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is an i7 6700 still worth it in 2023?

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If the 6700 or 6700k is cheap enough it might help a little but will still be limited with regard to some modern tasks.

Nice to keep older Hardware alive and functional but at a certain point unless you upgrade to a completely new rig most of those modern tasks you might want to run will simply be a money pit with very little gain.

ive recently got an old pc from a cousin that has an i5 6400 which works but not great for some modern tasks. would buying a used 6700 be worth it? its a dell so it does not support the 6700k or 7000 series. dont worry about my power supply ill figure it out.

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It will help some, but will still struggle in many modern titles. 

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I'd still rock one, but I tend to run older hardware anyway because I just don't care and don't play enough modern games.

It'll be a decent upgrade from a Skylake i5, but it would ultimately just be a holdover upgrade until you can afford a full platform upgrade.

 

For the record, your Dell will support a 6700K you just can't overclock it.

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If the 6700 or 6700k is cheap enough it might help a little but will still be limited with regard to some modern tasks.

Nice to keep older Hardware alive and functional but at a certain point unless you upgrade to a completely new rig most of those modern tasks you might want to run will simply be a money pit with very little gain.

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1 hour ago, Thefanman64 said:

ive recently got an old pc from a cousin that has an i5 6400 which works but not great for some modern tasks. would buying a used 6700 be worth it? its a dell so it does not support the 6700k or 7000 series. dont worry about my power supply ill figure it out.

At current used price of 100-125$? No. You can get Ryzen 5 3600 with a B450 motherboard in a combo off ebay auctions.

 

If you can rip one off dead PC for half that price? Maybe.

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On 7/27/2023 at 10:24 PM, Skiiwee29 said:

It will help some, but will still struggle in many modern titles. 

Yea i dont plan on playing modern AAA games really

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I will take all your considerations in mind, but because of dells stupidity its has a proprietary motherboard shape and connection, so id have to upgrade by buying dells proprietary power supply and the best gpu i can put in it is a no extra pcie cable gt 1030. I will still keep it around and i already got my hands on a probably better computer anyways. Thanks. 

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