From i7 2600k to ?

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chiller2333

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Hey Everyone,

I currently have the i7 2600k clocked at 4.6 with AIO Corsair GTX cooler

My question is to upgrade or not to 6700K, 5930K or 6850K

I don't mind buying new items as I plan to get two 1080s once they are no longer OUT of STOCK

I play Total War and other games of this nature. No video editing but I do run 3 monitors at the same time and enjoy watching a movie on one, surf the net on another and game in the middle.

If you need more info on my build let me know.
 
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Just try it with your current CPU, if for some reason the CPU is hurting performance on the 1080 SLI then upgrade. There's no reason to upgrade if it just going to be minimal gains. Here's a guide which explains more and has solutions if there's issues.

https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-determine-gpu-vs-cpu-bottlenecks-and-possible-solutions/
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Dynomite54

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No xeon is but there not for every day use if your doing rendering and or heavy duty 3d development your i7 is fine
 
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So,upgrade to 5930K or 6850K only if you do professional video editing,anything else like 6700k-4790k its not an upgrade its a sidegrade and the perfomance gains on gaming would be none or maybe 2-3fps at the best senario.
 
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chiller2333

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I have read that the CPU will bottleneck at lower resolutions. I do not have 4k monitors. I run 3 ASUS VG248QE Black 24" Gaming Monitor, 144Hz 1ms (GTG), 3D Monitors. From what I have read and watched on Youtube it seems at 1920 resolution the CPU can bottleneck because it can't keep up with the high FPS you could get from the GPU. Thoughts?
 
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captaincharisma

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in the desktop world the I7 is. Xenon is a workstation/server CPU

 
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lifespill

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Look,if you have money to spend and just want the edge of technology do it.Otherwise you will spend a lot of money for nothing.
 
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That overclocked i7 should have no issues with two 1080's in SLI. And the i7 with those two 1080's in SLI should be able to handle those monitors in surround gaming (5760x1080@144hz *depending on game/settings) if you ever decide to do that.
 
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chiller2333

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I just want to be able to run Total War Warhammer at max settings with everything enabled without killing my system lol. Thought maybe a new cpu, memory and motherboard along with the 1080s would allow that. Didn't think just the 1080s would be able to do that alone.
 
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true but you can put a xeon in a desktop thats what I did a few years ago

 
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Just try it with your current CPU, if for some reason the CPU is hurting performance on the 1080 SLI then upgrade. There's no reason to upgrade if it just going to be minimal gains. Here's a guide which explains more and has solutions if there's issues.

https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-determine-gpu-vs-cpu-bottlenecks-and-possible-solutions/
 
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