Worth upgrading i7 2600k to 7700k?

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I am building my partner a PC for general use and occasionally some gaming, ive just thought though i might pass on down my current pc and upgrade mine since ive started doing a lot more pc gaming these days and dont even touch my xbox.

Id only be upgrading CPU, Motherboard and RAM as the PSU, SSD & GPU (Gigabyte RX580 8GB) are all fine and fairly new.

Heres the components i'd be moving to partners PC

  • Intel Core i7 2600k @4.5GHz
    16GB DDR3 1333 RAM
    Asus P8P67 Pro

heres what id look at getting

  • Intel Core i7 7700k
    16GB DDR4 2400 RAM
    New motherbaord unsure yet

Whats putting me off is my i7 2600k is overclocked to 4.5GHz and has 4 cores and i probs wont overclock the i7 7700k until ive had it a few years as i know it can run doiwn their life span a bit so will i notice any difference with it in?

Also i know people will say the 8700k is better and 6 cores but its just too much and im hoping the 7700k will be cheaper in black fridya soon as thats still quite a lot for me

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Hello and good on you for spreading the love of PC Gaming to your partner!

Now I would like to start by saying the Sandy Bridge i7 is still a very capable processor, don't get me wrong. Although there is plenty of room for improvement. Almost all 2600k processors should easily reach speeds of 4.0 Ghz, while about 50% have the potential to reach 4.5 Ghz, and 5-10% reaching 5.0 Ghz. While a 7700k is almost a guaranteed 5.0 Ghz chip. When compared at stock clocks the 7700k has 33% faster single core performance and 47% faster in Multi-core performance. Not to mention that Motherboard you are using is definitely aging, you'd notice a huge difference with new memory. Many new games are being more and more dependent on ram and while your're...
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I would wait until you can afford the 8700k. For general PC use and gaming as well, the 2600k is still just fine, and while you would see a noticeable difference by going 7700k, it's still a 4 core/8 thread processor all the same. Not even to mention the fact that the 8700k will age better.

I would check deals on Z370 motherboards and try to get your hands on an 8700k, it's worth the wait.
 
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Hi
I went from 2500k (overclock 4.4 ghz) to 7600k (overclock 4.4 ghz) and the I personally found that the difference was not noticeable in games.
I mean bang for bucks.
If you are struggling with I7 right now and doing heavy encoding / work. It would probably be worth it but.
The newer generation coming in should have more cores,
We are expecting DDR5 next year.
For me I would of wait
 
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Ah right thanks ive read others saying similar on posts which made me want to check. My i7 isnt struggling with gaming or anything yet i just thought instead of getting my partner a budget gaming rig she could have my current one which will probably perform better than a budget rig. Then id build a new higher spec one for myself, but if its only going to be a small difference might not be worth spending more than i need to yet.

The 8700k is 6 core so that might be an improvement but il have to see blakc friday deals and decide then

 
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ok thanks yeah holds up well so maybe no need to change it. What about if i were to get a 144Hz monitor would that chnage fps??

I would have 1 144hz then 2 60hz alongside it
 
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Hello and good on you for spreading the love of PC Gaming to your partner!

Now I would like to start by saying the Sandy Bridge i7 is still a very capable processor, don't get me wrong. Although there is plenty of room for improvement. Almost all 2600k processors should easily reach speeds of 4.0 Ghz, while about 50% have the potential to reach 4.5 Ghz, and 5-10% reaching 5.0 Ghz. While a 7700k is almost a guaranteed 5.0 Ghz chip. When compared at stock clocks the 7700k has 33% faster single core performance and 47% faster in Multi-core performance. Not to mention that Motherboard you are using is definitely aging, you'd notice a huge difference with new memory. Many new games are being more and more dependent on ram and while your're sitting nice and cozy with 16 Gb of ram its only rated at 1333 Mhz.

Now about the 144 Hz Monitor. If all you do is upgrade from 60 Hz 1080p to 144 Hz 1080p you will not see a lose in frames. But if you upgrade to a 144 Hz monitor I would highly recommended upgrading the rest of your rig. While no you wont see a lose in frames if you are currently only getting 66 FPS in a game there is no advantage to a higher refresh rate display. The point of a High refresh rate monitor is that it can actually run at 144 FPS where a 60 Hz panel can only display 60 FPS. In order to make use of the 144 Hz display you'll need the hardware to run at 144 FPS in order for it to be useful.

I hope my answer helped you. If you have any further question don't hesitate to private message me, I'd be more than happy to help.

 
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