Save the extra 50 bucks and get the i7-2600k idiot

>>55020112
I already own it

>>55020112
Save the extra $100 and get a 6700K idiot.

Get the K series.

Overclock

Get the same performance as the current gen

????

Profit

I'm not sure, let me ask my sister.

OP here, I already own this processor.
And I can OC it for a bit, but not much.

>>55020135
fuck off man, you are spaming this shit everywhere

Bad news OP. I asked my sister and she just told me to fuck off. Guess I won't be much help here, sorry.

>>55020139
I use to buy K series for that meme too until I realized I don't have the time nor the money to actually overclock a system to a meaningful degree.

>>55020176
>feeding troll

Which will perform better?
I7 870 at 4.2ghz(what I have now)
Or i7 2600 (which I can get cheap from a mate)

>>55021521
Maybe there are benchmarks.

>>55021529
Good idea.

Looks like the i7 870 is the better option. Thanks anon.

>>55020136
Yeah, why the fuck would you buy outdated tech when you can spend the same for something twice as good.

I don't understand this near autistic obsession with using deprecated shit as a daily driver

>>55020135
Kill yourself.

>>55021599
BUT MUH WINDOWS XP

>>55021563
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-870-vs-Intel-Core-i7-2600K

>>55020252
with sandy bridge you can literally just change 4 settings. turbo max mult 45x, vcore 1.4V, aggressive LLC, change turbo setting to always use the max turbo speed. this will work with almost every 2600K. it takes maybe 2 minutes and you get 20% more performance for it. rock solid stability.

>>55021563
2600 can be overclocked up to 4 bins above the stock turbo mult. (4.2GHz) 2600 would be roughly 10-15% faster per clock than the 870. to match the 2600 OC'd, you'd need to run the 870 at 4.6GHz, but 10% is such a small difference that you probably wouldn't even notice a change.