i7 6700k in 2020 @1440p

Aodhan5000

Hi all,
I can pick up an i7 6700k there and just pop it into my system. Can get it posted for 105€. Just wondering if ye think it'll be good enough for high refresh 1440p and if it's worth the money?
Cheers

JoyPad

Aodhan5000 wrote: »

Hi all,
I can pick up an i7 6700k there and just pop it into my system. Can get it posted for 105€. Just wondering if ye think it'll be good enough for high refresh 1440p and if it's worth the money?
Cheers

My son has been running one for 4 years. It was overclocked by PCSpecialist, and has been running very well at 4.4GHz, initially with a 1080, and later with a 1080Ti, on a 27in 1440p 144Hz monitor. He's been getting solid performance in most games, but he hasn't played the most demanding titles. See here scores on his machine, when new.

He's also got a Vive, and has been playing a lot of VR titles. Never heard him complain about lack of oomph.

allen175

Running high resolution at high refresh rates is more dependant on your graphics card rather than the cpu.

I had no issues running games at high refresh at 1080 when I was running my 6700k.

what GPU do you have?

Aodhan5000

allen175 wrote: »

Running high resolution at high refresh rates is more dependant on your graphics card rather than the cpu.

I had no issues running games at high refresh at 1080 when I was running my 6700k.

what GPU do you have?

Planning on going Rx 6800xt if I can. Just be a handy pop in system upgrade for me and my brother has a similar setup it could work for too

BloodBath

An older quad core like that will severely bottleneck the likes of a 6800xt at high refresh rates.

Looking at up to 30%+ difference on the averages and even more on the mins depending on the resolution.

You need to be pairing a card like that with a latest gen 6-8 core intel or amd processor like the 5600k, 5700k or 10600k or 10700k.

Leaning towards AMD for infinity cache and PCIe4.

Metric Tensor

I have a 6700k (all cores overclocked to 4.66GHz) and a 1440p monitor.

I had a GTX 1070 until last month and have just upgraded to an RTX 3080.

I play mainly PUBG which isn't the most optimised of games so not a good benchmark but with the 1070 and medium high settings I used to get frame rates around 100-110 at 1440p with the GPU being the limiting factor. With the 3080 the same settings hit 180-200 at times but can also fall back to 120 the odd time. I have it locked at 140FPS and after 30 mins the average frame rate will be high 130s. CPU is definitely the limiting factor now.

If you want to go to 1080p I'd imagine you should be rock solid at 144 in most games with the 6700k.

Let me know if there's any test you want me to run.

Edited to add: 105 quid is lot of money for a 4-5 year old processor. You're paying a premium because other than the 7700k that's the fastest chip that will work in that board.

Homelander

Still a decent CPU and €105 is a great price considering you can just drop it in and it saves you some hassle.

But realistically it's the same as a £95 new CPU these days. Definitely not a great CPU for high refresh rates in new games.

Anecdotal "I have one and games run fine" isn't hugely helpful because of course games still run fine on a 6700K. But compare a 6700K with say a Ryzen 3600/5600 or Intel 10600 or whatever, and there are huge differences in most cases when using the same card at high refresh.

Aodhan5000

Decided to leave it go. No use for me considering what performance would be left on the table and the brother wouldn't take it unless I gave it to him for free and bought him a cooler too. U fecking hope AMD ramp up 5000 series production so I can get of this i5 6400

captain_boycott

Metric Tensor wrote: »

Edited to add: 105 quid is lot of money for a 4-5 year old processor. You're paying a premium because other than the 7700k that's the fastest chip that will work in that board.

where can you get the 7700K for 105 quid?

Metric Tensor

I'm not saying you can. The opposite in fact. The 7700k is running quite expensive because of being the fastest of that generation. So the "next best option" is a 6700k so that is in high demand also so is also expensive.

Obviously not as expensive as a 7700k because you'd take the 7700k before the 6700k.

Coyler

Aodhan5000 wrote: »

Decided to leave it go. No use for me considering what performance would be left on the table and the brother wouldn't take it unless I gave it to him for free and bought him a cooler too. U fecking hope AMD ramp up 5000 series production so I can get of this i5 6400

I mean, if you were really that desperate and on a tight budget you can pick up a i3-10100f and a H410 mobo for about the same price. They are roughly equivalent to the 7700k. The RAM you have won't dent performance too much and you've got a lot more head room to grow. I'd bet dollars to donuts you'd not even have to touch your OS install beyond a driver or two.

The 3100 and a B550 might be a better choice but your RAM might limit it a little. Still it gives you a good path as well.

The unwashed masses put a huge premium on i7 chips. I see i7 3770 in built systems selling for crazy money. A lot of the buyers of i7s are people looking to flip them in systems they cobble together with a dash of RGB. These chips should be way below what the market for them is. If you can change a motherboard just steer clear and if you can hold on for Spring next year.