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Depends on the graphics card. I was very impressed at the performance recently running a Skylake i7 and RX 6600XT.
I suppose it depends what kind of performance you are looking for.
`If your running an i5 6500 is a 6th/7th gen i7 a worthwhile option as a cheap upgrade to get gaming performance
Or is it full upgrade time
He plays modern but older games like battlefield 1, PUBG the games have worked with his i5 but the setting are slammed. I'm starting to upgrade my pc each payday and I have an i7 so considering selling it to him for the cost of an ssdwhat games are you using the 6500 for
just check his board is compatable a lot of them even though on the same socket didnt support the next gen
If your running an i5 6500 is a 6th/7th gen i7 a worthwhile option as a cheap upgrade to get gaming performance
Or is it full upgrade time
If you think you're going to be running an RTX 3070 or higher with a CPU like that in modern titles, you're in for a bad ride. if your more about e-Sports its fine
As mentioned he as a 5600xt
Amd gpu 5600xt not the 5600x cpu
He's fine, he would need a 6900XT before that 5600X starts running out of steam.
I'm going to assume you have had a beer or 2, nobody mentioned a 5600x cpu
Having had a 6700K with RTX 2070 Super, and then upgraded to 12700K with the same GFX. The difference is night and day. The 6700K was for years great for gaming. But at 1440p even it's too CPU limiting in games where the whole system needs to gel like Cyberpunk 2077 when you start sliding settings towards max.