1155 upgrade?

[Telecaster]

My old man is thinking of an upgrade (finally...) he still rolls an old Celeron which is just absolutely dire. I have a spare 1155 board so I was thinking of giving him that and my 2500k, my question: Ideally I don't want to be spending loads of cash so a motherboard and CPU upgrade for me is off the cards, is there anything 1155 CPU based that is worth an upgrade from a 2500k?

Or should I just build him something with new but budget parts and keep my 2500k and wait for Skylake or whatever comes after that?

 

[PurplePhoenix]

Well it depends on how much total you have to spend. A new build will cost under £400.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Recon H81 ITX" Intel Core i3/i5 Mini ITX Value Gaming Bundle £150.00
- 1 x Intel Core i3-4350 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £114.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
Total : £382.52 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 

[stooeh]

Try and find a 2nd hand 2500K/2600K/2700K/3570K/3770K ?

 

[Telecaster]

Well it depends on how much total you have to spend. A new build will cost under £400.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Recon H81 ITX" Intel Core i3/i5 Mini ITX Value Gaming Bundle £150.00
- 1 x Intel Core i3-4350 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £114.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
Total : £382.52 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Nowhere near that much, he would be getting something like an AMD 5350 if I had to build him something from new.

Try and find a 2nd hand 2500K/2600K/2700K/3570K/3770K ?

Maybe I wasn't very clear:

TL;DR - if I give my Dad my 2500k is there anything 1155 that is a worthwhile upgrade? so are any of those i7s worth ditching a 2500k for?

 

[stulid]

If all you do is game+browse then theres nothing worthwhile.

The 3570k is not even 10% better clock vs clock.

 

[Telecaster]

Yep, game, browse, films and music mainly.

I'll probably just throw something cheap together for the old man and stick with what I have if it's not worth it.

 

[stulid]

Its not, I've been there and done it so have first hand experience.

2500K - 3570K- 4670K.