confused about Intel

[fightingfi]

I need some help with intel sh*t plz. Im so lost right now socket 2011 came out i think in 2011 but its being used and recomended by todays standards. id like an up to date pc for todays and tomorows games plz. Im keeping case psu and gtx 670 but need advice on wht to upgrade to.

current build is an i5 2500k, 16 gigs of ram ddr3 1600 z68 brd gigabyte

lotsa of fps and flight sim's is waht i do

tankies in advanced

 

[TwistedAegis]

Honestly that CPU is fine; what is your issue that you're looking to upgrade now? Even a 670 is fairly current. Are you looking to improve FPS, and any specific games you're having issues with?

 

[evilsofa]

An i5 2500K and 16GB of DDR3 will drive a GTX 670 just fine. No need to upgrade the motherboard or CPU.

If you don't have an SSD, get one.

 

[bigdogchris]

2500k right now is probably the perennial "bang for your buck" gaming CPU.

Couple that with a GPU that has 2GB of memory and you should be fine for about any game you can get your hands on (single display).

 

[werzinator]

2500K is a solid processor.. you won't notice any major differences between it, the 3570K, and the 4570K.

The 670 is also a pretty solid card. Definitely get an SSD if you don't have one already.. applications load instantly, Windows 8 boots up in 10 seconds, game map load times are reduced as well!

 

[mavrocket]

I'm going to add another +1 to everyone's recommendations.

Save your money, and instead of buying a new processor, mobo, etc., pick up a good sized SSD and a nice overclocking 670 like this.

 

[TwistedAegis]

SSD isn't going to improve your gaming experience that much; general computing it will feel like one of the best upgrades you've ever made.

If you're really looking for an FPS boost, get another 670 and SLI them. Should see a significant FPS boost.

 

[xLokiX]

SSD isn't going to improve your gaming experience that much; general computing it will feel like one of the best upgrades you've ever made.

If you're really looking for an FPS boost, get another 670 and SLI them. Should see a significant FPS boost.

Or if you really just wanna throw money at your rig, sell the 670 and get a 780gtx

 

[TwistedAegis]

Yup. Long story short, your CPU isn't the bottleneck for gaming performance at all, it's your GPU. Upgrade that if you want more FPS in games. If you just want a better feel navigating through business software, browsing, opening closing programs, etc, get an SSD.

 

[Stiler]

I'd recommend saving your money and waiting to upgrade a little more down the road.

With upcoming games like Star Citizen, Witcher 3, Watch Dogs, etc I think it'd be smarter to wait until some of them are closer to release and then see what hardware is out and the best bang for your buck.

 

[ZodaEX]

SSD isn't going to improve your gaming experience that much; general computing it will feel like one of the best upgrades you've ever made.

If you're really looking for an FPS boost, get another 670 and SLI them. Should see a significant FPS boost.

Well for me Grand Theft auto 4's load times are pretty horrific without an SSD. I wonder how many hours of my life i've spent staring at that those annoying load splash images. Made a very substantial difference to me.

 

[chockomonkey]

SSD's do indeed help with gaming.

Whenever there is a load time (ie, going in and out of doors in skyrim, loading new maps like in HL, or games like WoW where there is a lot of fetching resources from the HDD). Ever since i got one, I'll never go back. It also was the only upgrade that fixed the stuttering problems in D3 (since it's basically the WoW engine, it makes sense)

 

[rudy]

I need some help with intel sh*t plz. Im so lost right now socket 2011 came out i think in 2011 but its being used and recomended by todays standards. id like an up to date pc for todays and tomorows games plz. Im keeping case psu and gtx 670 but need advice on wht to upgrade to.

current build is an i5 2500k, 16 gigs of ram ddr3 1600 z68 brd gigabyte

lotsa of fps and flight sim's is waht i do

tankies in advanced

Overclock your 2500K should and it will be good, GTX670 is also very good if you want to upgrade then a gtx780 is your only options IMO, unless you want SLI. An over clocked 2500k will do almost as good as any other stock clocked cpu you can buy.

 

[JoeUser]

Well for me Grand Theft auto 4's load times are pretty horrific without an SSD. I wonder how many hours of my life i've spent staring at that those annoying load splash images. Made a very substantial difference to me.

Not only better load times but I notice significantly less pop-up and what not. GTA 4 and SSD were made for each other!

As to the actual question of the thread I say you're fine where you're at. I know I can have an itch to upgrade, but my 2500k @ 4.5GHz is still rockin hard. Have you overclocked at all? That can help a lot!

I say wait. Current rig is more than enough for todays games and probably tomorrows going off the specs of next-gen consoles.

If you NEED to upgrade get a SSD like others have said. MAJOR difference in OS response time. I went to a 1.5TB 7200RPM drive for a couple weeks and it was so SO slow...

 

[SeaFoam]

First, learn how to type. That kiddie shit is horribly annoying. Second, overclock your CPU.

Get an SSD and a second 670 if you 'must upgrade'.

 

[Deleted member 88227]

What resolution are you gaming at? If it's 1080P, you don't need to upgrade anything. You wont notice much improvement with a CPU upgrade. You could see some improvement with a GPU upgrade, but IMHO it's not worth the cost.

If your resolution is greater than 1080P, then you need more GPU.