i5-2500k? Worth it?

[Luxpin_]

My co-worker has a gaming PC that he doesnt use at all that he wants to sell and it has a i5-2500k in it , i dont think it was overclocked and it has an Corsair AIO in it. What gpu would this CPU bottleneck? What could it handle? 

[FuzzyYellow]

it'll handle anything up to a 980 no problem. how much is he selling it for?

[yannickverc]

I used that CPU way back with an R9 290. Also, if you're lucky and you have a good chip that CPU overclocks like a f**king beast. I had mine running on 4.9GHz EZ PZ. 

[TheRandomness]

What GPU would this CPU bottleneck: Probably a 980TI. Or higher, Intel CPUs have a very long life. Also, what graphics card does it have/will you put in it?

[dizmo]

One of my friends still runs one of these with a 7970 and in BF etc he still gets more than enough FPS.

"Worth it" is both a relative term, and one that we can't answer without knowing cost. If he wants $1,000? Then no, it's not worth it.

[GodSpoon]

For most games its more GPU bound, so that CPU would be more than enough!

390x, 980ti or a Fury X would be happy with it  

Anything beyond a 980ti is pushing it  

[Luxpin_]

it'll handle anything up to a 980 no problem. how much is he selling it for?

He wants to sell me a whole system with that in it , a corsair 700w psu , corsair AIO and that cpu , 8 gigs of ram and a monitor and were not sure of the gpu yet but all for about $600 , he is willing to go lower too.

[TechnoTony]

2500K is still beast, if you can get it for a reasonable price. It should be fine with single GPU cards, but double GPU cards or the TitanX may slow down SLIGHTLY

[FuzzyYellow]

He wants to sell me a whole system with that in it , a corsair 700w psu , corsair AIO and that cpu , 8 gigs of ram and a monitor and were not sure of the gpu yet but all for about $600 , he is willing to go lower too.

if the GPU is decent, that sounds like a good deal.

[FuzzyYellow]

For most games its more GPU bound, so that CPU would be more than enough!

390x, 980ti or a Fury X would be happy with it

Anything beyond a 980ti is pushing it

what's beyond a 980ti that isn't dual GPU?

[Sauron]

It will handle anything just fine

 

what's beyond a 980ti that isn't dual GPU?

 

I suppose a watercooled titan x would qualify

[i_build_nanosuits]

He wants to sell me a whole system with that in it , a corsair 700w psu , corsair AIO and that cpu , 8 gigs of ram and a monitor and were not sure of the gpu yet but all for about $600 , he is willing to go lower too.

sounds like a pretty good deal honestly if you don't have anything and start from scratch it's a good starter for sure that CPU is a powerful quad core chip and will do wonders in games if paired with a good GPU...if you game at 1080p a GTX 970 or an R9 390 would be good if you buy new...used you could look for GTX 780/780ti or radeon R9 290/290X some of them go for pretty cheap...maybe you already have something that can drive games at 1080p in there as well or something you could sell to get money toward one of these modern GPU's.

What motherboard is in there?

[FuzzyYellow]

It will handle anything just fine

I suppose a watercooled titan x would qualify

Except the 980ti overclocked is generally the same, if not better than the Titan x on water

[Sauron]

Except the 980ti overclocked is generally the same, if not better than the Titan x on water

 

if you overclock both at the same level the titan x is faster - watercooling might allow you to do that