Free i5-2500 to i7-2600 upgrade worth the effort?

[Haggisman]

I've managed to get my hands on a free i7-2600 (non k), currently have an i5-2500 (non k), is it actually worth the effort swapping them over; will I see any benefit, mostly in gaming?

 

[Haggisman]

Seems like it's pretty much 50/50 either way then...

Just kidding, better go dig out my AS5

Cheers all

 

[Haggisman]

Well, it's in, but I don't really have any benchmarks from before so I guess I'm not going to know either way XD

 

[Haggisman]

If it's free, absolutely. If it's not free, it's a question of cost.

All of about 20mins to swap it over