New CPU or Old CPU?

[Minecraft_King]

Hello! I am looking to buy either a Pentium G4560 or an i5-2500. Which should I buy? The Pentium G4560 goes for $70 while the i5-2500 goes for $50-$55 used. Again, which should I buy?

 

[chalky16]

Pentium

 

[Minecraft_King]

Okay. I'll buy the Pentium. Just out of curiosity, why the Pentium?

 

[delaro]

The G4560 is Q1'17 on LGA 1151 and The I5-2500 is Q1'11 and LGA1155. So going with the Pentium means building around a current socket with relevant upgrades and support for newer bells and whistles. These are not interchangeable if that is what your meaning.

 

[Minecraft_King]

Thanks for the help!

 

[10tacle]

You do realize that you are dealing with a new vs. six year old chipset, right? While technically the 4 core Sandy Bridge i5 2500 is stronger than the 2-core Kaby Lake G4560, you will have an upgrade path to a new i5 down the road with the G4560 build.

Without question I'd spend the money on a new Kaby Lake build with a weaker CPU then save up for an upgrade. The only advantage the G4560 has is faster single core speed by 200MHz, so only apps that use one core/thread would benefit from the Pentium, and even then, not by much.