i5 2500k Can you still game on a i5 2500K in 2018?

[paxterr]

I was wondering if u could still game on an i5 2500k because I'm planning to buy a new kind of budget PC.

I'm planning to buy a:

-GTX 980 ti

-i5 2500k

-Biostar Intel LGA1155 Z77 motherboard

-an SSD 850 EVO 2.5 SATA III 250GB

-2TB Seagate HDD

 

The only thing I'm not sure about is the CPU

[Electronics Wizardy]

Yea you can still games on it, depends on the games and settings you want.

[Enderman]

Yeah, but definitely not high or ultra on intensive games.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

See if you can pick up a 2600K or 3770K for a bit more instead. Also avoid Biostar motherboards where possible. It'll work, but 4/4 is becoming a bit weak in 2018 with AAA games

[paxterr]

18 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea you can still games on it, depends on the games and settings you want.

I'd prefer on high

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, paxterr said:

I'd prefer on high

What resolution, refresh rate, and it what games?

[Jude_Fortnite]

idk what i5 i have exactly but i play fortnite (admittedly on lowest settings) on a hp 2011-13 laptop (i not sure exactly when i bought it) with amd radeon graphics and it plays with rarely any lag

[paxterr]

1 minute ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

What resolution, refresh rate, and it what games?

Well, I guess 1080p is enough for me on 144Hz monitor...bf1, gta 5, the witcher, csgo, far cry primal, presumably pubg, r6s etc

[scottyseng]

I'd also say if you can afford it, the bump to a 2600K or 2700K is well worth it. 2500K is capable, but depends on game. Hyper threading sure helps a fair bit.

[paxterr]

3 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

I'll make it even more simple.

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LMAO okay okay..what CPU would u prefer?

[paxterr]

6 minutes ago, scottyseng said:

I'd also say if you can afford it, the bump to a 2600K or 2700K is well worth it. 2500K is capable, but depends on game. Hyper threading sure helps a fair bit.

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what do u think is a well priced well running CPU for 2018 AAA games? (apart from these two)

[scottyseng]

1 minute ago, paxterr said:

what do u think is a well priced well running CPU for 2018 AAA games? (apart from these two)

As mentioned above, Ryzen is a pretty great deal for the price.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

i3-8350k

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[Wh0_Am_1]

40 minutes ago, paxterr said:

I was wondering if u could still game on an i5 2500k because I'm planning to buy a new kind of budget PC.

I'm planning to buy a:

-GTX 980 ti

-i5 2500k

-Biostar Intel LGA1155 Z77 motherboard

-an SSD 850 EVO 2.5 SATA III 250GB

-2TB Seagate HDD

 

The only thing I'm not sure about is the CPU

You can totally game on a 2500k in 2018! But... that 980ti might be overkill for a 2500k, a 970 or 1060 would be a better fit.

[paxterr]

Just now, Wh0_Am_1 said:

You can totally game on a 2500k in 2018! But... that 980ti might be overkill for a 2500k, a 970 or 1060 would be a better fit.

thats why i'm asking this, this GPU is amazing and i'm searching for a suitable CPU

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

I mean it's not bad for the price

Are you serious? The i5-8400 and a B360 board much?

[paxterr]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

Maybe give us a budget and location for the CPU/Mobo/Ram?

around $1000

[scottyseng]

3 minutes ago, paxterr said:

thats why i'm asking this, this GPU is amazing and i'm searching for a suitable CPU

I personally never had any issues running a 980 Ti with my overclocked 2500K (4.6 GHz), but I don't really play AAA games...The 2700K (4.9 GHz) keeps up fairly well. But yeah, unoptimized games like pubg would probably kill it.

 

but I mean if you have a $1000, I don't know why you're even looking at these parts...

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

Now that you mention it, depending on the price, a 4% gain probably isn't worth it.

Plus you get a cooler in the box, albeit a shitty one, and 2 more cores so that you can do things other than gaming and have better minimums

[paxterr]

2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($86.20 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($108.08 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $613.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-06 15:52 EDT-0400

Less than a grand, and probably the best you could do in terms of a CPU.  Unless you meant for a full build.

Wow, you've helped me a lot, thanks for that.

I was planning on buying an i7 7700k but I sorta changed my mind

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

6 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($86.20 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($108.08 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $613.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-06 15:52 EDT-0400

Less than a grand, and probably the best you could do in terms of a CPU.  Unless you meant for a full build.

Uhhh, no.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8jnpKB
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8jnpKB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($239.00 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($153.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($177.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.19 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($300.00) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($55.28 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Total: $1111.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-06 15:59 EDT-0400

 

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[LemurWrangler]

Currently using an i5 3570K @4.2 GHz and GTX 980ti and getting pretty solid 60fps with some momentary dips into the 40 fps range at 1080p on Far Cry 5 and Ghost Recon Wildlands on High settings, but in both cases, CAM shows that my GPU and CPU are often in the low to high 90's for % utilization.  Does it get the job done?  Sure, but I'm not sure how much runway this setup has left before I have to drop the quality settings on the games, or take major frame rate hits.  Hoping to get at least a  couple more years out of it, but that depends on the games that come out and my tolerance of my hardware's limitations.

 

IMHO, the 980ti is still a capable gaming card, especially at 1080p, but I'd look for a more modern cpu that fits in your budget if I were shopping today for a  new or "new to me" pc.

[paxterr]

35 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

They didn't say for a full build, though

The 8700k is better than the i5, and the H7 is probably the best cooler for under 50 yet is not on par with the dark rock pros or the D14/15.  16gbs is probably better though than 8, especially in unoptimized shitstorms.  I asked for a specific set of parts that they needed.

thank you too!! yall have helped me a lot

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

46 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

They didn't say for a full build, though

The 8700k is better than the i5, and the H7 is probably the best cooler for under 50 yet is not on par with the dark rock pros or the D14/15.  16gbs is probably better though than 8, especially in unoptimized shitstorms.  I asked for a specific set of parts that they needed.

Either way it'll outperform 8 fucking gigs on an 8700K. 16 is minimum for an 8700K, 32 is better.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

Well, considering they have a few hundred more to spend 32 isn't exactly a problem.

Lol true. 8600K and enough RAM will perform better, and Coffee Lake runs reasonably cool anyway so the H7 will be more than enough for moderate overclocks