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had this pc 3.5 years!!

ImMrChris

ImMrChris

ImMrChris

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Blimey i bought this pc 3.5 years ago and the only thing i've upgraded is the hard drives and GPU it runs everything mint but im a little out of the loop hardware wise is it worth upgrading yet, am i on go slow compared to todays hardware?

i7 2600k @ 4.5Ghz
P8P67 LE
8Gb corsair XMS

ta :)
 
You should be telling us really. I mean, are you unhappy with it? Or are you upgrading for the sake of upgrading? :p

As far as I can tell, the 2600k is still very decent, and is still quite pricey. I imagine you could gain boost if you were to get a newer model, but I doubt you'd be blown away by the performance increase.

You got an SSD?
 
I've got a very similar PC and I don't feel the need to upgrade. There hasn't been the big generational increases like before as AMD aren't able to push them on the CPU side..

I can see myself keeping this PC until the generation after broadwell at least.
 
My core system is (kind of) similar, and I have had it for about the same amount of time:

i5 2500K
Asus P8Z68-V Pro
16GB Corsair Vengeance

The only thing I would do if I decided to upgrade is change the CPU to an i7.

Of course things like GPU's come and go more frequently. :)
 
adam98150 said:
You should be telling us really. I mean, are you unhappy with it? Or are you upgrading for the sake of upgrading? :p

As far as I can tell, the 2600k is still very decent, and is still quite pricey. I imagine you could gain boost if you were to get a newer model, but I doubt you'd be blown away by the performance increase.

You got an SSD?
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yup i have a Sammy 840 Pro and a 780 GTX

it's just the longest i've ever had a CPU and MB i thought there may of been some amazing leap in performance with the newest hardware considering the price of the x99 gear :p

cheers :D
 
Big steps are the way to go. I went from a Pentium 4 Northwood with 2GB of DDR and a 5600 Ultra, to an Athlon 6000+ with 4GB of DDR2 and an HD3870, to an i5 2500K with 8GB DDR3 and a GTX480. :p

You really appreciate the upgrade that way. :p
 
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when i was younger i was always upgrading, nowadays i never seem to lol im not complaining mind ;)

I'll just wait for "the next big thing"
 
ImMrChris said:
when i was younger i was always upgrading, nowadays i never seem to lol im not complaining mind ;)

I'll just wait for "the next big thing"
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I'm personally waiting for DDR4 and Skylake, but in honesty, I don't think I'll upgrade then either. I may just stick a 2600K in and suicide clock it. They will probably be going for peanuts by the time Skylake arrives. i7 920's are down to £35 :eek: Madness!
 
JonSmith said:
You might get more out of a GPU upgrade. 4.5 GHz is a respectable clock and 8GB of RAM is still sufficient for almost every task.
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OP hasn't really said that he needs to upgrade, I think it was more of a query. He already has a GTX780, 840 Evo, etc. His core system is just a little "behind the times", but current tech is advancing so slowly that it really makes no difference.
 
I consider the 2600k a very nice processor. I don't think it is worth it to upgrade you would get what an extra 10% faster clock for clock compared to a DC 4790K? And even raw processing power it is still good. I am still rocking a [email protected] and a gtx 680 and it runs good, sure i will have a bottleneck but the games i play run 1080p 60fps. The only reason why i would think you would need to upgrade would be if you needed to go 2011 socket to use quadSLI, 8 cores and m.2 full support but in gaming m.2 you wont need.

Keep it for longer! Skylake at least.
 
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Had my i2500K for over 3 years now. Was running it overclocked at 4.2 but recently started running at stock (3.3) to reduce power/heat and it still runs everything fine. In the old days the PC was always too slow, even on the day you bought it. Now it is only niche areas that require the latest & greatest (and gaming is almost always GPU limited).

My next CPU/MB purchase will probably be driven not by performance but rather by environmentals (case size, cooling, noise etc.) and possibly new features (e.g. security).
 
I only upgraded to the i5 SB last year! From a trusty Q6600. Without spending an utter fortune I don't think I'd see much of a performance difference.
 
Minstadave said:
The i7 sandybridge was a great time to buy in. Everything since had been pretty "meh".
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+1

Sandy Brudge was an excellent chip/architecture that everything since is a little 'meh' :(

Stick with it and maybe treat yourself to another GPU if your sys is capable (and you game of course!) :cool:

I switched from a 2700k@5Ghz and don't notice a difference!!!
 
On the one hand, it's great that these CPUs are still near as fast as the latest and greatest.
Think you've usually got to have bad luck to get a terrible clocker.
On the other hand... NEED MOAR PERFORMANCEZ!

I don't actually need more performance, but it's the disease of being on this site, you always want faster than you have...

I moved from SB-E to a Haswell i5 just because I wanted to go back to ITX. Really regret that decision, SB-E was great. :(
I can't say I'm overly impressed with the 4670k, curse it's high stock temperatures!

Laptop-wise, the newer Intel chips are pretty awesome, but in a desktop environment, bland...
 
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