Second hand cpu, good choice?

[A Unusual Bird]

I have the opportunity to buy a second hand i5 2500k for $80 flat, my question is should I go with that and save money and gain performance, or go with a g4560 for upgrade path?

[fuzz0r]

I would go with the G4560.

[Damascus]

9 minutes ago, A Unusual Bird said:

$80

Considering they go for 60 CAD/40 USD on a semi regular basis hell no

[LienusLateTips]

I think I would go for the 2500K. 

[Damascus]

Get an R3 CPU for 110

[kelvinhall05]

If you can find a cheap motherboard for the i5, I would go for it, especially if you're going to overclock.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Damascus said:

Get an R3 CPU for 110

Too early, isn't it?

[Damascus]

If you live near a microcenter get an R3 1200 +  any cheap AM4 motherboard for 110 + 40-70 - 50 (MC gives 50 bucks off any mobo CPU combo)

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Too early, isn't it?

2 days to go, not exactly

[Damascus]

2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Too early, isn't it?

In terms of whether it will be a good CPU I used my 1700 LTT style, disable HT and went to 4 cores to test it out.  I'll probably be  posting results tomorrow but the preliminary testing is very strong for R3

[A Unusual Bird]

Well I just checked and the only viable ddr4 option for me is 4gb cause it's a bit high now, though I would like an upgrade path

[Damascus]

BTW @A Unusual Bird my simulated R3 clocked at 4ghz beats my brothers i5 4790k, no mean feat in itself (sadly his CPU is at stock 3.5ghz, refuses to OC)

[Damascus]

Just now, Damascus said:

BTW @A Unusual Bird my simulated R3 clocked at 4ghz beats my brothers i5 4790k, no mean feat in itself (sadly his CPU is at stock 3.5ghz, refuses to OC)

Quote  or @ tag people if you want to get responses.  Also, budget?

[A Unusual Bird]

@Damascus.  Including only the cpu, MB, and ram "if I go for ddr4 cpu" I have a budget of around $180

[Damascus]

Just now, A Unusual Bird said:

@Damascus.  Including only the cpu, MB, and ram "if I go for ddr4 cpu" I have a budget of around $180

Do you live anywhere near a microcenter?

[A Unusual Bird]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Do you live anywhere near a microcenter?

Unfortunately I don't

[Damascus]

3 minutes ago, A Unusual Bird said:

Unfortunately I don't

Damn.  Go to ebay, type in 2600 and narrow down the search to CPUs, 1155.  Then pony up the extra 30 bucks for a working 2600 or a xeon @Droidbot knows the best one.  Don't invest in an i5 m8.

 

Besides, a basic 1155 mobo is rather cheap so no need to spend extra for dat OC

[A Unusual Bird]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Damn.  Go to ebay, type in 2600 and narrow down the search to CPUs, 1155.  Then pony up the extra 30 bucks for a working 2600 or a xeon @Droidbot knows the best one.  Don't invest in an i5 m8.

 

Besides, a basic 1155 mobo is rather cheap so no need to spend extra for dat OC

Ok

[Damascus]

Finally, if you  can scrape together an extra $10 or get a few rebates/wait for the price to dip a little you can get onto AM4 with 4gb of RAM (btw if you have ddr3 already you can sell it for a good chunk of cash, maybe get enough for a b350 mobo (an extra 15 bucks)

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qLyTcc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qLyTcc/by_merchant/

Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: R3 1200X ($109.00)
Total: $191.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-25 03:06 EDT-0400

[A Unusual Bird]

7 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Finally, if you  can scrape together an extra $10 or get a few rebates/wait for the price to dip a little you can get onto AM4 with 4gb of RAM (btw if you have ddr3 already you can sell it for a good chunk of cash, maybe get enough for a b350 mobo (an extra 15 bucks)

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qLyTcc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qLyTcc/by_merchant/

Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: R3 1200X ($109.00)
Total: $191.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-25 03:06 EDT-0400

I'll probably go this route, just scrape together a few extra bucks, thanks for the help

[Damascus]

3 minutes ago, A Unusual Bird said:

I'll probably go this route, just scrape together a few extra bucks, thanks for the help

If you can sell the ddr3 do it, get youself an  overclocking  motherboard if at all possible.  wait for 10 bucks off rebate, get it second hand - whatever it takes.  Ryzens strenths are OC and cores, try and make sure you get dat OC