Worth upgrading from i5 2500K to i5 6600K or i7 6700K

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ern88

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Just wondering if you think it would be worth while to upgrade an i5 2500K to the new i5 6600K or i7 6700K. My 2500K has been o/c'd to 4.6 ghz from day one. You can see the rest of my system specs in my sig.

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Best thing you can do now is upgrading the VGA to GTX-970 or GTX-980 for better results in games, and your CPU will handle this especially at 4.6 ghz.
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Mr5oh

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I can't see your signature, but depends on what you do with the machine. Either way I lean towards no, I would wait one more generation before upgrading. I usually don't upgrade unless I have performance issues, or I can double my performance without spending a fortune.
 
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Current system ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z, i5 2500K. 8 gigs ram DDR-3 1600 MHZ. SSD Samsung 850 Pro 256 gigs. WD Caviar Black 1 TB. Windows 10. Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-X, Phanteks Enthoo Pro. EVGA Supernova 750 G2 PSU.
 
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Is your current cpu overclocked? If not I'd do that first. Just make sure you have a decent aftermarket cooler. The system info you provided doesn't mention whether it's oc'd or not. Unless you wanted some of the newer features with the z170 platform (multiple m.2 support, sata express, ddr4 etc) it would be a slight performance upgrade but will be a fairly good expenditure. By the time you factor in the price of a skylake cpu, new motherboard, 8gb or more of ddr4 ram and a cpu cooler (skylake cpu's cost a bit more than haswell/devils canyon and like the 2011v3 enthusiast cpu's dropped the stock cooler as well). The i7 6700k cpu's are unavailable in the u.s. at the moment. As far as I know only the i5 6600k's are available at around $250 cpu only (no stock cooler).
 
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I still don't see a reason to upgrade. Yes an I7 would be a bit of upgrade for some tasks, but for most things an I5 is fine. The 6600 wouldn't be enough of an upgrade over your current CPU to justify the cost. I havet seen reports about how the new chips over clock, but generally its been downhill since the 2500k / 3570k chips. I'd wait it out a bit longer. If nothing else the new CPUs may drop in price, and you'll end up with more choices.
 
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I have a 2500k 4.5 too. If you buy a high end VGA I recommend you update your mother board and processor. If you don't plan change the VGA, I don't see necessary the change of CPU + Board.
BTW I'm searching a compare of 2600k 4.5 Ghz with i5 6600k. Because, you and me, can change the CPU and conserve the mother board.
 
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there is no need to change the cpu
I also have i7-2600k in at 3.4 GH and Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-X 3GB and there is no bottleniking for the VGA at all.
my system can run all games in 1080p without problems at least at medium setting in gives no less than 35-60 FPS.
Note: in games i5-2500k perform the i7-2600k because there is no need for HT in games.
but if you do some rendering tasks or heavy encoding may be it is the time to have i7-5930k which is better than i7-6600k in multitasking programs, but in games your system is very nice.
 
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