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Going from a 2600k to a 4770k is a waste of time and money. The 4770k doesn't offer any distinguishable performances increases over a 2600k besides when running synthetic benchmarks and even then the increases in performance are minimal. 

 

If you have a 2600k @ 4.4-4.8GHz it should easily carry you through until Skylake.

 

Wait until Skylake to upgrade. 

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Hi guys!
I'm in the process of planning my next build. and i'm currently at a hold.
Well this thread is a desperate call for help, i'm looking for a replacement for my 2600k. 
My plan is for the new build to last 4 years, so i'm going high end'ish. With that said, looking at the benchmarks for the 2600k vs the 4770k i quickly went full potato mode. 
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-2600K+%40+3.40GHz

So if anyone could enlighten what the real benefits would be to upgrade to a 4770k from a 2600k. The benchmark made me really skeptical, seeing as it wasn't too much of a performance leap?
BTW: I will probably not start buying anything before the new Nvidia series release. so i'm not in a rush.  :ph34r: 

Thanks in advance!

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Go 4790K instead if you can.

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You're right in there not being much of a performance leap. Unless you know you will make use of AVX2 or something or need better integrated graphics I'd stay put with 2600K.

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Hi guys!

I'm in the process of planning my next build. and i'm currently at a hold.

Well this thread is a desperate call for help, i'm looking for a replacement for my 2600k. 

My plan is for the new build to last 4 years, so i'm going high end'ish. With that said, looking at the benchmarks for the 2600k vs the 4770k i quickly went full potato mode. 

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-2600K+%40+3.40GHz

So if anyone could enlighten what the real benefits would be to upgrade to a 4770k from a 2600k. The benchmark made me really skeptical, seeing as it wasn't too much of a performance leap?

BTW: I will probably not start buying anything before the new Nvidia series release. so i'm not in a rush.  :ph34r: 

Thanks in advance!

when overclocked the 2600k will be as fast 

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CPU's haven't really been moving forward lately. They haven't really had the need too. Your CPU is fine for a couple years unless something drastic happens.

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If I were you, I'd just stick with the 2600K for a little while longer. In terms of gaming performance, there really isn't that much improvement in the past couple of Intel generations, so I see absolutely no reason to spend the ~$450-500 on a new platform (CPU+mobo/etc)..

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Stick with the 2600k until broadwell.

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Going from a 2600k to a 4770k is a waste of time and money. The 4770k doesn't offer any distinguishable performances increases over a 2600k besides when running synthetic benchmarks and even then the increases in performance are minimal. 

 

If you have a 2600k @ 4.4-4.8GHz it should easily carry you through until Skylake.

 

Wait until Skylake to upgrade. 

 

 

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If I remember right, then @Slick is still using a 2600k as well. Unless he is upgrading for his current build.

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Thanks for the feedback guys. guess i'm going to delay the Cpu and Mb upgrade

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