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My i7 2600K build is still good 10 years on - What current CPU has best VFM over the next 10 years?

turbot1984 said:
well it 'just' plays CP2077 at 1080P, nuked at 1440p where a 2070 super is 50% faster ... time has moved on ....
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Are you arguing pertinant to the lack of performance of my o/c 2600k or my Vega 56 or both? I am lost...My 2600k runs stable at circa 4.6 ghz, and my vega 56 rund at circa 1650mhz core and 980mhz HMB. I play games at 1080p 60fps, I have no issues even with an outlier such as cyberpunk 2077.
 
Ryzen 5600x I guess would be the 2500k version. The 5700x would be the 2600k. Although let's be fair, the 2x00 series were an epic leap in performance. Minimum frames from these chips are were you will benefit. Each iteration of Ryzen has basically gained you about 10% extra framerate over the last.

This might be beneficial for you : https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwrevie...k-revisit-2018-benchmarks-vs-9900k-ryzen-more (Certainly still seems a capable chip!!! )

Bear in mind that is two Ryzen generations back, only showing the 2xxx series stuff as well, so the 5x00 series is significantly better. Talking AT LEAST 20 FPS better on the minimums in those graphs which is a big deal for minimums.

Or wait for the next release when they do funky stuff like the V-cache (If that's the tech name for it), that will up the game again.

I am honestly inclined to suggest a GPU upgrade though rather than a whole system upgrade.
 
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dankeeys said:
The 1600AF at least in the UK, is almost non existent and was even circa 2 years ago selling for the same as a 2600. I bought my Vega 56 from OCUK for £220.00 circa 2 or 3 years ago. At half the price and half the performance of the 6600XT that is stagnation. Vega 56 and similar still gives 1080p 60fps, why upgrade?
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The 1600 AF is pretty plentiful.
 
dankeeys said:
Are you arguing pertinant to the lack of performance of my o/c 2600k or my Vega 56 or both? I am lost...My 2600k runs stable at circa 4.6 ghz, and my vega 56 rund at circa 1650mhz core and 980mhz HMB. I play games at 1080p 60fps, I have no issues even with an outlier such as cyberpunk 2077.
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probably both to be honest ... look don't get me wrong, It's tough letting a 'great' cpu go, done the same with 2500k/6700k. the 2600k came out 8 months after Gordon Brown left office, great though it is (unlike him), its a relic (like him).
I would wait until Alder lake, then can the lot, including the Vega.
 
I've got a 5600x, I only expect it to last 5-6 years before I need to upgrade. 8 cores (5800x) should be fine for next 10 years. The jump in gaming between Zen2 and Zen3 is considerable, yes, they cost a bit more but this is a 10 year investment, I wouldn't buy intel this gen (used intel for past 10 years) although 10700k would be tempting.

You will likely jump to 1440p with higher refresh rates at some point in the next 10 years.
 
I think the 11400F is the best value for money CPU right now.

My 2700K is still going strong also. Upgrade time in the next year or so though I think... I started off with a 2500K in 2011 and then got a 2700K a few years later off the MM.

Its paired with a 6700XT running 4K with no bother. Doom Eternal maxed out at 100+fps.

Also not to be a pedant but the 2600K also came out in 2011. ;)
 
Alan McFall said:
I've got a 5600x, I only expect it to last 5-6 years before I need to upgrade. 8 cores (5800x) should be fine for next 10 years. The jump in gaming between Zen2 and Zen3 is considerable, yes, they cost a bit more but this is a 10 year investment, I wouldn't buy intel this gen (used intel for past 10 years) although 10700k would be tempting.

You will likely jump to 1440p with higher refresh rates at some point in the next 10 years.
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2600k is fine at 60 FPS single player games.

I will only upgraded from mine in Dec 20 (so about 8 months ago) to a 5800x.

I bought a 1440p 144hz monitor and for the higher refresh a 2600k just doesn't cut it.

I was getting between 80-90 in PUBG in quiet area dropping to maybe 50 at times of action, where you need it most.
 
Higher resolution would reduce the CPU bottleneck because the GPU would have to work much harder, and the CPU wouldn't really.

Its why mine is still perfectly adequate for some 4K gaming. GPU is always at 100% usage, CPU never really goes above 40%

Issue is when you try to go high refresh rate and try to get lots more frames.

Main reason I am starting to feel the need to upgrade is productivity rather than gaming. Encoding etc is slow.
 
Think I'll finally be upgrading within the next year or so. My 2600k is at 4.2GHz and I can't push it further because the replacement motherboard I bought a few years ago doesn't have the bios options to push it past. Pretty annoying but it has done very well.

The thing making me want to upgrade is more fps, higher res (1080p atm) and encoding when video editing.
 
Frenzy said:
Think I'll finally be upgrading within the next year or so. My 2600k is at 4.2GHz and I can't push it further because the replacement motherboard I bought a few years ago doesn't have the bios options to push it past. Pretty annoying but it has done very well.

The thing making me want to upgrade is more fps, higher res (1080p atm) and encoding when video editing.
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MSI board by any chance? I had the exact same thing.
 
Acme said:
I think the 11400F is the best value for money CPU right now.

My 2700K is still going strong also. Upgrade time in the next year or so though I think... I started off with a 2500K in 2011 and then got a 2700K a few years later off the MM.

Its paired with a 6700XT running 4K with no bother. Doom Eternal maxed out at 100+fps.

Also not to be a pedant but the 2600K also came out in 2011. ;)
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Doom Eternal runs on any old potato.

Sandy Bridge CPU's are useless when combined with a 3080+ class GPU in modern games. Quad cores are dead.
 
Acme said:
I think the 11400F is the best value for money CPU right now.

My 2700K is still going strong also. Upgrade time in the next year or so though I think... I started off with a 2500K in 2011 and then got a 2700K a few years later off the MM.

Its paired with a 6700XT running 4K with no bother. Doom Eternal maxed out at 100+fps.

Also not to be a pedant but the 2600K also came out in 2011. ;)
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The Radeon card will significantly help the overall performance. An RTX card is a different story though.
 
Acme said:
In 4K it works alright still. GPU not taxed than CPU. It works out well.
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Even at 4K, there are many games where a quad core simply tanks performance. Was running a 3080 with a 6700k at the time, had major issues in Shadow of the tomb raider, Jurassic Park Evolution and quite a few other titles. All 4 cores literally 100% maxed out, huge drops in frames, unplayable etc.
 
Interesting. Ive never seen anything like that CPU usage. I clearly don't play enough of a variety.
 
I played 4k 30 to 60fps on my 2600k and 980ti when the first tombraider reboot game came out if that means anything.
 
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