i7 2600K and gtx 1080
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That'll be plenty of performance. The performance increase generation over generation is around 10% in i7s, not sure about i5s though! I'll have to check that later! 
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
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That'll be plenty of performance. The performance increase generation over generation is around 10% in i7s, not sure about i5s though! I'll have to check that later!
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
Chugalug_ :
That'll be plenty of performance. The performance increase generation over generation is around 10% in i7s, not sure about i5s though! I'll have to check that later!
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
I think the 2600k SandyBridge will go down as a legend in the history of PC CPUs. I have had mine since 2010 and it has stayed at the center of my PC build on an MSI Z68 with 8GB DDR3 2133 RAM and the latest Samsung EVO Pro 512gb and old school 2010 WD Black Edition 500gb storage for my music.
With the 2600k overclocked at 4.5ghz I get 7.9 on the windoze experience index. Everything else about my build is 7.9 too even my old ass HD7850 2GB that I will put on eBay soon.
I have ran my 2600k stable at 4.2ghz for the past 6 years so I think it has plenty of room to OC as long as you have a good aftermarket air cooler like the Zalman 2-ball with the massive copper heatsink. If you want to push it to 5.0ghz I guarantee you need liquid cooling to run it stable.
I just bought the GTX1080 Founders Edition and I'm waiting for a shipment confirmation.
Chugalug_ :
That'll be plenty of performance. The performance increase generation over generation is around 10% in i7s, not sure about i5s though! I'll have to check that later!
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
i oc it to 4.4
so ill be fine right?
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gtxyyy :
Chugalug_ :
That'll be plenty of performance. The performance increase generation over generation is around 10% in i7s, not sure about i5s though! I'll have to check that later!
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
So if you overclock that a little, you should have 4790k level performance give or take a bit which gives you plenty of room to power graphics cards.
To be honest that CPU should suit you just fine for the two generations to come including Pascal.
I'd say upgrade in 3-4 years time if your CPU doesn't just die from old age by then!
TLDR; Tonnes of headroom for graphics cards, should suit you for another 3-4 years.
i oc it to 4.4
so ill be fine right?yes
there is only a light bottleneck without the oc so your fine
The only time a 2600k will fall behind a 6th generation chips is when the graphics card is processing so quickly that the CPU becomes a bottleneck, which in turn a capable processor with better architecture (i5, i7) will pull ahead; However, these scenarios only occur at higher frame rates due to a lack of graphical taxation (e.g lower resolutions). The 2600k is definetly still relevant, i7 6700k performs in games that are not as graphically demanding around 15-20% better usually from (example) 90fps (2600k) to around 105fps (6600k). At which the framerates you are getting are practically surplus. These games are like GTA V at 1080p, however games like Metro Last Light that are graphically demanding will see little to no improvement with a CPU upgrade. Plus, the new i7s are expensive, and the i7 2600k is alot better for productivity then the i5s.
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