| malistix1985 said: I originally just purchased a new GPU instead of also a processor and altough my 2011' 2600k @ 4.2 Ghz was a monster and still outperforms lower end cpu's this day I did notice it had become a bottleneck in certain games so I had to upgrade. |
My 3930K which is the same era as your 2600K, still smashes every game I throw at it. That extra cache, extra cores has kept it gaming for longer.
In-fact, the upgrade between my 2011 CPU and a 2017 6-core cpu is so miniscule it's really not worth dropping $1500-$2000 on a new CPU, motherboard and RAM combo to replace it just yet.
In-fact, this is the kind of performance jump I can expect: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/552?vs=1727
In essence, if I cannot get 10 years worth of gaming out of this CPU, then I will eat my hat.
--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--
