Can we all agree............

Andy7 · 1 Oct 2015 at 18:48

If you have an i7 2600k overclocked to at least 4.4Ghz you will be wasting your money buying anything Intel has brought out after Sandy Bridge for gaming?

Yes or no?

pastymuncher · 1 Oct 2015 at 18:57

I would say yes. The 2600k is still a very capable cpu.

setter · 1 Oct 2015 at 18:58

Pretty much yes, whilst I never owned an sb chip. I've had Ivybridge, haswell and the devils canyon refresh of it. Improvements in gaming were practically zilch.

andy_mk3 · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:03

Gaming wise yes, it's still perfectly good. I think SB still has a good couple of years left in it yet!

Minstadave · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:16

Agreed.

RJC · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:17

Stick with what your currently using

Randomface74 · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:17

phenx · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:31

I would agree.

Kautya · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:31

SamyBoy13 · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:34

I agree as above. People who purchased this processors are lucky

setter · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:37

SamyBoy13 said:
I agree as above. People who purchased this processors are lucky

Agreed, they've certainly got there moneys worth out of them. Great clocking chips, and much cooler running than the latest models.

spoffle · 1 Oct 2015 at 19:44

It's not as simple as yes or not for gaming. It's context dependent on exactly how you're playing games.

If you have multi GPUs and are using a high res, multimonitor or high res multimonitor then an upgrade from a 2600K wouldn't be pointless.

RavenXXX2 · 1 Oct 2015 at 20:10

For gaming yes sandy still cuts it. Intel has sat back and milked us for tiny improvements over the years.

ukxenon · 1 Oct 2015 at 20:42

Yup keep it and wait

AthlonXP1800 · 1 Oct 2015 at 20:47

I would say no.

I found benchmarks to compared Skylake, Haswell, Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge 4.4GHz clock to clock in games with Titan X GPU.

Clock to clock, 2600K would be up to around 32% slower in games if compared to Skylake 6700K.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review

Nelly · 1 Oct 2015 at 20:50

100% agree!

remy87 · 1 Oct 2015 at 20:56

Nelly said:
100% agree!

hmm stock speed? I would be interested in same ish clocks on all 3 CPUS.
Skylake clearly takes it at stock there.

RavenXXX2 · 1 Oct 2015 at 21:17

Still aint worth upgrading.

dromi · 1 Oct 2015 at 21:23

probably not worth upgrading yet..

Orcvader · 1 Oct 2015 at 21:23

My 2600K feels old...