I5 2500

[BurblingBarbacoa]

What does the i5 2500 use socket wise? I think that it is 1155 but I want to check before buying... 

[Fungal]

 LGA 1155

[Zebo the Zebra]

"LGA1155"

 

Source:

http://ark.intel.com/products/52209/Intel-Core-i5-2500-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz

 

[Lotus]

The i5-2500 is fairly outdated. The i5-2500k holds up due to overclocking, which the non-k can't do. Make sure you know what you're getting into.

[Ostwind]

15 minutes ago, BurblingBarbacoa said:

What does the i5 2500 use socket wise? I think that it is 1155 but I want to check before buying... 

1155, if you're updating the newest CPU you can get for that socket is the i7-3770k or the E3-1230v2 Xeon. The Xeon is supported on pretty much every  1155 board that supports Ivy chips and is basically a locked i7 at a lower price. You can still get them new but because they were cheaper at retail than i7's the prices for used ones should be better than prices for locked i7's.

[BurblingBarbacoa]

1 hour ago, Lotus said:

The i5-2500 is fairly outdated. The i5-2500k holds up due to overclocking, which the non-k can't do. Make sure you know what you're getting into.

I just have it lying around and I'm going to use it for a secondary small form factor gaming PC. Probably paired with a 370. Maybe a little video playback and simple editing of 1080p vide and editing some photos. 

 

For or the most part it will be a low end gaming rig. To my understanding the 2500 is on a similar level of performance to the i3 6100 which is well fine for what I plan to use this rig for. 

[BurblingBarbacoa]

1 hour ago, Ostwind said:

1155, if you're updating the newest CPU you can get for that socket is the i7-3770k or the E3-1230v2 Xeon. The Xeon is supported on pretty much every  1155 board that supports Ivy chips and is basically a locked i7 at a lower price. You can still get them new but because they were cheaper at retail than i7's the prices for used ones should be better than prices for locked i7's.

I have the CPU and not the motherboard. I just want to have. Use for the CPU instead of let it sit around doing nothing,