i7-3770k to i7-6600

[Zarax]

I have a chance of getting an i7-6600 PC for free, I was wondering if it would be a decent upgrade from my old i7-3770k for gaming.

Do you guys have any idea or any good benchmark?

Thanks!

 

[Lmg80]

I have a chance of getting an i7-6600 PC for free, I was wondering if it would be a decent upgrade from my old i7-3770k for gaming.

Do you guys have any idea or any good benchmark?

Thanks!

Do you mean i5, as that came in a 6600 guise. Else the i7 is 6700.
Is it a k version?

Use this site for benchmarks

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6600/1317vs3514

 

[Zarax]

Do you mean i5, as that came in a 6600 guise. Else the i7 is 6700.
Is it a k version?

Use this site for benchmarks

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6600/1317vs3514

Sorry, I mean an 6700 non k.

 

[Fluffybob]

Not a lot in it but you can OC the 3770k

 

[Zarax]

Not a lot in it but you can OC the 3770k

I'd rather not push old hardware right now, I'm just trying to see if a later non-k chip can be better than what I have.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Since it's free, it's a good upgrade. Not going to set the world on fire, but I'd do it.

 

[Tetras]

If it's free I'd get it, especially if you run at stock (assuming i7-6700). Since even without taking the CPU into account, it's a much newer platform. Have you got to buy a whole system to go with it though?

 

[Panos]

I have a chance of getting an i7-6600 PC for free, I was wondering if it would be a decent upgrade from my old i7-3770k for gaming.

Do you guys have any idea or any good benchmark?

Thanks!

Whole PC or just the CPU? Because CPU on it's own is incompatible with your motherboard and RAM.

 

[Drollic]

Worth it if stock 3770k, but barely worth the hassle of changing if clocked if you value your time.

 

[Zarax]

Whole PC or just the CPU? Because CPU on it's own is incompatible with your motherboard and RAM.

I currently have a custom build 3770k, while I have the opportunity to get my old office PC equipped with the 6700k non K. They both come with 16GB RAM, I would move the office motherboard in my case so I will take CPU, RAM, motherboard and cooler while using my case and PSU.

 

[cjgardens]

Sell both and buy something newer?

 

[Joxeon]

Sell both and buy something newer?

That's good thinking.

 

[Panos]

I currently have a custom build 3770k, while I have the opportunity to get my old office PC equipped with the 6700k non K. They both come with 16GB RAM, I would move the office motherboard in my case so I will take CPU, RAM, motherboard and cooler while using my case and PSU.

Great stuff then. Use it

 

[Zarax]

Sell both and buy something newer?

That's the plan as soon as I get a new GPU. Meanwhile, I'm trying to understand if replacing a K with a slightly newer non K CPU of the same class can bring any benefits.

 

[Zarax]

i would stick with the 3770k and overclock the nuts off it.

This is a pretty heavily used PC from late 2012, I'm not sure pushing it is a good idea.

 

[mickyflinn]

I currently have a custom build 3770k, while I have the opportunity to get my old office PC equipped with the 6700k non K. They both come with 16GB RAM, I would move the office motherboard in my case so I will take CPU, RAM, motherboard and cooler while using my case and PSU.

Would be intresting to know what motherboard the 6700 comes with and if its a single 16 gb of memory or 2x 8gb.

 

[Tetras]

That's the plan as soon as I get a new GPU. Meanwhile, I'm trying to understand if replacing a K with a slightly newer non K CPU of the same class can bring any benefits.

If you're not overclocking and it has the same core/thread count, then it relies on clock speed and improvements to the cores. There are marginal improvements to each generation, so from a pure performance point of view, it's not going to make much difference. At stock settings the K CPUs don't offer you anything. If you had a heavily overclocked 3770k it would actually be a downgrade in performance.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

In certain games Skylake showed decent improvements over IB, so it would be worth the upgrade IMHO. It's mostly in games which are single thread and latency dependent, and is shown in the minimums.