Asus P8P67 and 2500

[area51]

Hi running an i5 2500 would a change to any of the other cpu's give me a worth while step up with this board?
I just game/surf mostly running a GTX970 on pants W10 64bit 16gig of ram getting pretty decent FPS on ultra in BF4 upto 200 fps do get occasional frame drop .
Cpu is max @ 41.c temps seen a few other cpu's inc 2500k and 2600k i7 also found a 4 something

 

[Mrjobby]

If it is working for you currently then no problems.

Only game I found a 2500K even when clocked couldn't cut it was BF1, just ran out of puff when things got really busy.

A 3770K would be a obvious step up but they are not cheap 2nd hand.

 

[harvey.l12]

Yep BF1 is very heavy on needed power. 2500 should run most games.

 

[FlakGunna]

I remember my 2500k, she was a great clocker. Definitely still ok today but may struggle in CPU demanding games.

 

[mistersprinkles]

You can find a 2600K or 2700K for chump change in Canada. Not sure what the situation is in the UK. You would gain 2MB of L3 cache and hyperthreading. It would be better, but not waaaay better. For that you'd want to step up to coffee lake or Ryzen.

If you haven't already, overclock the snot out of your 2500K. See if it'll do 4.8Ghz (most will). You'll need decent cooling.

 

[z10m]

If you haven't already, overclock the snot out of your 2500K. See if it'll do 4.8Ghz (most will). You'll need decent cooling.

Where did he mention he had the K version.?

 

[mistersprinkles]

Where did he mention he had the K version.?

I just assumed.

 

[area51]

Hi no just Vanilla/cooking version! but found many K's but found some next step up i5's like 3670 along with i7's just wondered if a lot more bang for buck plus which one as well.


Cooling wise have a custom loop thick 360 rad in case roof gets upto 41c max in games @100%

 

[~>Dg<~]

bf1 wants cores.thats a weak point for older i5s especially in big 64 man games.

 

[area51]

bf1 wants cores.thats a weak point for older i5s especially in big 64 man games.

BF1 is one game il gladly leave alone too many hackers on it along with BF4 many of my friends have tried bf1 and returned to bf4

 

[almightydutch]

Get an i7, I went from 2500k and there is considerable difference. The microstutters were what made me upgrade. That was years ago