• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

i5 2500K - When Will It Die?

HangTime said:
Be careful what you wish for, I thought I had killed my CPU a couple of weeks ago when I was experimenting with a more aggressive OC but then when I started looking at upgrade options it seemed like a lot of money to pay for not very much i.e. about £400 for a 7600K considering I'd also need a new mobo and RAM. In the old days if I was going to drop that sort of money I'd be wanting something approaching a 100% performance increase.
Click to expand...
I have just done this as I thought my pc was ill. turns out its the psu causing issues! gutted in a way at spending £468 buying an i5 7600k, msi z270 plus, new cooler and 8gb. I hope ocuk will come through on the psu rma
 
I'm still running a socket 775 rig with a q9450 overclocked to about 3.2ghz. Same reasons as above. My GPU is bottle necked slightly, but I decided when I last upgraded it that it would be my last upgrade on socket 775. I have 16gb of ram as well. I don't really play the latest games.
I'm waiting to see what Ryzen does to the cpu market both in terms of brand new and second hand prices. Could be a good time to upgrade to an Intel rig second hand for a bargain whilst everyone jumps on the Kryzen bandwagon. Or...it could be a good time to buy Ryzen.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom