11600k in 2025? :D

[WARburton]

11th gen doesn’t OC as well in fact it loses to a 10900k so pointless upgrading to an 11700k.

OC the 10600k for now, upgrade the gpu first and then start saving for AM5 would be my recommendation.

are you talking from personal experience?
because my 11700kf did 5.2Ghz, with a ring oc and 4400mhz ram that would put it faster than the 10600k GN just used?

 

[WARburton]

Out of curiosity, which games are you thinking of?

to name one battlefield 2024 put my 32thread cpu to 70% usage @1440p
but lests no be silly the 5800x games better than a 5600x, 7700x beats 7600x and so on

exclude the 7600x3d... because you know x3d just wins.
but look how fair down the 9600x is and thats a fast ass 6 core, then keep going till you find the next 6 core

 

[Tetras]

to name one battlefield 2024 put my 32thread cpu to 70% usage @1440p
but lests no be silly the 5800x games better than a 5600x, 7700x beats 7600x and so on

exclude the 7600x3d... because you know x3d just wins.
but look how fair down the 9600x is and thats a fast ass 6 core, then keep going till you find the next 6 core

For me, it is rather hard to read that graph because the differences are so small. Often the boost clocks alone (or the cache, for Intel) can account for those kind of gaps.

E.g. The difference between the 7600X and 7700X is only a few percent, which I believe may also be the difference in their average boost clock.

If the number of cores was making a meaningful difference in a game, I'd expect the performance loss to be around 15% between them.

 

[JollyJamma]

I'd just upgrade the GPU personally to start with and see how the games you play run. Decide from there, about the cpu and or mobo.

This ^

I’d get a GPU with plenty of VRAM and save up for an X3D CPU upgrade later on.

Any AMD GPU would be a good option.