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upgrade my 2600k?

nvgrim

nvgrim

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I was thinking about upgrading my system to the latest intel cpu as its been while and i have that upgrade itch. Question is should i get the current newest gen i7 or should i wait for the next generation. I mainly just play games with some DAW work here and there. I know the i7 is overkill but im one of those people that likes to just get the best and keep it for a long time. My current rig is in my signature, i was thinking of doing a miniITX build this time so id need a new mobo, cpu, and ram. Would i really see any performance increases or will the next gen be worth the wait?
 
Kaby lake won't be until the end of the year sometime and as its just a mild refresh of Skylake on the same node, you have no reason to wait, unless you want Broadwell/Skylake-E. The only thing worth holding your breath for atm is GPUs, but even then it's looking ever more likely we won't see those until June/July. Otherwise, go hard cos the CPU market is just crawling along. The 6700k will be a good upgrade for you.
 
From everything I read, an upgrade from a 2600k to a 6700k would definitely be noticeable and worthwhile.
 
Yes it would if:

You can't maintain the FPS you want,
You get stuttering in games (CPU not keeping up).

Depending on the game played you will see a nice boost. Games that aren't CPU dependent won't benefit much (if any).

If you are running low speed RAM (1600 is slow) and not overclocking the CPU, those will be holding you back. OC that CPU and see if you can OC the RAM as well and you'll see a nice boost for free.
 
arestavo said:
Yes it would if:

You can't maintain the FPS you want,
You get stuttering in games (CPU not keeping up).

Depending on the game played you will see a nice boost. Games that aren't CPU dependent won't benefit much (if any).

If you are running low speed RAM (1600 is slow) and not overclocking the CPU, those will be holding you back. OC that CPU and see if you can OC the RAM as well and you'll see a nice boost for free.
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There are still a number of CPU heavy games out there and there certainly isn't that many that are gonna struggle with memory at 1600. 1600 is like the "standard" now. There are only 2 games I have so far that I can attribute any kind of performance boost with RAM OC, and they'd be my far out modded Skyrim and Fallout 4.

@OP - if you're in the boat of people that like to see hundreds of frames and not limit your games in anyway kind of way, a better CPU will be right up your alley.
 
Rise of the Tomb Raider also benefits greatly from faster RAM speed on dual channel PCs with older CPUs.

Edit: Even if the OP does upgrade, others might benefit from knowing that more and more games (especially modern console ports that take advantage of what the PS4 and XBone can do) will benefit a lot from a CPU OC and fast RAM. The new 6700K won't benefit nearly as much from that now, but a couple of years from now it will apply just the same.
 
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Obviously, beside them price of the new cpu (6700k isn't cheap), you have a new mb, ram and most likely the time to re-install the OS etc so an upgrade not for the feight of heart. That being said, the upgrade from a 2600k to a 6700k will be quite more noticeable than if I "upgraded" my 4790k to a 6700k.
 
i was looking in the price range of 700-800 which should be work for a 6700k and 16gb of ddr4. My main game i play is cs:go which i have no issues with and get a stable 300fps but i do still play newer games like fallout 4 and the like. I wasnt sure if there would be a big jump like there was when the 2600k came out and didnt know if something like the 2600k was coming out soon.
 
arestavo said:
Yes it would if:

You can't maintain the FPS you want,
You get stuttering in games (CPU not keeping up).

Depending on the game played you will see a nice boost. Games that aren't CPU dependent won't benefit much (if any).

If you are running low speed RAM (1600 is slow) and not overclocking the CPU, those will be holding you back. OC that CPU and see if you can OC the RAM as well and you'll see a nice boost for free.
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I think this is the max i can get on this RAM, its running the xmp profiles right now and my CPU is oc'd to 4ghz right now on water, i could probably go a little higher with it.
 
nvgrim said:
I think this is the max i can get on this RAM, its running the xmp profiles right now and my CPU is oc'd to 4ghz right now on water, i could probably go a little higher with it.
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I think you can really push your 2600k - it wasn't uncommon for chips to hit 4.8ghz, and even "average" chips could hit 4.4. A 2600k at 4.4Ghz is probably only marginally slower than a 6700k (probably in the ballpark of 15%)
 
Yeah OC first to see if that gives you some longevity. I'm still rockin 2500k 4.5ghz. Fallout 4 murders my CPU but I'm on to the witcher now which looks 100x better and uses less resources
 
Personally, it sounds like 5820k and X99 would be a good fit here. You say you like to buy something powerful, and stick with it. While yes, 6700k is slightly faster than 5820k clock for clock, they will both be a noticeable jump from a 2600k (which you could probably get more clock out of). 5820k (especially if you have a Microcenter nearby) is by far the biggest value future proof platform at the moment, that or wait till Zen and hopefully Intel gets something fighting against on performance or price.
 
Options are:
1 - Overclock that i7-2600K (cheapest option)
2 - Get the 5820K (best value option)
3 - Get the 6700K (most expensive but future proofing option)
 
going from a 2600k to skylake generally isn't chosen because your cpu is holding you back. it's for the skylake platform features. check the 600 reviews and youll see this
 
I'm firmly entrenched in the Sandy Bridge era as you can see in my signature, so maybe I'm a little biased...
 
I'd say only if you want to go with an NVMe SSD. I went from a i5-2500K to a i7-6700K and the most noticeable differences all come from my Samsung 950 Pro SSD.
 
The alternative is to buy a ton of DDR3 RAM now that it's cheap. Set up a RAM Disk and hope the power never goes out...
 
A couple of months ago I went from an i7 860(Lynnfield) to the 6700K, talk about a noticeable upgrade. Playing GTA V with the new cpu was mind blowing.
 
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