Is the Core i5 2400 worth it?

[skipsneeky2]

Stock cooler as a whole to me is junk when i built up a i7 950 rig shortly after nehalem came out even with artic silver 5 and my antec 1200 case that damn processor at stock ran well into 80cel.

Put a cooler master v8 on it and between that and the gtx295 it was such a hot loud machine .

Lost interest later in gaming and sold the machine but yup when i get a 2500k rig up and running the stock cooler stays in the box..pushpin coolers are such junk and intel can include the fancy tower coolers the extreme chips get,but they won't...

 

[mrjoltcola]

About to build a system myself in a few weeks with either a i5 2500k or i5 2400 with the 1090t crossing my mind.

1090t where i shop is $70 cheaper then a overpriced i5 2500k at $240 but a i5 2400 is $200 .


Gonna slap in a single gtx570 and the question the Op is asking is pretty good cause i'm in the same boat but cause i wanna fit a ssd into my build .

2500K doesn't sell for $240, or at least, if it does, you shouldn't buy it.

$215 at the etailers
$180 + tax if you drive into Microcenter

Guys, the processor is the heart of the rig. It limits or enables everything else you do. Buying a GTX 570? 2500K, no question. Otherwise, what a waste of a GPU.

We are talking $30 here, go recycle some aluminum cans or wait an extra paycheck, or heck, get one used. I just bought a 2500K on the trading forum for $180 shipped.

I'm not making fun here, just trying to keep you from a bad case of buyer's remorse. The fact that you actually are asking means you want it, and it is low-hanging fruit compared to other chips like Nehalem i7s, the 2600K or the new SB-E stuff.

 

[skipsneeky2]

2500K doesn't sell for $240, or at least, if it does, you shouldn't buy it.

$215 at the etailers
$180 + tax if you drive into Microcenter

Guys, the processor is the heart of the rig. It limits or enables everything else you do. Buying a GTX 570? 2500K, no question. Otherwise, what a waste of a GPU.

We are talking $30 here, go recycle some aluminum cans or wait an extra paycheck, or heck, get one used. I just bought a 2500K on the trading forum for $180 shipped.

I'm not making fun here, just trying to keep you from a bad case of buyer's remorse. The fact that you actually are asking means you want it, and it is low-hanging fruit compared to other chips like Nehalem i7s, the 2600K or the new SB-E stuff.

Luckily made some money today so no question about it that now i can afford a 2500k and a gtx570 now a matter of waiting till i get paid

The game Skyrim should be more then enough evidence to show intel for anyone on a budget is a must,even if you must go from a gtx570 to a gtx460 just to be able to afford a intel cpu as amd as a whole is a terrible choice of processor.

I was at that point and not to happy but heck now i have a much wider budget range where i could afford both a nice gpu and a 2500k