Is a i7 2600k a good processor to buy?

BradAndrews435 · Oct 23, 2014

Hello, I was thinking of upgrading my CPU in my PC along with a new motherboard and a new CPU cooler if I ever wanted to overclock. I just wanted to know if a i7 2600k was a good processor to buy for both video rendering stuff and gaming. And I also wanted to know what motherboard and CPU cooler would be good for this processor.

Vexillarius · Oct 23, 2014

It's still a good CPU, but it's old and has been replaced three times over, by Ivy Bridge, Haswell and Haswell-R.

Since you'll be buying a new mobo as well there's no point in getting an outdated CPU. In your situation I'd get a i7-4790K, excellent for both rendering and gaming. Slap a CM Hyper 212 Evo, Noctua NH-D14/15, or Corsair H100i (or something similar) on it depending on your budget and you'll be overclocking in no time.

For the mobo the Asus Z97-A is always a good choice, so are MSI and Gigabyte's Z97 Gaming series.

If you tell me your budget I can put something together for you.

BradAndrews435 · Oct 23, 2014

Vexillarius :

It's still a good CPU, but it's old and has been replaced three times over, by Ivy Bridge, Haswell and Haswell-R.

Since you'll be buying a new mobo as well there's no point in getting an outdated CPU. In your situation I'd get a i7-4790K, excellent for both rendering and gaming. Slap a CM Hyper 212 Evo, Noctua NH-D14/15, or Corsair H100i (or something similar) on it depending on your budget and you'll be overclocking in no time.

For the mobo the Asus Z97-A is always a good choice, so are MSI and Gigabyte's Z97 Gaming series.

If you tell me your budget I can put something together for you.

My budget is under £500

rockie_ · Oct 23, 2014

It s good but at that price you could buy i7 4790K . Sandy Bridge like i7 2600K usually support 1333MHz RAM and only PCI-E gen 2.0 . This is out-dated .
http://ark.intel.com/products/52214/Intel-Core-i7-2600K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

Vexillarius · Oct 23, 2014

Then you can do this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£249.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£78.88 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £435.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-23 17:10 BST+0100

If you don't like liquid cooling and you have a roomy case you can also get a Noctua NH-D15.

rockie_ · Oct 23, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£162.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£66.77 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £503.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-23 17:14 BST+0100

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