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I7 2600k was at 4.7Ghz. Lowered to 4.0. motherboard ECS p67H2-A2 16GB of ram Nvidia 1080ti win 7 professional 64 bit Silverstone sx800 sfx-l psu 120GB Sata II ssd 1 TB Sata III ssd 2 TB HDD 3 TB HDD

My computer freezes while trying to load windows. I think, my boot drive is over 7 years old ssd, so maybe its dead or close to it. Pop in my windows cd, and make it boot first and i get several different problems. Sometimes it freezes before it gets to the screen choose to install windows. Sometimes it reaches that screen but the mouse cursor fails to load. Unplugging my boot drive appears to fix these 2 issues. Now when i click install windows, it gets stuck immediately afterwards with "setup is starting" onscreen. Using win 7 pro 64 bit. *edit- So i tried underclocking my cpu and that didn't help. Then i unplugged one of my two HDD from psu and from the computer and i loaded into windows fine. I'm wondering if maybe the PSU is struggling with my system. I used a 800W Silverstone sx800 sfx-l psu.I have only had it since May, so its pretty damn new, but it is a small form factor PSU and i have a full size 1080ti and a 2600k, so a pretty power hungry system.

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i don't doubt that. I doubt that a 2600k overclocked to 4.8Ghz, like I have, is not powerful enough.

show me the benchmarks that prove this

as for the topic of the threads game engines take advantage of. The xbone and ps4 have 8 cores on the x64 architecture; i think you're in denial if you think game engines aren't largely taking advantage of 8 threads and the benchmarks tend to back that up with the 2600k outperforming the 2500k in gaming benchmarks. I would expect game engines to start taking advantage of more than 8 cpu threads on a large scale once there are game consoles with more than 8 cpu threads.

its also a super conservative overclock. In the hardware Canucks testing they had the 2600k at 4.8Ghz. In the digital foundry testing they had it at 4.5Ghz and higher clock speeds is probably the largest factor in increased game performance for CPUs, so it makes sense there is a large discrepancy between the two tests.

can you link the digital foundry testing? i'm not seeing it. and yes, utilizing more than four cores is very prevalent and is why a 2600k benchmarks better than the 2500k on virtually every game, and an overclocked 2600k beats most i5s in alot of games.

do you have any proof that a 2600k prevents high fps for 144hz gaming? hardware Canucks tested the 2600k vs the 8700k and with both overclocked there was maybe a 2-5fps difference.

I've seen people comparing the 2600k to the 8700k or the 7700k and there is always small improvements going with the newer CPU, but I think a better test is comparing it to lower end CPUs. If my overclocked CPU is outperforming a non overclocked CPU with a retail price of around $250, then don't i already have a very high end modern gaming CPU? So like if my 2600k outperforms a 7600, then upgrading from my 2600k makes less sense than upgrading from a 7600, right?

You think? i thought pcie 4.0 was supposed to come out 2018, so around the same time we would see 7nm Ryzen CPUs I'm lucky in that games are starting to take advantage of the extra threads of i7s. While my 2600k is old, overclocked it still trades blows with an overclocked 7600k in gaming benchmarks. So upgrading my 2600k is like upgrading a 7600k. So its pretty impossible to justify upgrading at this point.

wait until they move off of silicon for the manufacturing process. Everyone knows thats what really is holding progress back... Won't be a significant upgrade until after that.

i have a 2600k and i'm going to wait until a smaller manufacturing process and until motherboards with pcie 4.0 come out. With how long CPUs can last nowadays, i think compatibility with future hardware is very important when it comes to deciding when to upgrade. A new high end CPU could feasibly last you 10 years, so waiting until pcie 4.0 makes sense imo.

oh my god. so after spending a shit ton of time trying to get it to scew in, I took a break. And then i'm like maybe i'll check the product description on amazon. And then i notice in the pic on amazon there is a pic with another screw in a baggie. And i look in my package and i see this tiny screw and this screw is longer than the one i've been trying to use! Why would they have a screw that is too short installed on the board and have the one that you're supposed to use in a tiny easy to miss bag?

Idk, it's driving me crazy. Tge screw won't catch even though it seems like it should

Right now I'm having trouble physically installing the m.2. I can't get the screw in. It looks like i have it plugged in all the way, right?

oops, 4 hard drives, not 4 ssd. 2 HDDs, 1 for storage and the other as a backup. 1 ssd for booting and 1 ssd for gaming.

with an adapter it should be fine though, right?

because right now i have 4 ssds and i want to reduce the room they take up. Plus it will be easiest to just copy the old ssd onto the new one which would mean, ideally i'd have 5 plugged in at the same time. Plus, the motherboard and cpu is six and a half years old, they're going to get replaced soon, doesn't make sense to make accomodations for it with brand new hardware if it can be helped.

So I'm pretty sure my 7 year old SSD that i've been using as a boot drive is on its last leg, so i ordered a 250GB samsung 960 evo and an m.2 to pcie adapter. This being my first time installing a m.2, just wondering if there is any tricks i need to be aware of. the motherboard https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135283 the adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MYCQP38/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 the ssd https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYFKX41/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

unfortunately i'm stuck on Verizon. so motorola or a small enough phone where a case won't piss me off.

I am going to upgrade from my droid turbo 2 and initially i'm gravitating towards another motorola with their shatterproof screen because it was so nice to not have a case and also not have to worry about the screen. Has other manufacturers made much headway in making their screens more durable or is still like you drop your phones from 5ft up onto concrete and there is a good chance there is going to be a crack?

where are you seeing benchmarks that shows the 7900X beat the 7700K in most games? I got the opposite impressions, ashes of the singularity and hitman being the only games where the 7900X seems to beat the 7700K http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2961-intel-i9-7900x-review-benchmarks-game-streaming-vr-premiere/page-6 also https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/07/intel-core-i9-fastest-chip-but-too-darn-expensive/3/

i have doubts on how reasonable the prices will be and i have doubts over the longevity of the platform that coffeelake will be on. I am a PC gaming enthusiast with a 2600k and a 1080ti and i don't think they'll be able to justify me upgrading my CPU. If there is a 6 core part like is rumored, i think it will be very expensive and offer no real gaming benefits. This generation, while developers have gotten better at creating higher graphic settings for PC compared to console, CPU usage is probably gimped by having to run well on console CPUs. I doubt I should upgrade my CPU before next gen consoles are released.

Ryzen 2nd generation, when they move to 7nm