In praise of the Sandy Bridge i5 2500k

[rsv gone!]

Another 2500k fan here. I've been through about three video cards but still see little point in updraging the CPU.

Incidentally, are you filtering the air being sucked into the case?

[chris285]

I've been through some CPU's in the last few years Q6600 > i7 3930k > i7 6700k, but i think i shall stick with this for a while

First i7 was a bit of a knee jerk upgrade to get an SSD and HDD working together on an old motherboard, current one was an opportunity as sold barebones to a work colleague but i plan on sticking with it for a few years. Went i7 rather than i5 incase i go VR soon even though honestly not sure how much it will help...

[chris watton]

rsv gone! said:

Another 2500k fan here. I've been through about three video cards but still see little point in updraging the CPU.

Incidentally, are you filtering the air being sucked into the case?

Yes, the Silverstone case has filters, I hadn't put them back on at that point, as I was still putting everything back together.

I had an i7 2600k in my work PC from 2011 to last month, when the motherboard died. If it hadn't I would have still been using it - but I do like these new NVMe M.2 drives that plug directly into the newer motherboards. Boot times are quite a revelation, even though my old PC had an SSD (£400 in 2011, for 250GB)!