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I3 6100 vs i7 2600k

WhereHere1

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ok so my main computer is the i7, but I’m looking to upgrade it on the 9th gen of intel.

Would the i3 6100 be at the level of the much over i7 2600k?

I don’t know whether to just sell my i7 now and put up with the i3. Or will the i7 still be way more powerful even though it is only 2011?
 
Well the 2600k is my main computer and I’ll go for another i7 next year when intel release gen 9.

But my current built is i7, 16gb ram Gtx 1080.
I can feel my GTX is deffo bottlenecked so that’s why I want to upgrade.
But my second computer is i3 with just 8gb RAM. I was wondering if I put the 1080 in that whether it would be as capable as the older i7? Or would it just be terrible haha
 
Thinking about it, I have a b150a-x1 motherboard. Reading the manual this motherboard takes 6th gen and 7th gen CPU’s, maybe it would be better for me to buy a i7 7th gen. Is the i7 7700 the 7th gen?
 
GMac11 said:
You "feel" your GTX is bottlenecked, could you elaborate? I don't mean this in a snarly manner I'm genuinely interested as I'm currently on a 2600k myself and am pretty much sitting my finger on the trigger of an i5 8600k upgrade, mobo has already been purchased (but I can still return it) and RAM/CPU is in progress - FYI I got 16gb DDR4 for £112 on a deal which is why I decided to upgrade as it's the cheapest I have seen memory lately.
Have you done any tests to check if the CPU is actually bottlenecking your GPU? I have used task manager which pegs my 1080 at 100%; CPU at around 25-30% overall but with a couple of individual cores maxed out - so does this mean the CPU is bottlenecking?
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Well I’m guessing it’s bottlenecked I haven’t actually tested it I was just going to upgrade and see haha. I use a lot of cad and after upgrading from a 560 the other year I never really saw any difference, it was still laggy.

When I play certain games on VR I can’t have them on max settings or my computer struggles. I was putting this down to my CPU holding back my GPU. I could be wrong though
 
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