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jamethead   02-05-2012 at 12:12:14 PM

I'm buying an i5 2500k, but im just wondering how long can i expect top game performance before it will be time to upgrade, also im completely open to overclocking, and using aftermarket coolers.

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truegenius   02-05-2012 at 12:22:40 PM

in combination with high end graphics card you can except 3-5 years

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amuffin   02-05-2012 at 12:55:04 PM

Then you can upgrade to ivybridge.

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13thmonkey   02-05-2012 at 05:27:34 PM

Ivybridge will be long gone in 2-3 years time, it'll be the same as the core2 cpus are now.

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jaguarskx   02-05-2012 at 07:56:28 PM

It's hard to say because everyone's expectations are different.

I built my current PC around the Intel C2Q Q9450 back in 2008 when that CPU was 1st released. I will not be upgrading until Intel releases Haswell next year. That means I'll be using this computer for 5 years before upgrading. Some people prefer to upgrade every 2 years to stay on top of the performance curve. Some people do so every year.

If you have extremely high performance expectations, then it will probably last you 1 or 2 years at most.

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ern88   02-06-2012 at 05:35:29 AM

I have gone from an E8400 Dual core to a i5 2500K. I kept my HD5850. And I saw a very nice performance. When playing COD:BO. I couldn't play with shadows on. But with the I5 2500K. I can play my games with everything on. I really like the i5 2500K and the ease of O/C it.

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jamethead   02-06-2012 at 05:54:52 AM

truegenius wrote :

in combination with high end graphics card you can except 3-5 years



how high is high end in your eyes, i have GTX460 sli with factory oc, will that do?

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13thmonkey   02-06-2012 at 09:36:37 AM

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how high is high end in your eyes, i have GTX460 sli with factory oc, will that do?



I'd say not, you are limited to 1GB of vram with that setup, the trend is toward more vram for more eye-candy. If you had the 2Gb versions then possibly you would be ok.

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amuffin   02-06-2012 at 09:50:34 AM

13thmonkey wrote :

I'd say not, you are limited to 1GB of vram with that setup, the trend is toward more vram for more eye-candy. If you had the 2Gb versions then possibly you would be ok.


Though this truly depends on resolution :sarcastic:

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13thmonkey   02-06-2012 at 09:56:51 AM

anything at 1080P or better virtually requires it, in 3-5 years would you expect that we'll still be on 1080P for PC gaming.

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triny   02-06-2012 at 11:24:37 AM

ern88 wrote :

I have gone from an E8400 Dual core to a i5 2500K. I kept my HD5850. And I saw a very nice performance. When playing COD:BO. I couldn't play with shadows on. But with the I5 2500K. I can play my games with everything on. I really like the i5 2500K and the ease of O/C it.



I don't Oc but if's still sweet

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sarinaide   02-06-2012 at 06:51:01 PM

I had a C2D for around 7 years so you can drag out a system easily, I don't really see curren Intel chips becoming obselete for a long time, the greater pressure is on your GPU, that said slap in a GTX 790 and you will be sorted for a long time.

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aqe040466   02-06-2012 at 07:22:48 PM

jamethead wrote :

I'm buying an i5 2500k, but im just wondering how long can i expect top game performance before it will be time to upgrade, also im completely open to overclocking, and using aftermarket coolers.



I am using i5 2500K also and I'm not worried how long it will last because I OC'd the CPU to 4.7 GHZ, so even the trend right now is flatform LGA 2011, X79 chipset and Sandy Bridge-E CPU's. I think my RIG is still way ahead of these flatforms. Overclocking gives you an edge.

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amuffin   02-06-2012 at 07:28:11 PM

aqe040466 wrote :

I am using i5 2500K also and I'm not worried how long it will last because I OC'd the CPU to 4.7 GHZ, so even the trend right now is flatform LGA 2011, X79 chipset and Sandy Bridge-E CPU's. I think my RIG is still way ahead of these flatforms. Overclocking gives you an edge.


Then when someone overclocks the cpu's on lga 2011...

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sarinaide   02-06-2012 at 07:30:30 PM

Well LGA2011 is just feature rich rather than performance rich, a rather poor effort at refreshing LGA1366

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aqe040466   02-06-2012 at 11:27:58 PM

amuffin wrote :

Then when someone overclocks the cpu's on lga 2011...



I saw one video in youtube "Linus Tech Tips" he overclocked the X79 LGA 2011 Flatform using Sandy Bridge-E CPU up to 4.5 GHZ. Why spend so much money on these flatforms when you can do it also in a lower priced systems?

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aqe040466   02-06-2012 at 11:29:30 PM

sarinaide wrote :

Well LGA2011 is just feature rich rather than performance rich, a rather poor effort at refreshing LGA1366




I'm with you Buddy!

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