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upgrade to i5 2500K or wait?

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gizbug

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Currently run a P55 chipset w/ a Gigabyte MB, and an i5 processor overclocked to 3.2ghz. Seeing how the i5 2500K is new, and has better overclock capabilities, and the new big technology is Sandybridge. Any comments on if the upgrade is worthwhile, or should I hold out til early next year when something new comes out? From what I've read, and been told, the i5 2500K is a lot faster at default that what I am running now overclocked, and there are huge advantages to running the Sandybridge chipset over my dated P55 chipset.
 
It's not worth upgrading only 1 generation. At least with Ivy Bridge you'll be 2 generations along but really, unless you just like upgrading often, I'd wait for Haswell in your case
 
If you don't HAVE to upgrade everything now, you stand to lose nothing by waiting to see what happens when Bulldozer is providing competition.

p67 - OC but no integrated video/onboard graphics
z68 - OC and onboard graphics + potential Ivy Bridge support and Pci3 possible on some boards (maybe!). Lucid virtu and SSD caching

SB is comparatively better to what you have in every way, but...

Do you need a faster CPU or one with more OC ability, or any of the features listed above? If not, maybe you are better off leaving things as they are and possibly skipping SB/IB as an upgrade- all depends on what you need.

If you do, go for it. An i5-2500K will last you a while 🙂
 
My system seems to run pretty good now. I thought SB was 2 generations ahead of my P55 board/chipset. Ill do some research on this IB and see what it will offer.
 
If i had your system, i would only upgrade one thing......and it's not the processor.

4GB of ram is just a little too low for my tastes. I can push over 4GB easily with several apps open at once. And i'm sure BF3 will consume more ram than the current games i play.

Try upgrading to 8GB of ram first.
 
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