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Upgrade the i7 6700K or not ?

jbrebel
By jbrebel
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Hello,

 

I just bought the RTX 2070 Super. Do i have to upgrade my CPU for best performance or is the i7 6700k still enough ?

I play at 1440p 144Hz. BF 5. CoD MW 2019 and Cyberpunk 2077( next year )

 

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@Epimetheus What is a logical upgrade from here and when should i do it ? Black friday is around the corner so can it wait another year ?

 

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I'd be perfectly content with 6th gen i7. I wouldn't upgrade for quite a while.

I like to play games and eat cookies.

I also build and sell gaming computers.

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1 minute ago, jbrebel said:

@Epimetheus What is a logical upgrade from here and when should i do it ? Black friday is around the corner so can it wait another year ?

 

There's no saying when you'll need to upgrade, just do it whenever you feel like the performance isn't satisfying anymore for you. The logical step for your next cpu will obviously be like an 8 core cpu to make it last many more years, but there's no say of what products will be out by the time you upgrade

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in BF5 anyway you could see CPU bottleneck. Just check CPU and GPU usage when running the game.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Yeah BF5 sucks for CPU drain. My 3rd gen i7 barely runs whereas it blows thru other games.

I like to play games and eat cookies.

I also build and sell gaming computers.

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