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Intel Core i5-6500

Physical Product · CPUs · 8 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

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Pros

  • i once had an intel core I5 - 6500 running at a stable 100+ no vents cuz they had gotten stuck for quite some time, maybe around a week, and the only thing that kept the pc on was the vents occasionally getting unstuck for a few minutes...
  • I have i5-6500, I changed to 32GB DDR4 (before this Ramocalypse), NVM SSD and have to say it’s doing great. TLDR: change RAM and SSD

Cons

  • currently looking at upgrading from my current build from 2016, which was an Intel Core i5-6500 and RX480 system.
  • An i5 6500? That is not that bad of a CPU yet. Does start to show its age.
  • I have an old dell optiplex 7040 with 16 gb of DDR4 ram, a RTX 3050 LP single slot 6gb gpu, with a I5 6500.
  • Very sorry for the late response, it was the cpu. I bought a used Intel Pentium G4400 for 5 euros just to check and it worked.
  • CPU - i5-6500

Sentiment

2 positive (25%) · 1 mixed (13%) · 5 negative (63%)

Trust + time weighted score: -36% · raw score -37%

What redditors said (8 of 8)

currently looking at upgrading from my current build from 2016, which was an Intel Core i5-6500 and RX480 system.
negative · u/T****s · r/buildapc · Mar 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
An i5 6500? That is not that bad of a CPU yet. Does start to show its age.
mixed · u/A****n · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 5, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I have an old dell optiplex 7040 with 16 gb of DDR4 ram, a RTX 3050 LP single slot 6gb gpu, with a I5 6500.
negative · u/d****l · r/buildapc · Mar 23, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Very sorry for the late response, it was the cpu. I bought a used Intel Pentium G4400 for 5 euros just to check and it worked.
negative · u/W****9 · r/buildapc · comment · Mar 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
i once had an intel core I5 - 6500 running at a stable 100+ no vents cuz they had gotten stuck for quite some time, maybe around a week, and the only thing that kept the pc on was the vents occasionally getting unstuck for a few minutes then back up to overheating. It still works to this day
positive · u/B****6 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 25, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
CPU - i5-6500
negative · u/O****9 · r/buildapc · Feb 22, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I have i5-6500, I changed to 32GB DDR4 (before this Ramocalypse), NVM SSD and have to say it’s doing great. TLDR: change RAM and SSD
positive · u/l****9 · r/buildapc · comment · Jan 25, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
My build currently has 1tb hdd ,intel i5 6500,nvidia 1070 and 2133mhz 16gb ram.
negative · u/C****3 · r/buildapc · Jan 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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