Is Intel® Core™ i5-650 Processor (4M Cache, 3.20 GHz) worth it?

[AceZero]

Is Intel® Core™ i5-650 Processor (4M Cache, 3.20 GHz) worth it?

I want to buy it but i'm not sure if it's worth 180$.
I have acutally an Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850 (4M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) i have it since 2009, so i'm going to sell it to a friend of mine for 100$.
Should i really change from core 2 duo to i5? i heard that there wasnt a big difference between the two.
Btw i'm really sorry if i'm in the wrong section. And thank you.

 

[bobkn]

I want to buy it but i'm not sure if it's worth 180$.
I have acutally an Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850 (4M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) i have it since 2009, so i'm going to sell it to a friend of mine for 100$.
Should i really change from core 2 duo to i5? i heard that there wasnt a big difference between the two.
Btw i'm really sorry if i'm in the wrong section. And thank you.

If I read the spec correctly, the E6850 uses Socket 775. The I5-650, Socket 1156. You'd need to replace your motherboard to go from one to the other.

Socket 1156 is already obsolete. If you were getting a new motherboard, Socket 1155 is current. You could buy a new "Ivy Bridge" I5 for about $180.

 

[dwarfer66]

I went from a Q6600 to a i5-3550, what a difference, in games everything is on max, video encoding went from 100% CPU usage to about 5%-8% CPU usage, so yeah massive benefits, but you will have to upgrade Motherboard, Ram to use that CPU (it is a 1155 Ivy Bridge).

 

[AceZero]

I want to buy it but i'm not sure if it's worth 180$.
I have acutally an Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850 (4M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) i have it since 2009, so i'm going to sell it to a friend of mine for 100$.
Should i really change from core 2 duo to i5? i heard that there wasnt a big difference between the two.
Btw i'm really sorry if i'm in the wrong section. And thank you.

If I read the spec correctly, the E6850 uses Socket 775. The I5-650, Socket 1156. You'd need to replace your motherboard to go from one to the other.

Socket 1156 is already obsolete. If you were getting a new motherboard, Socket 1155 is current. You could buy a new "Ivy Bridge" I5 for about $180.

I forgot to mention that i'm getting MSI P55A - GD65 will it support 2nd and 3rd generation i5?

 

[AceZero]

I went from a Q6600 to a i5-3550, what a difference, in games everything is on max, video encoding went from 100% CPU usage to about 5%-8% CPU usage, so yeah massive benefits, but you will have to upgrade Motherboard, Ram to use that CPU (it is a 1155 Ivy Bridge).

Thanks for your help, much appreciated. I have 4gb ddr3 RAM, is that good? and i'm going to install 64 bit because currently i'm using just 32 bit which uses only 3.25 GO only.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I forgot to mention that i'm getting MSI P55A - GD65 will it support 2nd and 3rd generation i5?

No.

That's a socket 1156 motherboard and requires a socket 1156 CPU.

Second and third generation i5 processors are socket 1155.

Here are the MSI socket 1155 boards:

MSI Global ? Mainboard

Regarding RAM: 4 GB is fine for most purposes. Going to 8 will do you no good if you don't use all of the 4. I have 4 and rarely use over 2.5.

 

[AceZero]

I forgot to mention that i'm getting MSI P55A - GD65 will it support 2nd and 3rd generation i5?

No.

That's a socket 1156 motherboard and requires a socket 1156 CPU.

Second and third generation i5 processors are socket 1155.

Here are the MSI socket 1155 boards:

MSI Global ? Mainboard

Regarding RAM: 4 GB is fine for most purposes. Going to 8 will do you no good if you don't use all of the 4. I have 4 and rarely use over 2.5.

Thanks alot,you made everything clear for me now!
by the way, what graphic card would you recommend for me for running new games at max settings? i currently have 9800 GT.

 

[UnknownReverent]

What's your price range?

 

[AceZero]

What's your price range?

between 400$ and 500$

 

[bobkn]

What's your price range?

between 400$ and 500$

Just to be clear, for what? I'd guess CPU, MB, and RAM, at a minimum.

 

[chrysalis]

I have first gen P5, great cpu in its day but I wouldnt suggest anyone to buy it now. The thing is the gen after it sandy bridge had huge leaps.

1 - far greater overclock potential. Adding probably an easy 30% to clock speed, this is on top of the performance improvements native to the newer gens.
2 - automated overclocking, simply increase the turbo mode speed and thats how easy it is, and this also still underclocks cpu when idle.
3 - sataIII support on intel controller, great for modern ssd's.

ivy bridge even newer than sandy bridge also although I believe its a bit harder to overclock on that but otherwise its superior to sandy bridge, so I would get sandy or ivy bridge not first gen i5.