I Just upgraded a 2600k to a 6700k, my thoughts....

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My 2600k ran and is still running (backup pc) @ 4.5Ghz

the new 6700k is running @ 4.5 Ghz

so far the only difference I've noticed are a few more fps in games and the "your computer isnt ready for VR" in oculus home has gone lol

I only upgraded as I got some cash I wasnt expecting so it cost me in real terms about £250 for a shiny new Corsair 780T case, Asus Z170-A MB, 6700K CPU, 16Gb Vengeance ram, H105 cooler, RM650 PSU I used my 970GTX from my old PC

for a 5 year old CPU the 2600K is still kicking some serious butt! so if you've got the upgrade itch i wouldn't bother, unless getting a 10 - 15% framerate upgrade interests you that much!

I'll edit this post if i notice any miraculous difference in the coming months :D
 
Yep I think I have to agree.

I'm also finding it very difficult to find a viable upgrade for my i7-2600 ....

The only thing that caught my eye is the i7-6900k but the cost / performance gain doesn't justify it.

If anyone knows the cheapest way to get up to PCI-e 3.0 then please let me know as I'm stumped
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Yep I think I have to agree.

I'm also finding it very difficult to find a viable upgrade for my i7-2600 ....

The only thing that caught my eye is the i7-6900k but the cost / performance gain doesn't justify it.

If anyone knows the cheapest way to get up to PCI-e 3.0 then please let me know as I'm stumped
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What GPU are you using? PCI-E 3.0 might not give you any real world performance improvement.
 
crinkleshoes said:
What GPU are you using? PCI-E 3.0 might not give you any real world performance improvement.
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GTX 980 - as you suggest it doesn't make much of a difference....

However my problem is having just 2 SATA3 slots so I have a HBA card to install which will take the 16x lanes down to 8x unless I decide to run the HBA card at 4x

I'm going to run the HBA card at 4x and see how I get on.
 
That should be enough for your main storage.

Keep your OS drive on the onboard sata 3 connection and you likely won't notice a difference
 
crinkleshoes said:
That should be enough for your main storage.

Keep your OS drive on the onboard sata 3 connection and you likely won't notice a difference
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That would assume you're only using a single or 2 OSs at the most. I have a 6 tray SSD backplane that I regularly swap out for OSs and RAID arrays.

Storage is on 3 tray 3.5" backplane ... as you've gathered I have all the SATA ports maxed out
 
Yes - but you're only using 1, 2, 3 or 4 simultaneously surely? Unless it's some unraid system where they are all in use at the same time :P

4x PCIE 2.0 has 2GB/s bandwidth... so that'll fully max out 4x SATA 3.0 drives simultaneously... plus your 2x onboard and you have max bandwidth for 6x SATA 3.0 SSDs.
 
crinkleshoes said:
Yes - but you're only using 1, 2, 3 or 4 simultaneously surely? Unless it's some unraid system where they are all in use at the same time :P
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Errrmmm yes ! Vitual machines with physical passthrough

crinkleshoes said:
4x PCIE 2.0 has 2GB/s bandwidth... so that'll fully max out 4x SATA 3.0 drives simultaneously... plus your 2x onboard and you have max bandwidth for 6x SATA 3.0 SSDs.
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This is what I'm hoping for. I'll install it later this evening but I have a server to fix before then :/
 
Yes but that means actually maxxing them out... so I think 6x SATA 3.0 drives on 1x 4x PCI2.0 connection should be absolutely fine :)
 
No... I mean 6... for 2GB/s to be a detriment, you would have to be using more than 4 at their full read/write speed simultaneously.
 
i went from a 2600k for a 5820k and i've seen good improvements in video editing and cpu intensive games like mechwarrior online.

but when i got the 5820k it was cheaper than the 6700k so it was always the logical choice
 
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