CPU performance degrading over time

modjrodonnell

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Im looking to buy a cpu and my friend is offering me his i5 6500 that he got a year ago for €100.
Will his CPUs performance be worse than if i got a brand new one.

Will a 6500 bottleneck my 1070
Is a i5 7500 a better choice?
 
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You would have to get a new motherboard if you plan on purchasing that chip. It's not a bad price for that chip, but when you factor in that you will need a new motherboard and DDR4 ram to go with it, i wouldn't recommend that. I would wait until the cheaper coffee lake motherboards come out early in the new year, pair that with an i5-8400 and 16gb ddr4, if you wanted intel. If you want a cheaper solution now, go with ryzen.

modjrodonnell

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I currently have an and Athlon 5350 as my cpu on an Asus Am1m-a motherboard.
 
You would have to get a new motherboard if you plan on purchasing that chip. It's not a bad price for that chip, but when you factor in that you will need a new motherboard and DDR4 ram to go with it, i wouldn't recommend that. I would wait until the cheaper coffee lake motherboards come out early in the new year, pair that with an i5-8400 and 16gb ddr4, if you wanted intel. If you want a cheaper solution now, go with ryzen.
 
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