is the 2500k still good

[Ferguson]

Intel Core i5-2500k @ 5,0 Ghz

Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Heat Pipe CPU Cooler, 2 Fans

 

 

is this still good and will it bottle neck a new 9950

 

when would the upgrade to the 3770k be needed

 

[Godlygamer23]

The CPU is still very relevant. And hyper-threading, according to various sources, will not be utilized in games ever.

[Samdb]

The CPU is still very relevant. And hyper-threading, according to various sources, will not be utilized in games ever.

Crysis 3 utilized hyperthreading.

[tp95112]

The CPU is still very relevant. And hyper-threading, according to various sources, will not be utilized in games ever.

Ever isnt a good word to throw around cause some day they will

[Godlygamer23]

Ever isnt a good word to throw around cause some day they will

I said "according to various sources."

[Emkryan]

Yes, you will get a (small) performance increase if you upgrade, but It's not a huge difference and certainly not a $200+mobo cost upgrade

[Theo]

The best upgrade you could do is a 3770k for the lowest cost. Hyperthreading adds around 30% of performance, so that plus the jump from Sandy to Ivy was around 10% if i remember correctly, you'd get around 40% increase in performance ( in uber heavy applicatons which are correctly multithreaded optimized )

[Godlygamer23]

Crysis 3 utilized hyperthreading.

The performance increase is not much at all. I'll throw this in here as well: https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/23120/hyper-threading

[Samdb]

The performance increase is not much at all.

That is very true.

[sonarctica]

I know for a fact it's still good^^

[Ddm5]

2500k's are still pretty decent, mid chip can overclock pretty well, I can push mine to 5Ghz on air.