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Upgrade to Skylake or stay at i5 2500k ?

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Hey guys I'm wondering with the new Skylake CPU out should I upgrade from my OC i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz.

 

I only am using my PC for gaming and very rarely for video encoding.

 

If I stay with i5 2500k I will save money by not having to buy another mobo, + DDR4 RAM and only then Skylake, but If there is boost in FPS I dont know should I go with Skylake.

 

Any suggestions ?

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If you're not running into issues with your games and the 2500k, no reason to upgrade.

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Not worth the money, just stay with what you have.

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No, that 2500K is still an amazing processor and will do great :)

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x99 and z107 is pointless for gaming, so is DDR4, non of these will make any difference in games... its basically like burning money for the sake of nothing... of you want to upgrade z97 is the only choice for gamers. 

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Wait it out until Skylake gets something of greater substance than a 6600K.

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No difference in gaming performance unless you have multiple GPUs

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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