most programs.

4.4 to 4.7 are 4 cores on air is common for the chip.

that is fast for a lot of us.
 
what do you mean by outdated? cant run the lastest games? CPUs gets outdated every year

2500k will become like p4 i would say 2017-2020

C2D is doing great for most users so i wouldnt worry for a long time for a 2500k to become outdated
 
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