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i7 4770 to i7 6700, worth the hassle?

Zarax said:
Does it mean I cannot plug my current PSU in?
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Will depend entirely on the model, but if it's a 600 G2 or 800 G2 then no, as they do NOT use a standard 24 pin PSU connector (they use 12 volt only PSUs to comply with stricter efficiency regulations)
 
Armageus said:
Will depend entirely on the model, but if it's a 600 G2 or 800 G2 then no, as they do NOT use a standard 24 pin PSU connector (they use 12 volt only PSUs to comply with stricter efficiency regulations)
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I have a strong feeling it's an 800 but cannot verify until I'm back to office...
 
Absolutely do it! Skylake had major IPC gains and it's a move from DDR3->DDR4.
I'm still using a skylake system 6 years on
 
I'd either buy the latest thing you can comfortably afford, or not bother.

Alder Lake boards will support Raptor Lake CPUs, so I'd buy a cheap Alder Lake CPU if I was building right now.
 
g67575 said:
I'd either buy the latest thing you can comfortably afford, or not bother.

Alder Lake boards will support Raptor Lake CPUs, so I'd buy a cheap Alder Lake CPU if I was building right now.
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Thanks but I'm not looking for purchase advice. This is more a "try to recycle components or sell what you get for free" kind of situation.
 
Get it for free, open it up, give it a good clean and if the motherboard and PSU is the proprietary type then sell it on. If not, plug in and enjoy.

Simples.
 
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A second hand board for £30-40 or buy a whole new bundle? :confused:
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A 10105f can be bought for £75, less than the going rate to sell 6700 chips for. A brand new board to support it is around £80, meaning the cost to change is only around £15 more than your second hand board option whilst providing slightly better performance, other newer tech and features, and brand new warrantied parts.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-6700-vs-Intel-i3-10105F/2598vs4175
 
Sell your current CPU/Mobo/RAM and sell the 6700 setup, you should make £250-300 or so with them.

Look into buying a cheap modern i5/r5 cpu/mobo/ram combo either new or second hand.

Real quick throw together to give you an idea of buying new, get someone to spec you a better list:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £290.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​





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It'd blow what you're currently using and the 6700 out of the water.
 
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Armageus said:
A 10105f can be bought for £75, less than the going rate to sell 6700 chips for. A brand new board to support it is around £80, meaning the cost to change is only around £15 more than your second hand board option whilst providing slightly better performance, other newer tech and features, and brand new warrantied parts.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-6700-vs-Intel-i3-10105F/2598vs4175
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He doesn't want to spend a load of money tho. Bit £30 isn't much for a ok upgrade

@op probably would be better to sell the lot. Can't be something new and shiny :D
 
It's not a matter of money, when I will decide to upgrade I will spend a lot more than that anyway.
Guess I can make 100-200€ selling the whole PC and that would cover about less than 10% of what I'd spend for a new system
 
I agree with some of the other comments, sell all the old kit and build a new system, upgrading to a slightly better system wouldn't be worth your time.

Personally, I would wait for end of 2022 for Zen 4 /AM5. This series will offer 8/16 cores, unlike Alder Lake and the Intel 13th generation (limited to 8 high performance cores plus additional lower power E-Cores).

But if not, cheap Alder Lake CPU (really depends how much you want to spend) + LGA1700 board, then upgrade to Raptor Lake later this year.

Intel's competitor to Zen 4 is Meteor Lake (14th generation), which is based on Intel's 7nm EUV process, which was delayed (originally 7nm CPUs were planned for 2022).
 
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g67575 said:
I agree with some of the other comments, sell all the old kit and build a new system, upgrading to a slightly better system wouldn't be worth your time.

Personally, I would wait for end of 2022 for Zen 4 /AM5. This series will offer 8/16 cores, unlike Alder Lake and the Intel 13th generation (limited to 8 high performance cores plus additional lower power E-Cores).

But if not, cheap Alder Lake CPU (really depends how much you want to spend) + LGA1700 board, then upgrade to Raptor Lake later this year.

Intel's competitor to Zen 4 is Meteor Lake (14th generation), which is based on Intel's 7nm EUV process, which was delayed (originally 7nm CPUs were planned for 2022).
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My upgrade trigger is basically "GPU close enough to MSRP", whenever that will be... My current PC is almost 10 years old and I'm not interested in 4k so I'm not going to fret about missing a generation, if I bought today I'd likely go for 5950x + 64GB ram + a 6700XT.
 
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