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Replace my i5 2500k 4.5 Ghz for i7 7700K or wait ?

3770K doesn't clock as well. It would be a sidegrade at best. In fact a downgrade when you take into paying more for one.

His best bet is to not upgrade at all. If he is going to upgrade it has to be latest and greatest or nothing
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I've spoken to a lot of people and basically the 2500K is now at a point that it's starting to struggle with top end open world games with a lot of physics involved.

It's still great but your talking about 33% performance boost going to kabylake. It depends on how much you calue a smooth experience. I'd much rather my CPU have headroom than run maxxed out constantly.

I have a 2500K @ 4.4 Ghz and there is no point in selling it tbh. I'm going to keep the rig as a spare.
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This is what i am doing, replacing my 2500k @ 4.5ghz next week or two with a 1700 and some beasty ram.

I will also keep it as a spare, its in Micro-ATX form so can shove it in the boot and use it when visiting family.

I'm going for new everything and have my heart set on Phantek Evolv ATX glass side case, which means I won't be lugging it in the car!
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I've spoken to a lot of people and basically the 2500K is now at a point that it's starting to struggle with top end open world games with a lot of physics involved.

It's still great but your talking about 33% performance boost going to kabylake. It depends on how much you calue a smooth experience. I'd much rather my CPU have headroom than run maxxed out constantly.

I have a 2500K @ 4.4 Ghz and there is no point in selling it tbh. I'm going to keep the rig as a spare.
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Got a friend still on a stock 2500K. I built him the system back when Sandy-Bridge launched; and the only thing that's changed since then is the GTX 580 is now a 980.

He's noticed in modern games that the system has hiccups at 1080p gaming he never use to have. Player Unknown Battlegrounds, Battlefield, and more.
Been talking about upgrading and even he noticed Ryzen R5, and R7.

So when the time comes, it'll be between Coffee Lake 6 core, or Ryzen's 6 or 8 core.
 
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