i5-6600K to i5-8600K - worth it?

[Robi]

I'm currently using the following build purely for gaming:

i5-6600K Skylake @ 4.5GHz
Corsair H60
MSI Z170A Carbon
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC

I noticed the bundle deal posted earlier today for the i5-8600K and Gigabyte Z370 AORUS. In essence I could re-use the RAM + cooler and upgrade the CPU + mobo for pretty much next to nothing. It would mean more cores, threads, cache and higher default clock, although I'll be overclocking it to similar if not more.

A couple of benchmark videos indicated an average increase of 18.1FPS in Arma 3, 36.5 in CS:GO, 27.8 in Watch Dogs 2, 18.1 in GTAV and 41.6 in Witcher 3; so fairly hefty increases across multiple games.

For the sake of circa £100, it sounds like a no brainer surely? I am planning to move from 1080p to a full 1440p build next year at some point, so this is just a stop gap until then.

 

[muon]

With a GTX 1070, no point.

Wait for Z390 with 8 core chip if you want to upgrade.

How comes it is only a £100 upgrade?

 

[P4Clock]

What about this build would not be full 1440??
I have full 1440 on a E5 1650v2, I have to run 2 290x's but your should be fine with the 1070.

 

[Robi]

With a GTX 1070, no point.

Wait for Z390 with 8 core chip if you want to upgrade.

How comes it is only a £100 upgrade?

I was going to sell the CPU + motherboard for around £200-225ish and surprisingly I had £60 cashback land in my Quidco account today. That pretty much leaves around £100.

What about this build would not be full 1440??
I have full 1440 on a E5 1650v2, I have to run 2 290x's but your should be fine with the 1070.

I don't have a 1440p monitor at the moment. If I'm chucking £400-500 into a ROG Swift 1440p monitor, I might as well change the entire build at the same time

 

[P4Clock]

I don't have a 1440p monitor at the moment. If I'm chucking £400-500 into a ROG Swift 1440p monitor, I might as well change the entire build at the same time

why?
if it works dont fix it, the best upgrade would be GPU not CPU. 1070 will do fine but a 1080ti will do better. if you change CPU... the 1070 will still be the limit in your system

 

[ChocAndGray]

I'd definitely echo the sentiment that a GPU upgrade would be more beneficial especially if you're going to be gaming at 1440p and maybe above in the future.

For gaming the GPU is always the first thing I'd look at upgrading unless I'm at a point where the CPU just isn't good enough. The 6600k still has a bit of life in it.

The most sensible upgrade path in my opinion is GPU now, and then jump in on the next Intel chipset e.g Z390.

You'd notice more performance increase with a GPU than you would a cpu right now.

Although despite what I've said if you're in a financial position to just build a new rig, then go for it in my opinion. LIfe's too short. Although I appreciate everyone has different financial circumstances and priorities.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Go for it, quads are bottlenecking even 1060s in some games and will only get worse.

 

[ChocAndGray]

Go for it, quads are bottlenecking even 1060s in some games and will only get worse.

Defintely agree that things are going to get worse, especially for quads with no hyperthreading, but if he's looking at upgrading next year I think he'd notice more immediate gains with a graphics card.

I think the 6600k still has enough life to get him through until next year when Z390 releases.

 

[Rimsy]

Why not pick up a 7700k? Get to keep mobo/ram and get benefit of the extra threads etc