[SOLVED] Worth Upgrading? i7 2600 with gtx1080 to i7 6700 with gtx1080

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Hi guys, long story short: My friend is upgrading his pc and asked me if I want to buy his old components. I currently run: i7 2600 (non k) on asus p8p67 pro, 16gb ddr3 1600, 512gb sata ssd and a FE GTX 1080.

He's offering me: i7 6700 (non k) on asus z270, with 16gb ddr4 3.0 ghz.

I mainly use my pc for gaming and the cost of upgrading would be around £200 (after I sell the old components).

My question is: is it worth buying his mb, cpu and ram and chucking my gpu and drive in there? Or am I better off keeping my pc as it and investing the £200 in a better monitor, or even a better gpu (1080 ti)?
 
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I think its better to buy a Ryzen. To me a 6700 non k does not have that much value anymore with that 4 cores and 8 threads since you can get 4/4 from amd (1200/1300X) for under 100£ and thats new with warranty + a decent cooler
The Z270 Board doenst really make sense if you cant even overclock the CPU so any H270 Board would be as good as the Z270 he has and is cheaper. 200 £ for CPU+Mobo+16Gb Ram isnt that bad, dont get me wrong. I just think that upgrading from 4Cores/8Threads to exactly the Same with just slightly higher Clockspeeds doenst really make sense these days if you can get up to 8/16 for a reasonable price

If you think about upgrading: I would wait for Ryzen 3000 in Q2/3 this year.

So to answere the Question: If your Pc...
I think its better to buy a Ryzen. To me a 6700 non k does not have that much value anymore with that 4 cores and 8 threads since you can get 4/4 from amd (1200/1300X) for under 100£ and thats new with warranty + a decent cooler
The Z270 Board doenst really make sense if you cant even overclock the CPU so any H270 Board would be as good as the Z270 he has and is cheaper. 200 £ for CPU+Mobo+16Gb Ram isnt that bad, dont get me wrong. I just think that upgrading from 4Cores/8Threads to exactly the Same with just slightly higher Clockspeeds doenst really make sense these days if you can get up to 8/16 for a reasonable price

If you think about upgrading: I would wait for Ryzen 3000 in Q2/3 this year.

So to answere the Question: If your Pc is working fine at the moment and performance is okay then i wouldnt upgrade to his rig. Should you Upgrade your MOnitor or GPU: Depends on your current monitor. If you play games in 1080p (Full HD) i wouldnt upgrade the 1080. You could upgrade your Monitor to 1440p or 1080 with 144hz (if you don´t have one already) but i think that 200£ is a small budget for that.
I would safe that Money for next gen Ryzen and then Upgrade CPU,Mobo and Ram
 
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Thank you for the answers guys.
In answer to the previous questions, basically I wasn't necessarily looking to upgrade but I do feel that my cpu is sometimes bottlenecking my PC. I run a 1440p 60hz monitor. I'm not too sure if the newer cpu and ram would solve the problem though but I thought I'd ask. The cost for the new components is £280. I could probably sell my old ones for around £120 actually which will bring the cost of the build down to £160 (apologises, my first estimate was not very educated).
 
Honestly you won't get much out of upgrading if we are talking gaming; the only case where it would really be worth it since Bloomfield would be if you were still on PCIE 2.0; because that will take a hit once you get to GTX 1080 level (GTX 1070/980Ti negligible performance difference). The setup you have is great for 1080p/1440p. I have both an i7 6700 and an i7 960, each with a 980Ti and the performance difference is pretty much nil.
 


Even for 160 i wouldnt do that. the 6700 is now 4 generations old and AMD is close to bringing out its new 7nm Zen 2 architecture called Ryzen 3000 with PCIe 4.0 support. If pricing is going to be similar to Ryzen 2000 it would be a way better deal in my opinion.

And as loki1944 said, you wouldnt really notice the performance boost since most games hit the GPU limit and not the CPU limit.

Keep your Money, save up a little bit more and get yourself a better upgrade with Ryzen 3000 :)
 

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Question is, why buy a low end ryzen now? that wont be much of an upgrade to an i7, regardless of generation. The only thing you will reuse from an ryzen system bought now will be ram, because the new zen2 will work with old mainboards but new ones released at the same time will offer better support...
 


I would Overclock that 2600k and stick with it until Ryzen 3000 is out.
You will buy a low end ryzen for quiet a bit of money now and sell it for probably nothing after Ryzen 3000 is out.


 
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Thanks for the advice guys. I've decided to keep my current setup and just upgrade it later on, probably with a new Ryzen. Indeed, I couldn't really see that much of a difference between the 2600 and the 6700, then the better ram would probably not give much of an fps increase, so best to keep saving and upgrade later.