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Potential PC upgrade? i7 4790 vs i7 2600

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Looking at an i7 4790 at a decent price. I’ve got a system with an i7 2600 at the moment, paired with a GTX 1060 3gb. Would there be much of a benefit upgrading to the 4790? It’s a used motherboard combo. 
 

My other idea is sticking with the 2600 that I’ve already got an upgrading the GPU instead. Not sure which route would be best.

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It's a small upgrade, depends on what a "decent price" is. 

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

It's a small upgrade, depends on what a "decent price" is. 

So really in gaming it’s probably not worth it?

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Just now, lukewcfc said:

So really in gaming it’s probably not worth it?

Probably not, saving the money for a Ryzen upgrade is a good idea instead. Basic motherboards and CPUs like a B450m Pro4 and Ryzen 5 2600 are getting cheaper by the month.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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I would save $$$ and build a Zen 2 pc like 3900x or 3950x once Zen 3 is out because Zen 3 will going to drop Zen 2 prices a lot like how Zen 2 drop Zen 1 prices. The i7 4790 is still strong today but it will not going to last long because future triple A games will going to use more than 4c/8t and 4c/8t will be a problematic if you are streaming and doing productivity. 

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Awesome. Thanks for the advice all.

 

i play a lot of Train Simulator 2020 which I believe is a very CPU intensive game. How would the 1060 3gb pair with a Ryzen 5 2600?

 

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1 minute ago, lukewcfc said:

Awesome. Thanks for the advice all.

 

i play a lot of Train Simulator 2020 which I believe is a very CPU intensive game. How would the 1060 3gb pair with a Ryzen 5 2600?

 

It would be a good combo, assuming you paid a little extra for DDR4 3000 or 3200

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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11 minutes ago, lukewcfc said:

Awesome. Thanks for the advice all.

 

i play a lot of Train Simulator 2020 which I believe is a very CPU intensive game. How would the 1060 3gb pair with a Ryzen 5 2600?

 

I'd get a 3600. It's about 15-20% faster than the 2600

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Don't even need the 3600, you can save bucks with a 2600X.. it will power a 5700 XT just fine in all games.

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Considering the 2600 as I’ve heard over locking it you can get performance very similar to the X variant. 

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