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I5 2300 to I5 2500 Worth it?

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Just now, gamemeneerarmy said:

Sadly my motherboard doesn't support any overclocking and and an i7 is out of my budget.

In that case, stick with your current build, and either save up for better parts or a new PC.

 

P.S, the i7-2600 exists, a non-overclockable CPU. Just throwing that out there.

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Im am using a prebuild system that i bought in 2011 and i want to breath some life into it.

 

The specs are:

CPU: i5 2300

GPU: Radeon R9 270X Sapphire edit.

RAM: medion 1333Mhz ddr3 2x4gb

MOBO: Medion ....

SDD: None

HDD: WD Blue 1TB HDD

PSU: EVGA 450BT 

CASE: Medion .....

 

I can find the i5 2500 in my region for around 30 dollars (used) and i am curious to know if it is worth the upgrade.

 

I didn't find anything online yet with this topic so i thought i would post it here.

 

Sorry for my poor English. It is not my main language.

 

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Just now, gamemeneerarmy said:

Im am using a prebuild system that i bought in 2011 and i want to breath some life into it.

 

The specs are:

CPU: i5 2300

GPU: Radeon R9 270X Sapphire edit.

RAM: medion 1333Mhz ddr3 2x4gb

MOBO: Medion ....

SDD: None

HDD: WD Blue 1TB HDD

PSU: EVGA 450BT 

CASE: Medion .....

 

I can find the i5 2500 in my region for around 30 dollars and i am curious to know if it is worth the upgrade.

 

I didn't find anything online yet with this topic so i thought i would post it here.

 

Sorry for my poor English. It is not my main language.

 

Welcome to the LTT forum!

 

Since you only asked about the CPU, I'll answer that simply:

 

While you will see performance gains going from an i5-2300 to an i5-2500, you'd see much more substantial gains going to a 2500K, 2550K, or better yet, an i7.

 

Hope this helps!

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I reckon this build is as good as its gonna get. Better GPUs will be nottlenecked by the CPU, but faster CPUs arent worth buying for their performance on top of what the 2300 can offer

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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On paper, no. It's a minimal clock speed upgrade. You'd feel the most benefit if you went for a Sandy Bridge i7 such as the i7-2600 or the i7-2700, or even go to an unlocked i5-2500K.

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Sadly my motherboard doesn't support any overclocking and and an i7 is out of my budget.

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Just now, gamemeneerarmy said:

Sadly my motherboard doesn't support any overclocking and and an i7 is out of my budget.

In that case, stick with your current build, and either save up for better parts or a new PC.

 

P.S, the i7-2600 exists, a non-overclockable CPU. Just throwing that out there.

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I'd say you should save up and get an i7 3770

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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14 hours ago, fasauceome said:

I'd say you should save up and get an i7 3770

The motherboard might not support it. An i7-2600 would be better I guess. :|

 

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