I3 2100 to i5 2500 worth?

[Magnum21]

I want to buy i5 but i dont want to spend over $220 just for i5-3470 currently i have i3 2100 after i play rise of tomb raider i figure this will bottleneck cuz when i check how much my cpu usage its over 90-98 and my GPU only have 50-70 usage after im searching for cheap i5 i found i5-2500 for only $140 is worth for upgrade my cpu?? And is this cpu still good for gaming like nowdays?

My rig

I3 2100
8GB RAM
GTX 960 4GB
ECS H1H2 M6 V1.0

 

[Ecky]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-2600-3-4GHz-Quad-Core-CM8062300834302-Processor-/322248653192?hash=item4b07843988:g:zuMAAOSw9IpXyLCl

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-3570-3-4-GHz-Quad-Core-Processor-/371708891591?hash=item568b9391c7:g:SkEAAOSw9NdXrkW0

 

[Eximo]

If you go by some of the games that are most recently released, they are now stating 2nd Gen i5 as being a minimum requirement. However, 2nd and 3rd Gen i5 are not significantly slower then the 4th and 6th gen chips and are still quite good for gaming.

Picking up a used processor on ebay, from the classifieds here on Tom's, or reddit.com/r/hardwareswap will save you quite a bit over picking up a new old stock processor.

 

[Magnum21]

Actually im from asia and the prices really different

 

[Magnum21]

I think im still go with i5 2500 is it worth upgrade? From i3 2100 and is there huge difference between i5-2500 and i5 3570??

 

[Eximo]

It would depend on the prices you have available. If it is more then a 10% price difference, probably not. A question you have to ask is if this is the last upgrade you intend for this system (excluding GPU), if so I would try and get the biggest chip you can afford.

i5-2500 3.4-3.7Ghz Quad Core 6MB of cache TDP 95W supports DDR3 1333 Intel HD 2000
i5-3570 3.4-3.8Ghz Quad Core 6MB of cache TDP 77W supports DDR3 1600 Intel HD 2500

Basically it will be about 10% faster across the board, and uses a little less power. With a 3rd gen motherboard you would also have PCIe 3.0 with the 3570, but that likely doesn't apply to you.

 

[Magnum21]

Well i5-2500 only cost $140 and i5 3470 $230 that huge money difference with only 10% faster i think im gonna buy 2500 but is it gonnal bottleneck my gtx 960?? And yeah i think this is my last upgrade maybe if i have more money im gonna build my very own pc

 

[Ecky]

There are plenty of games that will not stay above 60fps on a modern i5, regardless of what video card you have. Asking whether it will bottleneck your GTX 960 is meaningless; better to ask if it can supply your desired framerates in the games you play.