Cpu for gaming

[Tedol]

my i5-2500k lately working not very good, soo i will buy a new system... so take i5-6500 or pay more and take i5-6600? ... not K... just for games 

[RyanMacRocks]

6500. 6600 is not worth the extra money unless you get the 6600k.

[Memories4K]

Not overclocking? Get the 6500.

[HeyKitty]

I still game on the i5-2500K with most things on high/ultra

[Stardar1]

if youve got the cash, 6500, if not, 4460

[Kobathor]

Get the 6500 or the 6600K, the regular 6600 isn't that big of an upgrade from the 6500.

[Patrick Bateman]

overclocking might help for games so i would get a 6600k and a cheap cpu cooler and start overclocking

[Tedol]

Overclocking... it will make+10-15 fps.... but it i overpay like 100 Euro 

[GM_Peka]

what's the price delta between the 6500 and the 6600 for you? The 6600 is about 8% faster FYI (3.6GHz vs 3.9GHz). But some games will not really appreciate that 8% very much if they aren't CPU heavy.

[i_build_nanosuits]

why not getting haswell and re-use your ram? you'd save money and performance is very similar...you could go with an i5-4590 or even an i5-4690 for example and it would be cheaper.

[GM_Peka]

Overclocking... it will make+10-15 fps.... but it i overpay like 100 Euro 

Overclocking your CPU will not do that much. More like 5-10% fps in a decent case. Or 15% in a game that really likes CPU speed (assuming about a 4.6GHz overclock). Some game will hardly see a 1% improvement though.

 

You often see a far more pronounce difference when overclocking your video card, and plus GPU overclocking is a lot easier to validate.

[Memories4K]

why not getting haswell and re-use your ram? you'd save money and performance is very similar...you could go with an i5-4590 or even an i5-4690 for example and it would be cheaper.

A 4590 is roughly the equivalent of a 6500 OP.

The 6500 is about 8% faster than the 4590, and the 4590 is about 4% faster than stock 2500k, but you'd save cash on RAM.

If you're willing to reuse the old DDR3 RAM then it would be an option.

Although i'd say there's no reason to upgrade.

Buy a cooler and OC that 2500k.

You'd get better performance than both.

[i_build_nanosuits]

A 4590 is roughly the equivalent of a 6500 OP.

The 6500 is about 8% faster than the 4590, and the 4590 is about 4% faster than stock 2500k, but you'd save cash on RAM.

If you're willing to reuse the old DDR3 RAM then it would be an option.

Although i'd say there's no reason to upgrade.

Buy a cooler and OC that 2500k.

You'd get better performance than both.

when he said ''2500k not working very good lately'' i assumed the CPU was dying and needed replacement.

the i5-6500 is in no way a worthy upgrade to the legendary i5-2500K, neither is the i5-4590 or any other core i5 CPU, give me 15 minutes with a somewhat good specimen and it will compete with the i5-6500 all day long. Many of these were able to reach 4.8ghz.

[Memories4K]

when he said ''2500k not working very good lately'' i assumed the CPU was dying and needed replacement.

the i5-6500 is in no way a worthy upgrade to the legendary i5-2500K, neither is the i5-4590 or any other core i5 CPU, give me 15 minutes with a somewhat good specimen and it will compete with the i5-6500 all day long. Many of these were able to reach 4.8ghz.

That's what i said.

[Tedol]

for games i don't need 4.8 Ghz, just 3.6 on 6500 is fine 

[Prysin]

i would suggest a 6500

but do buy a z170 board + 3000-3200MHz RAM

this will allow you to upgrade to a i7 "K" later one, and the faster RAM (it costs barely any more then 2133MHz) will help your i5 be even faster.

 

the difference between 2133 and 3200 MHz RAM would be around 5-10 FPS at best, but the cost per FPS is quite low, as the price difference between 2133 abd 3200 MHz is very low.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $347.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-04 14:31 EST-0500

 

 

this is what i would suggest.

[Tedol]

i will upgrade in 3-4 year after this rebuild

[Gidoguy]

my i5-2500k lately working not very good, soo i will buy a new system... so take i5-6500 or pay more and take i5-6600? ... not K... just for games 

If you go skylake, then you'll have to buy new ram as well as a new motherboard as Skylake are only compatible with DDR4 ram

[Gidoguy]

for games i don't need 4.8 Ghz, just 3.6 on 6500 is fine 

You do if you wan't better gaming performance. Get an i5 6600k, not an i7, they're overkill and only worth it if your build is going to cost $1200+ including the processor

[Tedol]

yes, i know and i will do it

 And i missclick "the best comment" 

[Tedol]

You do if you wan't better gaming performance. Get an i5 6600k, not an i7, they're overkill and only worth it if your build is going to cost $1200+ including the processor

I have gtx 980 ti.... so, update is not  big

[Gidoguy]

yes, i know and i will do it

 And i missclick "the best comment" 

Cheers, just make sure you spend money on your pc in proportion. Don't get a $500 cpu and a $70 motherboard, spend about $320 cpu and a $150 motherboard, you'll get better performance over the board, people have misconceptions and think that expensive motherboards aren't worth it. 

[Gidoguy]

I have gtx 980 ti.... so, update is not  big

yeah, I get you. But you said earlier that the cpu doesn't have to be good for gaming, why have you got a GTX 980 Ti?

[Tedol]

Cheers, just make sure you spend money on your pc in proportion. Don't get a $500 cpu and a $70 motherboard, spend about $320 cpu and a $150 motherboard, you'll get better performance over the board, people have misconceptions and think that expensive motherboards aren't worth it. 

 so, i will take for 250$  Cpu and 200$ other thing 

[Tedol]

yeah, I get you. But you said earlier that the cpu doesn't have to be good for gaming, why have you got a GTX 980 Ti?

i5-2500k dies, soo time to upgrade