Upgrading from 670 to 970 with i5 2500k@4.5ghz

[j03h4gLund]

Will the i5 bottleneck my rig, and if not - what eventually will? This i5 isn't going to last forever... (See below)

 

[Arachnotronic]

You should be good, I don't see a need for an upgrade at this time.

 

[guskline]

No need to upgrade a solid cpu unless you want to.

 

[j03h4gLund]

I use my computer mainly for gaming, lately on an alpha version of Ark:Survival Evolved which is getting better but not fully optimized yet. So Im wondering how much of a benefit Ill see if I upgrade mobo/CPU as well.

 

[2is]

Ark: Survival is one of the worst optimized games in gaming history. I would certainly not plan my upgrades around a single unopotmized game. The i5 is good enough to warrant an upgrade to the 970, and yes it won't last forever. You can see some clear advantages already to having a new i7, but the i5's performance is still plenty acceptable.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I use my computer mainly for gaming, lately on an alpha version of Ark:Survival Evolved which is getting better but not fully optimized yet. So Im wondering how much of a benefit Ill see if I upgrade mobo/CPU as well.

I think you should wait to upgrade, at the very least until Cannonlake in 2017. You can sit tight with the SNB, knowing that you still have a damn potent chip, especially with a healthy overclock to 4.8GHz.

If you're the kind of person who upgrades because you like upgrading (*raises hand*) then obviously I'd say go for a Skylake or something. But if this is 100% about pragmatism, I would take the money you'd spend on a new CPU/mobo, stuff it away in the bank, and come back in a couple of years to get a lot more CPU/platform bang for your buck.

 

[Charlie98]

Will the i5 bottleneck my rig, and if not - what eventually will? This i5 isn't going to last forever... (See below)

See GAME in sig below.

No, it's still viable, and the GTX970 is a nice match for the OC'ed 2500K... but this is probably it's swan song. Ask me that same question in 2 years...

 

[poofyhairguy]

I noticed an improvement going from a 2500k to a 2600k with my 970. But part of that is I could overclock the 2600K higher.

I think both are a great pair to a 970, they will all fall out of date around the same time.

 

[Headfoot]

Yeah Ark runs like garbage even on absolute beastly machines. Nothing short of serious optimization work by the devs is going to make that game smooth

 

[myocardia]

Will the i5 bottleneck my rig, and if not - what eventually will?

A GTX 980 Ti @ 1080P, especially so if the card is overclocked a bit.

 

[tweakboy]

Get 970 for future proof...