So was this the holy grail of cpus?
Anyone still running this bad boy?
I'm still running with it and it still holds up very well after 5 years.
I'm still unsure of upgrading to skylake this year. Convince me /g/.
>>52283774
Dont, the only reason why you'd want to upgrade is because you want less power consumption or a better IGP (which is fucking useless if you already own a dedicated GPU)
Also, check em
>>52283924
cannonlake is a ''tick'' though.
>>52283924
Skylake is the tock you fucking idiot
>>52283774
sure am, don't see myself needing to upgrade any time soon. Put the 970 in replacing a 570 just before Christmas.
>tfw 5 years of neglectable improvement on the cpu department because of AMD's incompetence.
>>52283802
Also modern chipsets. Z68 is showing age.
>>52283998
CPUs are actually a fair bit faster, just for 99% of people it doesn't matter at all
As someone who also owns a 2500k, is it worth upgrading to a 6600k? Been pondering about it for weeks.
Still using it without an OC and no issues
>>52284014
>Also modern chipsets. Z68 is showing age.
I never looked into chipsets, whats the benefit of newer stuff?
I know fuck all about motherboards in general actually.. Normally just get the cheapest pretty one
>>52283774
2600k masterrace reporting in.
My cousin works for Intel and says the I7 is a fantastic chip set and you should upgrade.
Okay. I am kidding. Though I do have a cousin who works for Intel and was telling us about the I7 and I ended up getting one. Though I really should have spent more and upgraded other shit like a solid state and new graphics card instead of just buying a super CPU.
I bought a PC from a friend with an I5 and it runs just as good.. nah.. probably better than mine because he is a comp sci major working for Oracle and knew what he was doing more.
>>52283774
Intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.4GHz
>>52283774
This was a successful meme
Look at the all saps that bought into the 2500k+560ti meme
>Hey you should skimp on GPU power so you can overspend on double or easily more the processing power!
>What? a year later you couldn't get 60 FPS on ultra? But your CPU usage is only at 30%!
Make sure you get your MINIMALIST case that looks like a mini fridge and a 600+ watt PSU for the SINGLE video card! Falcon said so!
>>52284021
He couldnt even solve the sudoku; he used "2" twice in the same row
>>52284110
What is this shit. A K chip and overclocking MB would have been like $50- 80 more, hardly enough to go from a garbage GPU to a great one.
When paying more for power supplies you generally only get the nice features like fully modular, silent mode, longer warranties on the higher watt units.
>>52284021
No
>>52283774
I have a 2500K. Zero interest (or need) to upgrade.
>>52284110
>mfw an idiot gets tricked into buying a pre build pc with a high end i7 with 32 gb of ram and it has either an integrated or 750/950gt graphics card for like 1200$
>calls it a gaming machine because the salesman said so
>mfw I got a 4790k for 280 dollars last black friday.
>>52284189
Oh yeah.
Totally a high priority for first time builders with a budget that just wanted a good deal and not to be memed at.
>Get a modular power supply in a close screenless case we demanded you get and a CPU soo over the top powerfuk that could quad SLI most GPUs on the market in its day!
>But should he get a top shelf GPU?
>NOOO!! its not a good DEAL!
>>52284222
The guy who sells those computers get paid to shill them
/g/ did it for free and honestly thought they were not going about it retardedly
If 2500k is so good then why isnt it good enough for Oculus Rift? Checkmate 2500k fags.
X4 955 since 2010.. Should I need to update?
>>52284293
>amd cpu
It's always time to upgrade Anon to the much superior Intel™ products such as the fine 6700k™
>>52284314
I also have one R9 280.
Runs all games with good framerates, with this processor MSI Afterburner show 95% Gpu usage running some games.
Should I really need to upgrade? I don't like Intel so much, this pc is for Gayming and programming.
Too bad the 2500k will be left in the dust once DX12 comes out and the lack of hyperthreading/4 threads will finally finish the cpu off.
The 2600k however does have hyperthreading/8 threads so that cpu will last a bit longer.
>2016
>using a dual-core mongoloid that downclocks each "thread" to 60% on multithreaded workloads
>>52284266
You seem upset :^)
>>52283998
CPUs run at faster frequencies, but at a much lower TDP these days. It's all about the mobile market, not because of AMD's lack of competition. Right around 2010, Intel rightly decided to focus on tablet/laptop-focused designs to prevent their sales from stagnating and declining due to the fall in popularity of the traditional desktop computer. Battery life, heat output, and performance were the three key points of Intel's new designs post-Ivy Bridge.
I've been running on an i7 2600 since it's release. Still going strong either no signs of slowing down.
>>52283774
>>52284033
Still using two of them, both OCed to 4.6, with no issues.
feelsgoodman
>>52283774
2600k -> 3770k -> 5820k master race
Please help me
i have a i5 2500k and it refuses to boot up, it worked fine for 4-5 years with no issue.
i overclocked it a bit and it worked just fine until i lowered it a bit but now it's acting up for no reason.
is there a way to reset my bios to stock settings? i can't even get into my bios because my monitor isn't get any signal and the leds on my keyboard is all lit up for no reason
>>52284235
Microcenter here in Columbus has great prices all year round.
>>52283774
no. the 2600k was. 2500k was for fucking poorfags. fuckers who own this probably bought an e8400 instead of a fucking q6600 back in 2008 too, claiming they would never need more than 2 cores LOL
I love my 2500k. 4.6Ghz, doesn't go above 70C.
I'll push it further one day, but don't see the point at the moment.
>>52284940
Pull out battery on motherboard and then put it back in.
>>52285103
this but you need to unplug everything and push the turn on button for like 30s so that the capacitors lose their stored electricity.
>>52284109
that
>>52283774
>holy grail of cpus
>no C2Q Q6600
>no Pentium D 805
The fuck?
You wanna know what doesnt run good, Consoles
>>52285021
Is Sandy really that bad? My $285 poorfag rig is faster than that. (Full load for 1 day 11 hours, thus the temps)
I've got one and an debating getting a better cou cooler and over clocking or putting the $80 towards a better cpu.
>>52285195
The only real difference in our scores is in the Multi Threaded part.
The 2500k is also more than two years older than your 4670k. Goes to show that not too much has changed since then. I would like to see the score clock for clock though, seeing as you're running at 4ghz.
Still rocking my 2500k at 4.9GHz, but I'm thinking about updating when the new cycle releases. Anybody know the performance gains when upgrading to PCI-E 3.0?
>>52283774
> Upgrade
>>52285195
I'm not clocked much higher than him, dunno why my multi-threaded score is so much higher.
Sandy really isn't that bad at all, CPUz just seems to not like it in benchmark scores.
>>52285254
>performance gains when upgrading to PCI-E 3.0?
Almost nothing.
>socket 775
>x5470
i am set for next few years senpai
>>52285261
That's weird, not sure why my (>>52285021) multi-thread score is so much lower.
I closed everything that was running and I got the same score. Motherboard maybe? Windows 7? Might just be the silicon lottery.
i have a 11 year old pentium-m thinkpad
no reason to upgrade
>>52285299
Dunno, your RAM is faster but higher timings, I doubt motherboard would cause that much of a difference.
Here's mine at 4.5... weird.
>>52285299
I'd wager something's not stable with your overclock.
Set your RAM to 1600 and test, just to eliminate that. Then knock CPU down to 4.2 and see if that improves multithreaded.
>>52285347
How much does RAM timings actually matter? I've never really paid attention to them.
+ 560ti master race. Z68 broke down on me in 2012.
Will be upgrading for better gpu this year.
2011 was the best year to upgrade ever.
>>52284021
Hell no.
Get Haswell, if anything.
>>52284109
This or the Q9550
>>52285389
That's weird, I didn't know OCs could be unstable in that way. I ran Prime95 for about 3 hours to test stability. I'm not the best as OC'ing yet, I followed a pretty comprehensive guide when I did this OC.
I'll check my clock later, as I can't be bothered now, but if my multi-threaded score does come up when I lower my clocks, what should I do from there? Would it be a voltage issue?
>>52284271
Because we just had a deal with alienware(TM) and DeLL GaYmeR(R) and basically just trust us you dumb fucks.
>>52283774
Athlon 64 4000+
Q6600
i7 - 2600k
The best
>>52285439
>getting Q9550 over superior Q9450
Updated my 2012 poorfag build last month with a 2600k and 660ti
No regrets
>>52285489
>shit talking the Q9550
>suggest the Q9450
>not just getting a Q6600 in the first place
>>52285529
>Q6600
Enjoy your gimped CPU that won't OC over 10Mhz before getting unstable as fuck.
>>52283998
Even when AMD was competent the gains were negligible, we passed the point of diminishing returns for everything but gaymes and enterprise(TM) bleeding-edge shit in PCs years ago.
>>52284109
I am not the most tech savvy guy but why the fuck?
>>52284235
>not getting it right after it hit retail a year and a half ago for $300
MicroCenter is a pretty cool place to have 20 minutes up the road.
Q6600 + HD6990 Masterrace.
>>52285566
For most jobs nothing's really improved since then, the Q6600 was especially a sweet spot.
I'm posting from one right now, in fact. I'd be daily driving it if I wasn't rebuilding a dual X5450 box instead.
>>52285589
Oh for workspace。 makes more sense then
>>52284021
yes i upgraded from a 4790k to 6700k and it's awesome
games do load much faster and fps is higher
>>52285558
>be me
>have Q6600
>shitty gigglebyte P35 board
>shitty "duel" BIOS
>shitty bios
>MFW i took it from 2.4 to 3.2 on stock voltage
>100% stable for ever
>>52285448
You could be thermally throttling.
I wonder if the branch predictor or prefetcher can shit themselves with the CPU otherwise working.
I believe the cache has ECC. Possible if you're getting bit errors that you're taking a performance hit there.
2500k? Hah what a peasant. Q6600 master race
Q6600? Hah what a peasant. Athlon x2 master race
etc.
there isn't anything special about your cpu its just a meme so are you and so am I
Good to see at least some people are enjoying the eternal age of diminishing returns.
I'll just be over here with the GOAT chip
I'm running a 2500k on one board, and have a second z77 board that needs another 1155, would love to get another 2500k.
>>52285622
That's good to hear!
I have a brother with some shitty motherboard that won't let him overclock the damn thing.
Was thinking about getting him a new board for it.
Something cheap, used, and with two PCI-E slots so he can crossfire down the road.
>>52285854
>AMD 386 DX 40
>GOAT
Cyrix 486DLC is GOAT
>>52283774
tfw when you missed the sandy brigde train...FUCK
>>52285903
I think the biggest thing about the DX-40 over the DLC-40 was probably the more proven, reliable boards they were attached to.
>>52285622
>be me
>had Q9400
>had 8GB of DDR2 RAM
>anyone should know that 2GB DDR2 sticks were generally god fucking awful at overclocking
>B A S E D Asucks P5Q Premium board
>based bios
>took that sucker from 2.66 Ghz to 3.8 Ghz on stock voltage
>mfw the motherboard died a few months ago and I was forced to upgrade
Worst day of 2015. I miss my P5Q Premium, that board was ballin'
>>52284040
newer USB, M.2, Sata Express etc etc
You won't find those features on old motherboards.
>>52285962
My brother in law still uses the P5Q. Stable as fuck. Weird that it died on you... Bad caps?
>>52285411
I'd have to say when the i7 launched in 2008 that was the best upgrade at the time and I ran the 920 all the way up until 2014 when I retired it for the 4790K. Before that was an Intel Pentium 4 965. That was the extreme edition I won at the PDXLAN convention in 2005.
Hands down on the i7 920. Was a major improvement over the Core 2 quads that didn't phase me much. I held onto that processor as long as I could. It ran windows vista.
oh the nostalgia.
Lol fucking hell it's an i5 you cuck
>>52285558
I had my lapped Q6600@4ghz stable on a Maximus Formula for about a week. It was -30 out and I had some ducting blowing cold (and probably humid lel) air onto the CPU cooler.
It's retired but It still works to this day.
>>52285997
Possibly, dunno what exactly failed on it. I tested the CPU and RAM in an older semi-defective P5Q (this one just wouldn't overclock at all), and decided to sell the CPU, RAM, and dead P5Q Premium.
Some guy bought them who's apparently into component level repair and wanted to try fixing the motherboard. I hope he got it working, it really is a lovely board.
I just finished building a cheapo build for my parents, it was my gift for them for NYE.
I'm seriously thinking of using a Pentium + SSD exclusively from now on, even a shitty NUC with an i3 and just lots of RAM.
>>52286074
>gift for new year's eve
wat
Where is this a thing ?
>>52286074
Didn't make it in time for Christmas, bought something for them in NYE, big deal.
>>52286158
meant to quote >>52286103
>>52286073
I was the guy who bought your setup. Indeed I got the board to work. Just soldering was a mess
>>52286206
Good job if you're really that guy !
>>52286158
I see. That's nice of you.
>>52283998
CPUs are quite a bit faster. Just not for average users. There just hasn't been a significant architectural overhaul sense Sandy.
12 core Haswell-E Xeons shit over anything from the sandy era in properly threaded applications.
>>52286290
shit even sandy doesn't feel all that different from core for most of what I do personally, storage probably bottlenecks me more than anything
>>52284345
If you don't think you need to upgrade, then don't. The Phenom can bottleneck your 280 in some games, but it's usually not severe. You can wait for either Zen or Kaby and go from there.
>mfw bought a core i7 920 in 2009 and it's probably going to last me until 2019 if not longer
I-is the locked 2500 still viable?
maybe by the time cannonlake/kaby lake extreme rolls around it'll be worth upgrading to.
Current holy grail and for the next 5 years in the i5 4690k
If it's anything like the previous generation the "refresh" should be best value, that would be "Kaby Lake"
It can't do VT-d, otherwise it's still perfectly usable CPU, but so is Q6600.
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2500k reporting
>>52284155
IS THIS A JOKE?
THAT'S WHY HE KILLED HIMSELF YOU TWIT.
Just measure cpu usage retards.most games.on ultra hit 60% not more. And you can get 30% more power by overclocking. I runed like 7 vm easily to hit cpu botleneck
>>52286786
What about the limitations of your motherboard?
>All these processors running at 1.27v+ and only 4ghz
GG
>>52287932
>84C
You sure it's reading your voltage right? I'm at 50c on a 212 EVO at 1.127V.
>>52283998
>Games don't demand that much more CPU power
>Even CPU tasks are fast enough to not want me more power
>Intel answers by lowering heat dissipation and considerably better power consumption
>I dont have to have to invest in a heavy CPU heatsink and more case fans and my electricity bill is a bit smaller
I'm okay with this, let the 2011-3 fags deal with the performance arms race.
>>52283774
>it still holds up very well after 5 years.
not really
I mean this single image obviously isn't the whole picture or a perfect representation, but the 2500k is pretty dated at this point
I've been looking to upgrade from my i3-2100 and my mobo which is currently a LGA 1155 socket, should I go for AMD or a new mobo with a LGA 1151 socket? I'm tired of Intel stealing my money and always changing socket types.
>>52288162
It's pretty accurate package temp is about 4 or so over hottest core for me. I haven't delided it so I've still got the garbage TIM which doesnt help.My case is 70ºc+ most of the time because of rendering and lol ATI so I'm fine with it sitting there.
It's probably time for a cleaning though
>>52285622
>be poorfag
>should I risk it?
>>52288172
>60fps lock
>run around 66-75fps
Is witcher 3 the new crysis need to upgrade pc meme game
>>52285261
>>52285195
>Sandy really isn't that bad at all
SB is King. it was the first major jump in intel cpu performance this generation. everything else since then has been incremental. in other words SB owners have been enjoying great performance since 2011, while stragglers have only been getting 5% boosts since then
>>52288233
why the fuck would you own a Q6600 and not overclock it to 3.2 the day you bought it. that was the whole fucking point of the Q6600 back when G0 was released in late 2007. you've basically wasted your entire ownership of the processor
>>52283774
I'm still running the i5 750 and even that still holds up well.
>>52288283
Cause Im playing most games on 60 fps anyway until my videocard died
What's the point of overclocking
>>52288317
>What's the point of overclocking
Not being pleb tier
>>52284061
2600k @ 4.5GHz ftw!
Yes! I listened to /g/ 3 years ago and it paid off. I still use it as a daily driver. Works great on even new games. Has some hick ups but can't complain.
Do you think this can handle vr with a 970 and 16gb of ram?
>>52288656
>Do you think this can handle vr with a 970 and 16gb of ram?
Yes.
970 is your bottleneck at higher res with vram.
Although I'm running a 4k monitor off one and it runs most things fine.
>>52283774
I am running just this, at 4.2 Ghz with a hugearse air cooler and it still works well for all my needs.
>>52288681
You're running 4k on just one?
Genuinely thinking about getting another 970 to sli for a 4k monitor.
>>52288398
aww, mine only went to 4.2. I hate the haswell lottery.
>>52288681
>>52288704
a single 970 can't run any modern game at 4k 60 fps
>>52288799
Oh wow. Everywhere I read said no you will only get 30fps if that. I could have bought a 28 4k monitor for $295 but I backed out. What monitor u got?
>>52284993
>advertising
>>52288846
you did read the >>52288799
>can't
, right?
i have an ASUS PB279Q (27", 4k, 60 hz) and 2 titan x in SLI. GTA5, FO4, Witcher 3 and MGSV all drop below 60 sometimes. and that's not even at absolute max settings (except MGSV).
>>52288976
Shit I skimmed read it
>>52288704
Yep, running a Philips 40" 4k screen on a single 970.
Of course witcher 3 has to be toned (its unoptimised as fuck) down a bit, but most things run!
I have an i7 - 940, should I upgrade ? If yes, what for ?
Hey guys can I use a 4k monitor for second display and 1080p for main? 970 16gb ram
Or should I use 4k as main and downscale for games?
>>52283774
2600K mustard race
>>52284925
>2600k -> 3770k -> 5820k master race
>I spent $300 and have a CPU that's only 20% behind the 6700K
>You've spent just under $1000 (plus the extra motherboards and an extra set of ram), and have a CPU that's only 50% faster in applications that fully utilize more than 4 threads, and 0% faster in anything else.
Seems like you enjoy pissing money away desu.
>>52289229
No you are good. Try and OC
>>52283774
Still running my Core 2 Quad Yorkfield 2.66. It's a champ, and very overclockable. Just haven't had to.
Thoughts on the 4690k?
>>52288233
>EP35
Mine an heroed after it decided it didn't want to have a bios anymore
>Drop the multiplier by one and start cranking that FSB boy
>>52285962
>DDR2 RAM
>MFW i paid 85$ for 2GB of DDR2-800 with super tight timings
>>52283774
>i5 2500k is now longer in use than e8500 to i5 2500k.
I have no plans on upgrading yet, ddr4 is a meme and skylake is barely an upgrade in vidya.
>>52288172
>over 5 years old
>still breaks 60 fps without issues
You're mother is a meme.
>>52290182
Beast
>>52285574
Last Black Friday as in the one before the most recent one. I got it in 2014 for 280 dollars.
>>52284110
This desu.
Spent $250 on a cpu and $1200 on gpus, guess which is still the bottleneck?
Cpu has yet to pass 40% on like anything I do.
Guys I have 8gb ram and i'm expanding to 16gb because i'm getting the GTX 980 and I think it's autistic to otherwise upgrade to 12gb in total so here's a question.
My previous ram memory was a crucial card which is an 8gb DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24) card.
Does it matter what kind of 8gb ram card I should get and does it need to be ddr3 cl9 as well at the same speed?
I bought an used i7 3770 and an itx board for it last year coming from an fx 8120 and I couldn't be happier. I seriously don't see myself upgrading in the near future at all, this shit is outstanding. Also itx builds are amazing.
>>52290490
tfw Arma2/Arma3 are still HUGE FUCKING SHITS that are framerate-limited by CPU because they barely use more than 1-2 threads.
>>52288172
>10 fps jump from 4690k to 6600k
alright i call bullshit
I like it
Still using mah 3570k oc @ 4.6 ghz and dont see any reason to upgrade as im only gaming so fuck the i7's. Gonna need to upgrade my gtx 770 though but no clue on what to go for.. Most likely waiting for pascal
>>52290560
Why do you need 16/12? Are you maxing out 8?
Also if they are different speeds it they will all run at the lowest speed. Latency is the oposite I believe.
If you can just get the exact same ram, but it shouldn't matter too much (you may have incompatabilities, it varies).
>>52290807
I see.
I just called this store in which I was planning to purchase the ram and I asked this.
The dude told me it'd run on the highest possible speed so for instance, You own a cl9 ram stick and you add a cl10 stick, the cl9 stick will clock to cl10 and keep on the same timing.
Personally I think he's bullshitting me because i'm pretty sure ram has a maximum timing which it stays true to.
But yes i'll just buy 8gb more of the same stick I guess, thanks!
>>52284293
I upgraded my 955 to 4690K not too long ago.
The change is noticeable, but if you don't play much games it's not worth it.
>>52290767
4GHz + 4.2GHz turbo
3.5GHz + 3.9GHz turbo
Still seems a bit much but that's probably it.
Of course this means nothing to anyone overclocking as the silicon lottery averages out to similar numbers for both chips.
>>52290834
If you have multiple sticks, excluding cases of overclocking, it'll run at the lower frequency and the higher latency.
>>52290902
idk it says oc, i guess the only oc is on the titan. Which obviously begs the question of what the overclocked meme chip would pull.
I might upgrade to Zen once it's released.
E2160 reporting in!
>internal VIA GPU
>less than 1 gigabyte of ram
>browsing 4chan, listening ot music, etc...
>running on a mixture of dry thermal paste and hand creme (applied back in 2011, never touched it again)
>26 fucking degrees in a 23 degree room
how the fuck did that happen
>>52291131
That pic makes me laugh and I want to give that chick a high five
with my peter
>tfw 2500 non K
>tfw push pull 92mm fans on a TX3
>tfw got it to 4.3Ghz once
>tfw OC genie left at 3.8Ghz seems to cause random reboots lately
>tfw my onboard graphics have literally stopped showing up in dev-manager or bios
>tfw it's done me proud for years and will probably have to do a few more
I'll miss him when he's gone.
>>52290790
Andrew?
>>52290902
Ah I see, thanks mate! I guess i'll get the same card
>>52285994
I have a z87 and 4670k... never used anything on it. Idk why.
Was thinking about going bigger but probably won't.
I just wish that software devs and web front end devs would take note of this extended period of stagnation in computing power and stop bloating the hell out of their products because muh convenience. No, you really DON'T need those extra CPU cycles.
Shit pisses me off. I avoid bloat as much as I can in my own projects but there isn't but so much a single guy can do.
>>52291356
That's why I use primarily open source software. I don't give a fuck at all about the botnet, but FOSS software tends to be lighter in general.
>2700k
>gtx 590
i-i was cool once...
>tfw went from a Athlon64 X2 4400+ to a i5-4440
I wonder who is going to have the best 44 processor in 8 years?
>>52290767
It's not really. Skylake actually offers some pretty impressive gay men gains in CPU-bound scenarios, but obviously you have to do something silly like have an overclocked Titan X for 1080p for it to matter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDo-j00vUtw
It even takes the 4790K to school, which is clocked the same out of the box.
It's weird that Broadwell has basically been completely forgotten though. I know Intel sent it out to die, but it might be fun to see where it sits every now and then.
>>52291419
Back in my day we didn't have any of these newfangled Tis.
>>52283774
>buying microjew
>not the 2600k
>>52291403
FOSS stuff is better sometimes, but there are some bits that could very easily be lighter.
LibreOffice for example, from a cold start creating a Writer document takes 120MB. Not horrible compared to other software these days, but it could probably have resource consumption comparable to Office 2000 if the team behind it made that a goal. Office suites really haven't changed much in that timeframe, so there's no reason for the increased usage.
>>52291440
Kek. I went from an X2 4800+ to a 4690k, SSD, Maxwell, etc
It was like time traveling a century ahead
>>52291497
>120MB
*of memory
>>52291497
Yeah, there's some terrible FOSS software.
I have bad experiences with GIMP and Open/LibreOffiice, too. They ran really, really badly compared to Photoshop and Microsoft Office.
Building standard gaming rig with r9 390. For how long will i be safe with 4690k?
Is 100€ worth getting a 4790k?
>>52291689
>r9 390
Lel.
>No drivers
>No supported games
>Huge electrical bill
>Housefire waiting to happen
Faggot.
>>52283774
yes.
Day 1 release and still going strong.
>>52284861
>heat output
WELL THEY DUN FUCKED UP SON
Yeah, yeah, I know there's actually less heat produced now, and things are only getting toasty because Intel is cutting corners, but I thought it'd be funny.... I'll go now.
>>52287879
not a big deal, really. I could add more ram if I wanted (currently have 12GB).
>>52291514
I went from an Athlon X2 to a core i7. My frame rate tripled in some games.
>>52291689
i7s show some decent gains in more recent titles like Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3. Games are finally starting to better take advantage of more threads. Whether it's worth an extra €100 though... probably not. You'd be better served stepping up to a 390X.
>>52291820
POO
This sounds kind of fucked but if I bought a 4790k from best buy or something and replaced it with my 4670k and returned it with my old CPU in the box instead would they notice?
>>52292200
Amazon wouldn't. They give their returns a cursory glance and that's about it. I bought a Corsair K70 from their Warehouse section a few weeks ago, advertised as being in perfect condition. One of the legs to raise it up was snapped off and not in the box, meaning whatever jackass bought it originally broke it and returned it as unwanted.
Having said that, fuck you, Jamal.
>>52286074
Similar story here.
My dad wanted to replace his shitty pre-built Dell from 2010, so I advised him on building a desktop and assembled it for him.
Ended up with a Pentium G3258, 120 Kingston SSD, and 8GB of RAM inside of a Fractal Design Core 1100
He's currently running Linux Mint because he wants to move away from MS
2600k with two 670s runs everything fine for me
>>52283774
Disappointed in your low-end i5 cpu.
it's more sad then my cpu cooler and my nvidia 8800 gt 512 mb video card for my hackintosh but you know what my Hackintosh only cost me $745.43 to build and it will do everything I need it to do and I didn't get stuck with Apple's meme hardware and I can upgrade anytime I want plus plus I didn't spend $1,500 USD on top shit tier hardware like Apple has.
so far just the cooler and the video card are shit on my build but its just to get me by till I have more cash later on.
>>52283774
>Skylake
I hope you mean Skylake-E or something similar
i5-2xxx + Z77 is masterrace combo
but running a 3770K myself
will upgrade to 7820K or any 8core under 400 €
>>52290834
Yeah he's bullshitting. What will happen is they will run on the LOWEST timing of all your ram.
Locked Phenom II x4 user here. It's bottlenecking the shit out of my 970.
Should I get a used 2500k or even a 2xxx i7? Or should I do one of the newer gens?
>>52293016
I would try and get a new CPU if possible, even slightly older ones will potentially bottleneck your 970
>>52293053
Do you think Zen will be any good?
>>52293110
it had better be... im tired of this intel 10% gains every year. AMD needs to step it up and give intel some competition.
>>52288215
Time for a new case.
Mine's 20C encoding.
>>52287683
A boat.
2500k fag here. It's still running at stock, should I get a new cpu for about 250$ or buy a nice cpu cooler and OC that 2500k and go for another year or more?
>>52283774
i5-2400 reporting in
>>52294289
get the cpu cooler, you can use that on the next cpu regardless anyway.
>>52294462
What cpu cooler is best? Im willing to spend around 60 dollars for one.
>>52294478
Noctua, Phanteks, thermalright
pretty much most of the coolers that looks like that
Before you buy any of them, check up on ram clearance, which is more important than 1-3c lower temps
>>52293960
I RLY like this boat~
>>52288710
>2600k
>I hate the haswell lottery
>haswell
>2600k
>>52294975
>>52295438
>OC my 4670k
>can only get to 4.4ghz before unstable because I'm a fucking noob
>turn down to 4.2ghz and never touch it again
I'm too much of a pussy to crank my shit up or delid.
Going to get a new gpu to replace my 760 and some more RAM then forget about it for another 2 years.
>>52283998
This is quite true in the high end range.
