Buy a 2500K

[Oberon.Smite]

Would buying an i5 2500K used off of eBay be beneficial to my performance? Or should I just save up until the end of the year for a Haswell?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Would buying an i5 2500K used off of eBay be beneficial to my performance? Or should I just save up until the end of the year for a Haswell?

It would dominate your FX performance, but its up to you if Haswell is worth it,.. the 2500K can easily overclock to 4.4+ so that brings on equal par to the Haswell equivalent at its stock.

I'd say go for it for the right price... It's better than you have now.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

Probably save, although if you can get the chip and a mobo for cheap it would be decent.  Then you could oc the heck out of it, and try to get some extra performance.

[Albatross]

I say save up for Haswell.

[Statik]

I would save for haswell. Computer parts of ebay don't sit right with me. 

 

Hell, it would even be beneficial to just save and get a 4690k/4790k when they go cheap/on sale.

[siberiansteel11]

I VOTE FOR the I5 2500k! I just don't vote buying it on e-bay.. (long story) 

[amintha1992]

im still running a 2500K, at 4.6-7 or even have pushed it to 4.9 and above.

 

so its still a strong contender. just make sure you buy a good unit

[Demons Wrath]

That depends entirely on the price of the 2500k of course. I've seen some on ebay UK that were reasonably priced, pair that with a reasonably priced Z77 board. It could prove to be a very cost effective way of getting a very decent CPU for not much cash. Since you're going to be on ebay anyway, also look up 2600k's, 2700k's, 3570k's and 3770k's whilst you're at it. Maybe you can get a decent i7 for not much cash too.