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Thank you for the reply. I didn't think it was worth it for the minimal gains I would get.
You on that 24/7?
Been having the same argument with myself for weeks. 2600k does lose out to the 6600/6700k in minimum frame rates but I decided last night to go for a GTX1070, new case and PSU and call it a day until Intels "Tick" next year.
I can't even be bothered upgrading from a 25[email protected]... Most of the time I feel like I'm held back by SSD speeds more than anything else.
Sure, I might get ~20% performance increase, but my general threshold for 'will feel the difference' is more like 50-60%, and I'd prefer the new kit to be outright twice as fast.
I suppose there's some cases with games that are extremely CPU dependant where they may cross a threshold from laggy to acceptable, but that's entirely down to the individual
Sure, I might get ~20% performance increase, but my general threshold for 'will feel the difference' is more like 50-60%, and I'd prefer the new kit to be outright twice as fast.
I suppose there's some cases with games that are extremely CPU dependant where they may cross a threshold from laggy to acceptable, but that's entirely down to the individual
No such thing. Tick-Tock has been replaced with Architecture-Optimisation-Process. Kaby Lake is up next and will be an optimisation of Sky Lake (i.e. same architecture and process so most likely barely any improvement). Cannonlake likely won't appear until 2018, late 2017 at the earliest.
Still, an i7-2600K is no slouch and unless you really need those minimum frames higher it's a waste of money to replace it right now for most people.
So Tock-Tick-Tick?
Looks like I will hold off until 2018 in that case for the next architecture bump. My i7 was brought from a competitor and is supposed to do 4.7Ghz at 1.4v so will have a tinker with that once the new case etc arrives.
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stick with it atm, I went from your CPU and OC to what I have in my sig now, if im being honest it was abit of a side grade with games (but I do other stuff on the side) and it was mostly to scratch my upgrade itch
Can you not overclock your chip a bit further? They are good for 4.4Ghz from what I have been told.
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I can do 4.4 but I need so much more voltage I go way over 70c (custom water with a EK evo and 120.3 rad) and power consumption shoots up. I don't see a difference in most games so I just save the extra clock when I know I'm going to do something like compile a Unreal Level or something.
I short I lost the silicon lottery like I normally do lol.
It is still a great chip at the speed you are running it. I was thinking of going the x99 route myself mainly because of the upgrade itch.
I will probably keep what I have until something comes out that obliterates it not just minimal gains.
I was on a 4790k at 4.7ghz prior to side stepping to an X99 setup, (msi X99 mpower, 5820k and 16gb of ram). At 4.5ghz theres virtually zero difference for the games im playing. The X99 setup runs a good bit cooler too.