i7 6700k is it still good?

[Bobthepotato]

Lookin to play bf v i got ,right now 1060 6gb 16gb ram i5 7400.

[191x7]

Way better than the i5 7400. Almost like i7 7700K, similar to modern day i5-s when it comes to game performance.

[Lagercat1]

yes its still really good, also you should be fine playing bf V on your current i5 (im playing the game on a i3 7350k for crying out loud)

I would say wait save some cash and get a 7700k

 

[Bobthepotato]

My i5 7400 is allways at 100% in bf1  , i can only play on 24 man servers , i made such a mistake buying this cpu...the video card is like at 50% or lower

[Bobthepotato]

1 hour ago, Lagercat1 said:

yes its still really good, also you should be fine playing bf V on your current i5 (im playing the game on a i3 7350k for crying out loud)

I would say wait save some cash and get a 7700k

 

The i7 6700k is 403$ 

       i7 7700K is 584$

 

is there a 181 deference in perfomance?

[Flaggin]

Also 6700k owner here.

 

I feel your pain, this CPU seems odd.

 

I can get awesome frames in a lot of average games, but it can tank hard during certain games, even with useage being checked etc.

 

Nothing heat related or CPU issue, it just struggles.

 

Compared to an 8700k on the same task, it definately does not keep up anymore.

 

Just what my own experience is so far

 

 

Edit: I've been tempted to upgrade but hard to tell if worth doing with new hardware around the corner.

[Bobthepotato]

So which cpu should i get , btw did spectre and meltdown afected them?

[Lagercat1]

@Bobthepotato I was talking used were you can find the 7700k for like $300-$350

[Coachdude]

Overall the 4c/8t i7s are still pretty good. I have mine clocked at 4.7 GHz and I was playing Battlefield 5 just the other day. On most maps it was averaging 120 fps+. Only map that may cause some slowdown is Rotterdam but even then it was averaging over 100 fps in the most taxing scenes. I'd say if you can get one used for a good price they're still worth considering. They are about on par with the 6c/6t i5s of today, so still offer amazing gaming performance in most titles with decent multitasking capabilities if you're just a general computer user ( Web browsing, gaming, light video editing, photo editing, etc. ) 

[Bobthepotato]

OK in 2 weeks i will get the 7700k , how bigger should be to cooler? right now i have the stock one.

[brunostejskal]

The 7700K is pretty much a 6700K, no need to upgrade to it. A bad way to spend your money

 

[Bobthepotato]

5 minutes ago, brunostejskal said:

The 7700K is pretty much a 6700K, no need to upgrade to it. A bad way to spend your money

 

I wanted to buy the 6700k , right now i have the i5 7400 stuck a 3ghz

[brunostejskal]

Oh, I haven´t read the full thread, my bad.

[thinwalrus]

Dont pay that kind of money for very old cpu. You can get 8600K/9600K and a new motherboard instead. Or are those some weird dollars worth 0.2-0.3 US?

 

 

[Bobthepotato]

Is the 8600k generation worth it?

[Spotty]

18 hours ago, Bobthepotato said:

The i7 6700k is 403$ 

       i7 7700K is 584$

What country/currency is that? 

[Bobthepotato]

US dollar i'm from EU

[Bartholomew]

52 minutes ago, Bobthepotato said:

US dollar i'm from EU

I feel your pain; old 6700k here is ridicoulosly expensive in eu;

 

Boxed 300 euro min, tray (withou a freaking box!) Is even 400 where i live which makes no sense so indication of some weird pricing. Second hand is maybe 25 less....

 

Im at i5 6400;  and im waiting for nex gen zen on this one... amd prices are more on par with us where im at

. 

[Stormseeker9]

59 minutes ago, Bobthepotato said:

US dollar i'm from EU

If you can wait a few months - look into getting yourself a zen 2 when it gets released.