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Upgrade my i5 6600k for an i7 6700k or 7700k (for gaming)

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Well thats the question.

Im using an i5 6600k with my gtx 1080, some poeple say im crazy, other say I need to upgrade. So...

Upgrade to an i7 ?? And for the 6700k or 7700k?? I dont overclock because dont know how

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Depends... what games do you play mainly and what monitor do you have?

 

 

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Erm that depends... what monitor do you have and what games to you usually play.

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6 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Depends... what games do you play mainly and what monitor do you have?

Games

Ark, Overwatch, battlefield 1, SW battlefront, HoS, 7 days, Doom and others

My monitor its an 1080p 170hz 24"

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2 minutes ago, Kogumaru said:

Games

Ark, Overwatch, battlefield 1, SW battlefront, HoS, 7 days, Doom and others

My monitor its an 1080p 170hz 24"

Oh ya I think a CPU upgrade may very well be worth it. Especially in games like Ark, overwatch and BF1, a CPU upgrade will be quite noticeable.

 

 

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16 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Oh ya I think a CPU upgrade may very well be worth it. Especially in games like Ark, overwatch and BF1, a CPU upgrade will be quite noticeable.

 

my 5820k is bad in ark, that game will probably lag in a supercomputer. 

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Can you sell your i5 for a good price or re-purpose it? Most of those games will hit 100hz with very few issues, except for Ark since it sucks everything from the CPU instead of the GPU.

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