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So I recently upgraded my rig a bit, and replaced my old GTX 460 with a GTX 960 and now I'm thinking about upgrading my cpu. It's an i5 2500-k so what do you guys think, should I upgrade to something newer, or buy more ram (I've got 8GB)? And if I should upgrade the cpu, what should it be? It has to be good for gaming and fairly cheap.

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So I recently upgraded my rig a bit, and replaced my old GTX 460 with a GTX 960 and now I'm thinking about upgrading my cpu. It's an i5 2500-k so what do you guys think, should I upgrade to something newer, or buy more ram (I've got 8GB)? And if I should upgrade the cpu, what should it be? It has to be good for gaming and fairly cheap.

Nah, the 2500K is still alright for gaming and doesn't bottleneck the GTX 960.

my friend is using the 2500K with a 970 and it works fine.

Upgrade you CPU in SkyLake.

 

And your RAM should also be fine (8GB is plenty for gaming still)

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I'd keep the CPU for atleast one more generation. 8GB RAM is still enough for gaming.

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not NEEDED but if you want to get a upgrade that you can notice it becomes expensive quite quickly

 

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Seeing that you aren't bottlenecked, then i would totally wait for the next 6 months till skylake's here.

Then you could look into an upgrade just for more general performance.

Sorry, I'm just getting back into tech but isn't Broadwell before Skylake?

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Sorry, I'm just getting back into tech but isn't Broadwell before Skylake?

Yeah, but Skylake should be a much better architecture.

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No need to upgrade that CPU, but better cooling would be a worthy upgrade if you haven't done so already.

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Also check ebay ocasionally I have an penom x3 and saw a phenom x6 1100 for 35 bucks, check and my MB will support it. Hesitated and it was GONE :(. It was 35 bucks with a few bent pins but thoses are easy to fix. I have no idea why an x6 on ebay can cost more then a new fx-6300 or fx-8320.

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Also check ebay ocasionally I have an penom x3 and saw a phenom x6 1100 for 35 bucks, check and my MB will support it. Hesitated and it was GONE :(. It was 35 bucks with a few bent pins but thoses are easy to fix. I have no idea why an x6 on ebay can cost more then a new fx-6300 or fx-8320.

Buying a cpu with bent pins is asking for trouble to be honest because cpu is one of the most fragile parts in a computer so it's likely it was dropped.

Not to mention that the 2500k is far superior to the phenom series :D

 

So I recently upgraded my rig a bit, and replaced my old GTX 460 with a GTX 960 and now I'm thinking about upgrading my cpu. It's an i5 2500-k so what do you guys think, should I upgrade to something newer, or buy more ram (I've got 8GB)? And if I should upgrade the cpu, what should it be? It has to be good for gaming and fairly cheap.

 

I wouldn't upgrade. If anything, get a Hyper 212 EVO and overclock it to 4.2ghz.

That CPU can easily carry you to Skylake.

 

I'll likely be getting a 4690k/5675c(depending on it's performance) because I have no cpu at all and can't wait 4 months ;D

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Does anyone know if a z97 board so lga 1150 will be compatible with skylark i5/i7's ? I'm not relying on that they do but it would be nice that I can get the new Gen later on without doing a mobo swap :)

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Keep the cpu. It is still great performer and will not bottleneck up to GTX 970.

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Does anyone know if a z97 board so lga 1150 will be compatible with skylark i5/i7's ? I'm not relying on that they do but it would be nice that I can get the new Gen later on without doing a mobo swap :)

Unfortunately no. Skylake will have a new architecture meaning new chipset, known as the 100 series. Z97 is 1150, 100 series is 1151 pins.

However, the upcoming broad well chips that are coming before skylake, will still be compatible with 97 series motherboards

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Unfortunately no. Skylake will have a new architecture meaning new chipset, known as the 100 series. Z97 is 1150, 100 series is 1151 pins.

However, the upcoming broad well chips that are coming before skylake, will still be compatible with 97 series motherboards

Ah yes broad well that's what I meant. Whats the difference between broad well and skylark ?
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Nah, the 2500K is still alright for gaming and doesn't bottleneck the GTX 960.

my friend is using the 2500K with a 970 and it works fine.

Upgrade you CPU in SkyLake.

 

And your RAM should also be fine (8GB is plenty for gaming still)

I just paired a 970 with my 2700k@4.6 and there is no bottleneck. 

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So I recently upgraded my rig a bit, and replaced my old GTX 460 with a GTX 960 and now I'm thinking about upgrading my cpu. It's an i5 2500-k so what do you guys think, should I upgrade to something newer, or buy more ram (I've got 8GB)? And if I should upgrade the cpu, what should it be? It has to be good for gaming and fairly cheap.

8gb and 2500K is all you need...your limiting factor when it comes to gaming is your GPU...you should have bought a GTX 970 or an R9 290X

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8gb and 2500K is all you need...your limiting factor when it comes to gaming is your GPU...you should have bought a GTX 970 or an R9 290X

even a 280x would be an improvement
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2500k is still a excellent cpu, if you upgrade go i7 otherwise you wont notice too much improvement for gaming with a gtx 960

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I really don't need a better gpu, as I am playing on a 1080p 60hz monitor, and my budget was very limited.

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