- Feb 5, 2003
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Hi there,
I have a base system of a i5-2500K on a ASUS P8P67 LE board that I've been running for almost 4 years now. Other parts have been upgraded so for instance I have a GTX 970 4GB GPU which have taken my gaming to a whole other level.
But I'm starting yo worry about my motherboard. It was a cheap board to begin with and with very limited OC options/possibilities. It's USB options are also quite bad and do not work as intended 100 % of the time. I've had glitches (increasingly during 2015) where my mouse and keyboard have suddenly stopped working and I've had to reboot and reconnect my devices for them to function again. It has only happened 3 times during this year but to me it is a worrying sign...
I have plenty of reliable power from my Seasonic gold-rated PSU at 750W, a decent SSD for OS + HDD storage drive and 8 GB RAM.
My question is: Should I start to think about a CPU bottleneck? From what I've read I should be fine with a 2500K but since I can't really OC it with this mobo I'm thinking maybe I should upgrade the mobo and go for a bit of an OC? Would it be worth it? Or would I be better of holding onto what I've got and go for a base overhaul (mobo + CPU) when the price/performance ratio is better compared to my current setup?
I'm using my rig for gaming mostly, no CPU demanding work beside that. My system is able to quite easily handle MGS: The Phantom pain, The Witcher 3 and similar games at highest settings. Maybe not at 60 fps but then again that is not a big deal for me.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
I have a base system of a i5-2500K on a ASUS P8P67 LE board that I've been running for almost 4 years now. Other parts have been upgraded so for instance I have a GTX 970 4GB GPU which have taken my gaming to a whole other level.
But I'm starting yo worry about my motherboard. It was a cheap board to begin with and with very limited OC options/possibilities. It's USB options are also quite bad and do not work as intended 100 % of the time. I've had glitches (increasingly during 2015) where my mouse and keyboard have suddenly stopped working and I've had to reboot and reconnect my devices for them to function again. It has only happened 3 times during this year but to me it is a worrying sign...
I have plenty of reliable power from my Seasonic gold-rated PSU at 750W, a decent SSD for OS + HDD storage drive and 8 GB RAM.
My question is: Should I start to think about a CPU bottleneck? From what I've read I should be fine with a 2500K but since I can't really OC it with this mobo I'm thinking maybe I should upgrade the mobo and go for a bit of an OC? Would it be worth it? Or would I be better of holding onto what I've got and go for a base overhaul (mobo + CPU) when the price/performance ratio is better compared to my current setup?
I'm using my rig for gaming mostly, no CPU demanding work beside that. My system is able to quite easily handle MGS: The Phantom pain, The Witcher 3 and similar games at highest settings. Maybe not at 60 fps but then again that is not a big deal for me.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
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