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my current system has I5 6500 i'm wondering if its worth upgrading to the I7 6700 or I7 7700 or should i just build another system PC is only about a year old but at the time their was no 6 core or 12 thread cpus out like their is now just curious what everyone else thinks my specs our below

I5 6500
Asus Z170-p motherboard
G-skill 2133 16 GB ram
GTX 950 FTW ACX 2.0
seasonic 620w PSU
 
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The 7700K is clocked 600 MHz higher on the base clock than the 7700 (4.2 GHz base vs. 3.6 GHz on the base), and is really not much more expensive compared to the 7700...
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yea I know i'm still waiting for GPU prices to come back down before I can even do that its just the prices of GPU our way over price for what I want
 
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i agree with that me too waiting for the prices to lower down:)
 
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Don't see any valid reason to upgrade, much less go for an entirely new setup, at least not yet, the current CPU/MB/RAM is plenty good enough unless you want to play at bleeding edge frame rates on a 200+Hz monitor, that is!
But that GTX950 is definitely a major restriction (or typo?).

So...How much of your money can we spend? ;)
Where do you live?
What are the display specs? We need to know resolution and refresh rate so we can match a GPU upgrade to it.
 
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I live in the U.S. but where a normal 1070 is only 399.99 its selling for like 699.99 at those prices i'm waiting for the price to come down before I do anything $400 to $600 max is probably what I would spend but some of 10 series cards our way over priced currently saw one on newegg for $1239 I think it was
 
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yea I have its some of those stores outside of Amazon and Newegg i've never heard of before I used pcpartpicker for my current build actually
 
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Even if you did a new build.... you would still need a new GPU to handle all that power! So you'ld be back at step one!
If one were to get another 950 for cheap you could SLI and then blow the whole system off when you build your new system...
Enjoy what you have till things change....
 
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People you really need to be less concerned about upgrades

there's not reason to buy a whole PC every two years

your CPU is great, great performance out of the box and it can be overclocked with that Z170 motherboard through BCLK OC, just outdate your bios (which will desable the igpu but really not a problem)

16GB of RAM is all you are going to need for quite a while.

And a seasonic 620W psu is not only high-quality, but also has plenty of power for supporting PRETTY MUCH every-single top-of-the line GPU you throw at it.

Just get a GTX 1080 ti, the 950 was the only very big mistake on your rig.
 
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yea I know the GTX 950 was the big mistake but it was cause I ran out of money otherwise I would of bought a better card last year when I done it
 
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Yes that would be ideal, most gpus are way too overpriced these days.

Who knows? maybe you can upgrade it when nvidia volta releases, I expect that to be early next year

 
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No one asked the system's current usage scenario?

Or is every system just assumed to be a Battelfield 1 beastmaster? :)

If just surfing/ emailing/youtubing, I'd stand pat..

If gaming, both a GPU and CPU upgrade would be nice at some point....

I'd try hard for the 7700K...

Update your BIOS first...
 
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I play games but doubt I get the full potential out of 7700k since i'm not really a overclocker be to worry about damaging something of course i'm not really playing many current titles older stuff currently like I just finished Deus Ex Human Revolution

 
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He's got an i5 6500 that is still a really nice CPU. There's absoltelly no reason to upgrade to a 7700K, if he upgrades his cpus every year it is going to be tremendous money pit.

ALSO, with the 8700K announced I wouldn't buy a 7700K
 
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Firsly non-K skylake cpus can OC as well installing an older bios

Secondly overclocking your CPU is much easier than you may think. Provided you get adecuate cooling and be responsible with your OC you shouldn't damage the CPU at all.
 
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The 7700K is clocked 600 MHz higher on the base clock than the 7700 (4.2 GHz base vs. 3.6 GHz on the base), and is really not much more expensive compared to the 7700...; many falsely assume the 7700 is the same as the 7700K, and that the only difference it that the K is unlocked, which is not the case.

At last check, Amazon show's the 7700K to be only $10 more ($308 vs. $298 for the 7700); I think that extra 600 MHz base clock boost, and 300 MHz higher on the turbo is worth $10 more, even if not overclocking...
 
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