i7-2600 vs i7-6700 for Gaming and Video Editing

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Should I upgrade my son's old i7-2600 3.4GHz computer? Or should I buy this newer computer used (i7-6700, 128GB SSD, 16GB DDR4 memory, 1 TB HD GTX 970 4GB VRAM).

Just considering the CPUs, is the 17-6700 that much better than the i7-2600 ???

My son's computer is slow, but I think it is mostly because:

1) No SSD. Just using a spinning harddrive

2) Only 8 GB of RAM?

3) GTX 750ti graphics card with 2GB or VRAM (I think it is only 2GB, might be 3)

Thanks in advance. Mostly interested in overwatch, Paladins, CS Go, LOL, TF2, that kind of stuff, and using DaVinci Resolve (which I understand requires a pretty beefy graphics card).
 
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Download MSI afterburner and check the usage of CPU/GPU/Memory to see which one is bottleneck the system. Your i5 2600 is still very good. If you think it needs improvement, then follow your instinct
1. Get SSD. It will help boot window faster. It can be reuse if you decide to build new system. 240G SSD cost around $80
2. Get 8G of DDR3 of RAM. Some games takes more than 8G. 8G DDR3 probably cost $50. I will look for ebay to get cheaper price. Worst case you lose money here because new system use DDR4 memory.
3. Get new graphic card like GTX1060 or better depend on your budget. It can be reuse on new system. GTX1060 3G or 6G is around 200 to 300, sometimes cheaper if on sale. GTX1060 is better than GTX970
4. If step 1...
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Yep i7 6700 is much newer and substantially better, it will get you over 300 fps at all time in games like cs. If I were you I would go for a newer chip like 7700 or 8700 which are both better than the 6700
 
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Download MSI afterburner and check the usage of CPU/GPU/Memory to see which one is bottleneck the system. Your i5 2600 is still very good. If you think it needs improvement, then follow your instinct
1. Get SSD. It will help boot window faster. It can be reuse if you decide to build new system. 240G SSD cost around $80
2. Get 8G of DDR3 of RAM. Some games takes more than 8G. 8G DDR3 probably cost $50. I will look for ebay to get cheaper price. Worst case you lose money here because new system use DDR4 memory.
3. Get new graphic card like GTX1060 or better depend on your budget. It can be reuse on new system. GTX1060 3G or 6G is around 200 to 300, sometimes cheaper if on sale. GTX1060 is better than GTX970
4. If step 1 to 3 is not good enough, you just need new mobo/CPU/DDR4 memory. You can decide whether AMD Ryzen 6 or 8 cores or go with Intel i7 8th gen CPU with 6 cores or 4 cores.
 
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Thank you.

I will have to look into the prices of machines running a 7700 or an 8700. The machine with the 6700 is selling locally for $450 (It's an HP Envy)
 
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Thanks for the input and suggestions.

Yeah, if the CPU is still good enough I would rather put it toward a bigger SSD (the computer I am thinking of buying used only has a 128GB SSD) and a better graphics card (I was looking at the GTX 1060 as a replacement).

Thanks again.
 
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So here's the other thought...

Since I already have a Lenovo Yoga with an i7-6770, a couple of SSDs, and a GTX 960 (think it is the 3GB model), then what I could do is buy my son an SSD and some RAM and give him my GTX 960, and then buy myself a GTX 1060.

He doesn't have a high res monitor (just a 1080p monitor about 19 inches at 60hz). The GTX 960 on my machine works ok when editing 4K video in DaVinci resolve (not great, but ok), and most likely he will only be editing 1080p footage (or transcoding down to optimized 1080p proxy footage if he is editing on a 4k timeline).
 
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Ok, another question:

If I put in a GTX 1060 in my son's computer (with the i7-2600) and upgrade the ram and add an SSD, will the GTX 1060 be bottlenecked by any of the other components? Is it likely the motherboard and CPU can deal with the GTX 1060?
 
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Yes. The 2600 is still quite relevant performance-wise. Much less of a performance gap between the two than you'd think.

PCIE 3.0 isn't important at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=146&v=38KSD9o-LOs
 
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Thanks for the link and for sharing your opinion.
 
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