I7 2600k FINALLY going into the retirement pile

First. Awesome to the this forum still exists. Been a member since 2003. Havent posted in a looooooong time.

Just popping in to mention that my OG i7 2600k that i've had since 2011 is finally going to parts pile. Never did crack the 5ghz stable mark with it but beat on it for years back in the day at 4.85.
Been sitting in a closet for the last 8 years as a media/torrent server. Turned it down to 4ghz for that duty. Ran 24/7 365. Boot drive finally died. Chip still wont give up.

Building a new 9800x3d setup so the old girl is finally getting replaced with my current rig. (5800x) A little part of that setup will live on with my last surving 980ti evga hybrid from 2015.

Shoutout to when overclocking was fun and had large gains if done right.

Cheers folks.

Welcome back. I only got up to 5.0GHz with a golden 3770K. Sandy/Ivy Bridge was like the GTX 1080 Ti. Well over a decade, and still doing well. The way things are going, we'll have to rely on components going for another decade before the next substantial upgrade. Although, the i5-13600K/14600K and RTX 3070 are still strong after 4 and 6 years.

Overclocking is still fun, with some large gains. The pricing, though, is terrible.

Nice.

I went from a 3930K to a 9800X3D.

The old lady is still using my old 2600K from 2011 on a Z77 with a 1060, that's in an old P180.
It's clocked at 4.4GHZ and does nothing but play Merge Gardens via Bluestacks and bunches of Youtube.

Incredible chip, best purchase that I ever made.