Time to put away the ol time classic 2500k Sandy

[KungFuSpaghetti]

I'm loving my x58 rig, but I think I'll be looking to upgrade to a Ryzen in April too, well, depending on details released in the next few weeks and pending more comparisons to the Coffelake Intels.

 

[JediFragger]

and pending more comparisons to the Coffelake Intels.

Ice Lake will be due soon too, so best to compare to those.

 

[humbug]

Ice Lake will be due soon too, so best to compare to those.

Not for at least another year. they have only just launched Coffelake and that was pushed forward.

Also, no on comparing something to something that doesn't exist but if you insist Intel's usual upgrade is about 2%

 

[JediFragger]

Not for at least another year. they have only just launched Coffelake and that was pushed forward.

Also, no on comparing something to something that doesn't exist but if you insist Intel's usual upgrade is about 2%

All rumours atm obviously, but Intel will be pushing hard for the release (not as hard as AMD were with the Ryzen release of course, with half functional motherboards but still pretty hard). Time will tell all

 

[naefeart]

Damn it, seems I never pick a good time to upgrade

I built my i5 2500k pc back in late 2011. It ran at 5Ghz for the first couple of years and since then at 4.5Ghz. Had to RMA the motherboard in late 2012 but it's been perfect ever since.

Having delved back into console gaming with a PS4 Pro and more recently adding an Xbox one X, I feel I've been missing something and decided it's time to properly move back into PC gaming. Just as the prices have gone mental.

I was eyeing up at a X299 build and I've already got a titan on the way. How long should we wait, the poor old i5 must be quite a bottleneck now -?