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2600k - Keep it or upgrade?

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Pretty much topic. It suits me fine however it is getting on the older side. Would like some input. Skylake? Wait on Zen?

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keeeeeep it.

If you have the moneys yeah, wait for Zen and look at the performance

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Pretty much topic. It suits me fine however it is getting on the older side. Would like some input. Skylake? Wait on Zen?

 

Zen is boring.

Skylake is also boring.

I would wait for  the generation after Kaby Lake. Then it is definitly worth the upgrade.

 

 

 

 

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skylake would be a pretty large performance boost

but you dont need to upgrade if youre ok with your fps in games

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Keep it.

Zen's not going to be anything fantastic and not going to reach Skylake level performance.

Only reason to upgrade to either Skylake or Zen is for the newer features that have cropped up since Sandy Bridge.

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Zen is boring.

Skylake is also boring.

It would wait for  the generation after Kaby Lake. Then it is definitly worth the upgrade.

Haswell extreme :rolleyes: ?

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Keep it and OC the hell out of it.

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Haswell extreme :rolleyes: ?

Was interesting when it launched. But Broadwell-E is coming... 

I wouldn't recommend anyone to go the 2011-3 for gaming.

 

 

 

 

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Pretty much topic. It suits me fine however it is getting on the older side. Would like some input. Skylake? Wait on Zen?

Depending on what you do with your computer there would be little reason to upgrade at this point if your main priority is gaming and general use. After Pascal/Volta launches it may start to struggle, until then it can handle any GPU you throw at it (assuming reasonable resolutions at 1080 or above).

 

If you need more cores for rendering, computation, etc. wait for Broadwell-e and go with that or Haswell-e on X99 after you do some sort of cost:benefit analysis.

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Is your 2600k too slow in any applikation? --> Upgrade.

 

Is it fast enough? --> Keep it.

 

Simple as that.

 

But IF you upgrade... pls wait for broadwell-E and Zen, and see what both got, and then maybe. But now? I dont think, the 2600k is too slow anywhere. Just OC it to 4,5 ghz, and you're set.

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