Upgrading from i7-2600 (sandy bridge) to skylake

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curiousdude

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The sandy bridge I had ran at 3.4 GHz, and what I am considering to upgrade to (i7-6000s') will be running at around 3.5Ghz.. So that means it is not much faster unless of course if I overclock it. I did not want to overclock because it feels like it is a lot of work because you have to start and restart the cpu to test it for maximum speed, and it might take a lot of time (and time is not something that I have too much of).

Anyway, just wondering what the community's opinion is about it. I might have to buy the 6700K even though I am not over clocking. I might be spending unnecessary money, but I do want a faster speed upgrade from the sandy bridge. What is everyone's experience about the price depreciation for the 'K' vs. the 'non-K' cpus'? I did manage to still sell my sandy bridge (2600 & non-K) for $150+ 4 years later. Do you think the K will hold a higher value? Or should I just buy the non-K one ( i7-6600) since I don't believe I will over clock.

Lastly, I am wondering, IF my computer crashes and I have to reformat it and reinstall everything. Do I need to re-overclock it? Or, once I overclock the chip, it stays that way, even after I do a reformat of the system.

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1. You shouldn't be even looking at the "Gigahertz" of the CPU. That measure is only relevant comparing CPUs of the same generation.

2. The 6700k is 20-40% faster than the 2600k at stock speeds in CPU-bound tasks.

3. Basic overclocking is very easy with a quality motherboard. Most can automatically configure a basic overclock. If you don't like their utility, you can just bump up the multiplier of an unlocked CPU a few ticks for a free performance increase. Overclocking only is difficult if you want to squeeze the absolute maximum performance out of your CPU.

4. Overclock settings can be set and stored in the BIOS/EFI and will be active regardless of what happens to your OS. While it is possible that settings set from windows would...
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1. You shouldn't be even looking at the "Gigahertz" of the CPU. That measure is only relevant comparing CPUs of the same generation.

2. The 6700k is 20-40% faster than the 2600k at stock speeds in CPU-bound tasks.

3. Basic overclocking is very easy with a quality motherboard. Most can automatically configure a basic overclock. If you don't like their utility, you can just bump up the multiplier of an unlocked CPU a few ticks for a free performance increase. Overclocking only is difficult if you want to squeeze the absolute maximum performance out of your CPU.

4. Overclock settings can be set and stored in the BIOS/EFI and will be active regardless of what happens to your OS. While it is possible that settings set from windows would be lost-most motherboards make it easy to overclock directly from the BIOS.

5. Right now, you don't have a choice. The "k" CPUs are the only ones that have been released.

6. I would expect the "k" CPUs to hold their value much better. That seems to have been the case for Sandy/Ivy Bridge so far. On the other hand, I wouldn't buy one for just that reason.

7. What you need the CPU power for is significant. If you will be gaming, the new CPUs don't show much improvement over even Sandy Bridge in most games. That may change with new, more demanding games.
 
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Ah I see. Thanks! I had no idea that was used to measure only same generation cpus.

Anyway, it does make sense to slightly overclock a bit just to have a higher performance. Are there any motherboards that you recommend?

I've been looking at ASUS mostly. What I need my cpu for is mostly running large spreadsheets, and opening multiple browsers, while also watching movies on another monitor. I also need a cpu that can handle the pictures/videos that I take on my samsung galaxy s6. The one that I currently have can not even play the video files, I'm not even sure why. It's constantly flashing green, and it freezes.
 
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Many people like Asus motherboards. My experience with them has been positive. I definitely think that overclocking makes sense-it's basically free performance.

I don't know how large your large spreadsheets are, but they have to be very large to warrant upgrading from an i7 2600. Since you only use one or two browser tabs at a time, pretty much any i5 is more than enough.

It sounds like the current trouble you are experiencing is either with your GPU hardware or drivers. Just viewing pictures/video files should take very little CPU power unless you have a strange configuration.
 
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