worth upgrading from a10 5800k to first gen i7 or i5? for gaming

[Lipica]

current specs:

a10 5800k
rx 460 2gb
8gb ram
250gb SSD

 

[Endless8]

Hi Lipica,
To answer your question:
IMO it's not worth, newer generation are not very expensive and they are a lot better. So if possible go for the last gen or a gen under.
Cheers.

 

[theyeti87]

Agree with Endless8. It would be a side-grade rather than an upgrade.

 

[Ecky]

The first gen i5's and i7's are faster but are also 7 years old a this point. Motherboards are on their last leg, and are lacking many of the connectivity options we expect in 2016. I would not buy one.

 

[Lipica]

so what would be , a decent cheap upgrade? (used processor)
lets say 200$ ish

 

[Ecky]

For $200, you can get a new 6th generation i5 on Amazon, with a warranty. Does $200 need to include motherboard and RAM too?

 

[Lipica]

would be nice with mobo
i got ddr3 rams

 

[Ecky]

New CPUs don't use DDR3 anymore, so you'd need to go with an older one to be able to reuse your RAM. Be aware that 1.65v RAM is not recommended for Intel 4th generation "Haswell" CPUs, so if yours is 1.65v and not 1.5v it's probably a good idea to replace it anyway. Intel's newer 6th generation "Skylake" CPUs are faster, draw less power, run cooler, and have newer chipsets with more modern connectivity, and use DDR4. They're also not discontinued like Haswell chips.

IMO, here are your options:

1)
Haswell i5 4xxx (cheapest you can find)
H81 motherboard

OR

2)
Skylake i3 6100 OR i5 6400/6500
H110 motherboard
8GB DDR4, sell your DDR3

The i3 6100 is $120 new with warranty on Newegg/Amazon and is probably faster than lower end Haswell i5's in most cases. The i5 4460 runs about $150 on eBay. The i5 6400 can be found for about $160 on eBay, and a motherboard will run you ~$40-50.

If you sell your current RAM you can probably get DDR4 for about the same price, so that's worth considering.

 

[Endless8]

Thats the cheapest "buy now" I found

I5-4570
ASUS H81M-A

After you can try bid, if you want.
Edit: With I3 6300 225$ http://pcpartpicker.com/list/VXGtWX

Cheers.