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Nice one. I've done this twice over the years.
My PC is circa ten years old, possibly older and originally had an Intel Core i3-3240 . It was getting a little creaky and I had added as much RAM as the Motherboard could handle so in December 2020 I found a 2nd hand Intel Core i5-3330 online for I think £35. It had a 12 month guarantee so I took a chance and four years later it is still working.
However with the onset of time this too was getting a bit creaky so I saw an Intel Core i7-3770 on the CEX website. Again it is 2nd hand but for £27-95 incl postage it was worth a shot.
Fitted in in minutes and again the PC is lovely and smooth again.
MTB-Idle
Just upgraded my CPU on my gaming pc from an AMD 3600 to the 5700x3D. Going to squeeze out as much time out of my Am4 motherboard as I can before I need to upgrade. Haven't had a chance to run any games yet (downloading the new Indiana Jones game on Games pass at the moment). However it's noticeably zippier just in windows, opening up utilities etc what I wasn't really expecting. Got it for about £170 in the Black Friday sale so I think it's a bit of a bargain.
I've not actually swapped out a CPU for a long time so was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to just whip one out and drop the new one in. The cooler was a little trickier!