i5 650 to i7 860

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I have i5 650 and geforce gtx 760 wich is slightly overclocked. My motherboard only support i7 800 series. I really dont want to buy new board and i was thinking about i7 860 or 870. Is it worth of buying? And if i buy it is there going to be clear difference? I can run battlefield 4 around 45-60 fps now on ultra and low settings.
 
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Moving to the i7 860 gets you another 2 cores and 4 threads, but does knock down your clockspeed a little bit. It will be faster and you would see an improvement in Battlefield 4. Less heavily threaded titles might be a bit slower unless you're willing to overclock.

In any case, I would recommend saving up some more money and getting a new CPU and motherboard. The first gen i5s and i7s are starting to have trouble keeping up with the latest games, even with overclocks. If you can get a Lynnfield i7 for really cheap and use it to tide you over for a while longer, then do that, but don't spend 200-300 dollars or whatever retail is on one, it's not worth it. We're at the point now where a current Skylake i7 is literally twice as fast as...
Moving to the i7 860 gets you another 2 cores and 4 threads, but does knock down your clockspeed a little bit. It will be faster and you would see an improvement in Battlefield 4. Less heavily threaded titles might be a bit slower unless you're willing to overclock.

In any case, I would recommend saving up some more money and getting a new CPU and motherboard. The first gen i5s and i7s are starting to have trouble keeping up with the latest games, even with overclocks. If you can get a Lynnfield i7 for really cheap and use it to tide you over for a while longer, then do that, but don't spend 200-300 dollars or whatever retail is on one, it's not worth it. We're at the point now where a current Skylake i7 is literally twice as fast as the i7 860, so spending lots of money on really outdated tech isn't worth it.
 
Solution
+1 for Supernova1138's suggestion. A quad core can help vs a dual core like that i5 but not the same as going to a newer gen cpu. The i7 is a little faster on turbo so that would be a plus along with the 2 extra cores but the first gen i5 and i7 were more similar to the core 2 cpu's than the 2nd gen + core i cpu's. It would depend on what kind of cost is involved for the 860/870.
 


Used can be a bit of a crapshoot for the first generation CPUs because you could overclock all of them. It's possible that the used chip could have had a lot of voltage pumped through it over the years, and that might lead to stability problems if that is the case. If you can find a local seller that's willing to show it in action, that would probably be for the best.
 


That is true, but unfortunately i was not be able to find any on my whole country. That's what you get when you live in Finland 😀