Need help on upgrading my cpu please

[tpoar]

Hey guys I currently have an i5 2500k and therefore in order to upgrade to a new platform I would need to buy a new cpu, motherboard and Ram. While I will be doing this later down the road I was wondering if I were to pick up a i7 2700k (I can get one really cheap) would this improve my gaming performance at all in modern titles? I thinking maybe while it is still 4 cores maybe the 8 threads compared to 4 might improve performance on newer titles that make use of higher core cpus. 

 

Any help would be appreciated thank you

[-rascal-]

4 minutes ago, tpoar said:

Hey guys I currently have an i5 2500k and therefore in order to upgrade to a new platform I would need to buy a new cpu, motherboard and Ram. While I will be doing this later down the road I was wondering if I were to pick up a i7 2700k (I can get one really cheap) would this improve my gaming performance at all in modern titles? I thinking maybe while it is still 4 cores maybe the 8 threads compared to 4 might improve performance on newer titles that make use of higher core cpus. 

 

Any help would be appreciated thank you

 

It will depend on the game.

It will in some.... and with some others, it will be EXACTLY the same as a i5-2500K.

Some due to "slower" IPC of the Sandy Bridge architecture, and some due to 4-cores just not being enough (regardless of the number of threads).

 

 

[Slayer3032]

You'll see the most bang for your buck from a new video card, even a used GTX 970 for sub $100(if those didn't double in value) would be a solid upgrade from a 660ti. The sub $200 market is beyond broken though so I'd honestly only suggest buying used right now like a 1060/1070 if you can find them for a decent price.

 

Entirely depends on the games you want to play though where your money would be best spent.

[Loki0111]

Honestly I wouldn't bother. The modern difference between those two CPU's is minimal.

 

The i5-2500k has a pass mark of 4,090

The i7-2700k has a pass mark of 5,607

 

To put this in perspective a Ryzen 3 - 3300X (which competes again the i3's) has a pass mark of 12,777.

 

Outside of old games that is not really going to give you any noticeable performance bump in modern titles.