should I upgrade from i3 3220 to i5 6600

shivgre

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I have a i3 3220 which works fine except some hanging on playing more cpu intensive games and some background web development programs and browser opened simultaneously.

I want to upgrade to i5 6600 (maybe i5 6600K). But then I have to buy a new motherboard along with dd4 ram. I am also planning to buy SSD 120 GB.

Now it all stacks up my budget and it will cost around INR 28 for this complete upgrade.

Is it worth upgrading or should I wait for another year when maybe it will be cheaper to upgrade. I have a b75 motherboard right now and ddr3 8gb ram.
 
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an i5 would give you 4 real cores, it would be probably 10% slower than your proposed upgrade, it would therefore be good for a similar amount of time, but at a fraction of the cost. If not an i7-3770 would be a god alternative but more expensive.

Should I be upgrade proof for the coming 2 years if I go for i5 and how much improvement will I get over my i3 3220. I have recently purchased 4GB 960 GTX GPU.
 
an i5 would give you 4 real cores, it would be probably 10% slower than your proposed upgrade, it would therefore be good for a similar amount of time, but at a fraction of the cost. If not an i7-3770 would be a god alternative but more expensive.
 
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