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Your opinion on upgrading from an i7 2600K
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this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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Have you watching benchmark videos to see how far behind your 2600 is? A 13100 would give you 100% more speed, much less the 14100 that is coming out.
Since you focus on games with the 165Hz, buy a 7600x, get a quality motherboard like an Aorus Elite AX or MSI at that price, 32GB DDR5, then in 3 or 4 years you buy a 9950x and go to 16 cores on that motherboard to do a system upgrade.
Trying a new system is not the same as using it for a week with all of your programs installed and you see how responsive it is with your programd open and running.
You are missing a lot of instruction sets, and buyig AM5 now or next year buying Intel with feed the 165Hz a lot smoother and you will make better use of it. The 2600 can't keep up with the 6850 and provice consistant smooth frame timings.
You need to build a new computer including new power supply. You can only re-use the Radeon and storage in new system, everything else must be replaced. Check the price of 2600K on eBay. You whole PC minus 6850 might sell for $200. I would argue that you're holding on to something that can't sell anymore.
I have been seeing some benchmarks, and in some games the difference is quite big. The thing is I play mostly platformer games, and at this resolution the CPU and GPU seem quite in sync. The latest platformer I've been playing is Sonic Frontiers, and with some game mods to unlock higher quality graphics I've been getting solid 60 (game is capped) with no stuttering.
I do agree, trying it out is not the same as using it for a week though! I will eye out the AM5 platform, especially now that the motherboards are coming down in price, and will decide by next CPU gen!