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Syralys
By Syralys
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I currently have a 6600k Cpu and was wanting to upgrade to the new Intels when they come out, but I recently hit a stump in my life with health bills etc and now will only have enough to upgrade to maybe an 8700k at best. I know I will need a new motherboard to run this cpu and have no issue with that since $500-$600 might be my limit and currently don't have any knowledge on much the new cpus will be.

 

So took the time to bring it here to you all. I want to use my pc to live stream pc games without needing to hook up my laptop to my capture card and set that up. Would just upgrading to the 8700k just be more reasonable or just possibly wait for the new ones to get a more clear idea?

 

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I'd rather you wait for 9th gen, then buy the second or third fastest CPU in that line. Saves money.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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You'll get the most performance gains if you game by getting a 1080 Ti. They should be popping up used for around $600 pretty soon I think. Other than that I would wait for 9700k (my guess will be 8 core overclock to 4.8-5.0GHz) for around $400 and $200 for a new mobo. After that would get a better kit of DDR4 atleast 3200 MHz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

GPU: ASUS Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC

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