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2600K recent equivalent?

spikerules

spikerules

spikerules

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Hi all,
Been out of the oc game since upgrading to my then new 2600K rig. The problem being that I have has issues with said rig ever since.

I purchased the pre OC bundle of the Asus P8P67 deluxe and 2600k 4.6GHz from ocUK and have had BSOD's, temp issues etc since then. I ended up giving up on sending the bundle back for a second time and accepted that I was sent a guaranteed 4.6 bundle that was in fact was not going to get me anywhere near 4.6 stable.

A couple of years later and I am now getting VERY annoyed (it seems to be getting less stable as it ages) so I now want to upgrade the processor and heatsink (I have a corsair h20 water on the chip).

I have been out of the game since the 2600K release, so can someone please send me in the right direction? I am not looking to spend more than £300.

Thanks
spike
 
Orcvader said:
What's the main use of the PC? Do you really need 4.6 GHz? 4.4 GHz is enough for me and at that point, for gaming I would be more worried about GPU bottleneck instead.
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Well I have SLI 670 setup. I am using the PC for high end video editing mainly.

Edit - Oh and I can't get stable 4.4 either...
 
Ok it looks like £300 is not going to happen. So what and how much would it take to upgrade to a Haswell and get the performance of a 2600k without doing hard overclocking? I hear AMD are coming out the gate in the GPU market fast? Is it worth waiting to see what they do next or wait for the Intel skylake?
 
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