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Is an i5 2500 non K still good in 2017?

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Hi, so recently my college was decommissioning their old Dell PC's and I managed to get an Intel Core i5 2500 from one of the IT guys there. I was wondering if this CPU is still good for gaming with the latest graphics cards of today or is it better suiting for something less like a GTX 750ti. I want to build a cheap used desktop and I was wondering if the 2500 is still worth it to build on.  

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If you got it for next to nothing or for free then I would say so.

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throw a 1050 in there and you got a pretty decent PC there. even a 1050ti 

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1 minute ago, Mohenjo said:

throw a 1050 in there and you got a pretty decent PC there. even a 1050ti 

would a GTX 1060 work? or would it be bottlenecked? 

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Just now, glitchmaster0001 said:

would a GTX 1060 work? or would it be bottlenecked? 

Probably will be held back, but if you can manage to upgrade the CPU later on (maybe to a i7 3770 or something) I'll get it. 

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1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

would a GTX 1060 work? or would it be bottlenecked? 

should be fine tbh, buy the 1060 now so when you upgrade the cpu and mobo you got a decent gpu. Plus it will be an improvement over a 1050 ti. but you need a new power supply i imagine 

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1 minute ago, Mohenjo said:

should be fine tbh, buy the 1060 now so when you upgrade the cpu and mobo you got a decent gpu. Plus it will be an improvement over a 1050 ti. but you need a new power supply i imagine 

Yeah, check the power supply.

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2 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

should be fine tbh, buy the 1060 now so when you upgrade the cpu and mobo you got a decent gpu. Plus it will be an improvement over a 1050 ti. but you need a new power supply i imagine 

i have 2 power supplies at my house currently. An Antec EA 650W Green and a Corsair TX 650W. which one would be better suited? 

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Just now, glitchmaster0001 said:

i have 2 power supplies at my house currently. A Antec EA 650W Green and a Corsair TX 650W. which one would be better suited? 

uhh use the antec one i guess? there both decent enough. 

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I had a 2500 with my 980 for a few weeks, only noticed a slight improvement with my 6600k honestly

So yes, it's still a very capable CPU

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12 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

Hi, so recently my college was decommissioning their old Dell PC's and I managed to get an Intel Core i5 2500 from one of the IT guys there. I was wondering if this CPU is still good for gaming with the latest graphics cards of today or is it better suiting for something less like a GTX 750ti. I want to build a cheap used desktop and I was wondering if the 2500 is still worth it to build on.  

it should be good up to a RX 480 or GTX 1060 for 1080p in most modern games.

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1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

it should be good up to a RX 480 or GTX 1060 for 1080p in most modern games.

yeah I'm only staying at 1080p. Sorry that I forgot to mention that earlier. 

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12 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

i have 2 power supplies at my house currently. An Antec EA 650W Green and a Corsair TX 650W. which one would be better suited? 

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1060 6GB or 480 would be a good pairing for the 2500.

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