i7 2600k

Forum discussion tagged with i7 2600k.
  1. 708jn

    Question best gpu for i7 2600k?

    Christmas is today and I got some money from my parents and I had some money from my birthday which was in November so I was wondering what the best gpu for the i7 2600k is. because I got a 750 ti and I'm looking to upgrade my budget is 240 dollars cad
  2. Raizazel

    Question Performance issues after upgrade

    First of all thanks in advance for your help and suggestions, I'm new to the forum yet I've been reading your posts for a long time. I just upgraded my PC from an i7 2600k OC 4.3Ghz to a Ryzen 3 3100 no OC yet, since graphics card's prices are a bit up right now I decided to move my RTX 2060...
  3. v4g4x

    [SOLVED] Mobo is throttling my i7 2600k from 3.4ghz to 1.6ghz after hitting 70c

    MB: Intel DH67BL CPU: i7 2600k So a little bit of context, my stock cooler reached 90c at full load, but still continued to run at 3.4ghz. I wanted to reduce temperatures, so I bought a Cooler Master Hyper T20. My 100% load now is only as hot at 75c, but for some reason now, my MOBO decided to...
  4. J

    [SOLVED] I7 2600k on hp 8200 elite mobo

    Hey guys. I want to know if i7 2600k is compatible with hp 8200 elite motherboard.
  5. Alfking49

    [SOLVED] Will a i7 2600k work in a dell optiplex 390?

    Hello All, I'm looking into buying a budget gaming PC in the near future. I've been hearing different things online about upgrading a optiplex 390 with an i7. I wanted to confirm that if I were to pick up an optiplex 390 and an i7 for under 130 bucks that It would actually work. I think a bios...
  6. C

    Question Frame drops with i7 2600k and GTX 1050ti in Fortnite

    I've got an i7 2600k, gtx 1050ti, 8gb (4x 2 sticks) of ram 1333 speed but overclocked to 1600, and wd blue ssd. My graphics card is at around 85 to 92 percent whereas my cpu is around 65. I thought it was my old hard drive but then I upgraded it to an ssd and it changed the frame drops from 15...
  7. P

    [SOLVED] I7 2600 vs i7 2600k

    Im wondering if i7 2600k is better than i7 2600 if you dont over clock it (stock) or are they the same at stock?
  8. U

    Question An issue with overclocking my 2600k

    Hello there, so I wanted to oc my 2600k but I cant set the cpu clock higher than 3.8 in bios .Im using Gigabyte PH67-UD3-B3 and yes I have the latest bios (F9).Yea im stupid its H67 chipset yikes.
  9. Soul Sojourner

    [SOLVED] PC Freezes during games after applying new thermal paste to CPU (i7 2600k)

    Hello. I have had my computer for 7 years now, I built it in anticipation for Diablo 3 in 2012. It was a Windows 7 that later "upgraded" to Windows 10. My CPU is an Intel i7 2600k Sandy Bridge and I have only very mildly overclocked it over the years. I never used the stock heatsink and fan at...
  10. KeshXVI

    Question i7-2600k at 3.4 GHz low fps/ stuttering in games?

    I have Dell Optiplex 790 MT with an RX570 8vram, 8gbs ram and a recently installed stock i7-2600k and I'm getting unstable fps in most games especially in Destiny 2 . I've checked CPU temps and done a few stress tests, there isn't any thermal throttling, turbo boost and hyper threading is on...
  11. C

    Question Dying light on a gtx 1070 and an i7 2600k unable to get 60 fps

    Hey guys i just bought dying light as i got it for very cheap off g2a i think. The problem is it's performance makes me wanna kill myself. I got a 300$ gpu last year just so this game can laugh in my face and give me 45 frames per second with everything on low?=))) i got @GPU jetstream gtx 1070...
  12. D

    Question Per Core OC i7 2600K help

    I would like to OC to 4.5MHz using per core. I tried following these instructions, but it seems all cores are registering at 4.5. I think it has to do with CPU C3 and CPU C6 report needs to be enabled. If I enable these, I cannot boot into Windows. It freezes at the logo screen...
  13. willismatt5

    [SOLVED] I7 2600k gpu things

    I have an i72600k with an Asus p8z68-v lx And I got a sweet deal on two rx 570 in the box the question is I know the motherboard supports crossfire but intel says the cpu has one 16x lane
  14. R

    [SOLVED] ECS H61H2-M2 (V1.0) cooling compability

    Hello everybody, I am upgrading my i3 3220 to i7 2600k in few days. Also I am planing to OC the i7 but my PC currently contains only the Intel stock cooler. My plan was to buy the Cryorig H7 cooler with 2 of the Corsairs SP120 fans. The case space seems fine and shoudn't cause any problems...
  15. R

    [SOLVED] Can I overclock on a ECS H61H2-M2 (V1.0) mobo?

    Hello everbody, I have a question about if I can overclock on my motherbord. I am planing to upgrade my CPU to i7 2600k and add an hyper 212 evo on it. So, I need to know if there is any compability isues. I looked up overclocking guides and tutorials for my mobo but there was almost non. My...
  16. R

    [SOLVED] i5 3570k vs i7 2600k

    Hello everyone, I have a question on buying next CPU for PC with these specifications: ECS h61h2-m2 (socket 1155), 16 gb Hyperx Ram, Corsair CS550M, i3 3220, 3.3 GHz, stock cooling, MSI 1050, 2 Gb, OC. I use this PC mostly for gaming purposes at the moment. So I was thinking about an CPU...
  17. I

    Question Apex Legend cant get that FPS?? PLS HELP

    Hi, I am new at the forum, please help me out. I need to ask you PC Gurus what is wrong with my PC. I can only get 30-40 FPS on APEX legends even with low settings When I check the CPU, GPU and RAM while playing other than GPU non of them using its capacity %100 Only GPU working at %100 My...
  18. M

    [SOLVED] Is this Power Supply good enough for my Computer?

    I'm planning to buy this Power Supply. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014W3EMAO/ref=psdc_1161760_t3_B01LYGJL0E?th=1 If anyone knows does it have 8 pin. If it doesn't i'll just buy 8 pin. My question is should I buy that power supply for my pc? Specs: i7-2600k GPU: Amd MSI RADEON RX 470 Will...
  19. W

    [SOLVED] i7 8700k----£350-- worth it?

    hi, so recently upgraded to a gtx 1080 but its time to get rid of my i7 2600k and upgrade cpu, i7 8700k is currently £350 on new egg+ £100 for new mobo also, is this worth it, or would i be better saving money and going for the ryzen 2700x, i already have a corsair liquid cpu cooler. i will...
  20. N

    [SOLVED] Wait for Ryzen 3rd gen or go with ryzen 2nd

    Hi guys, I am gonna make my first build but i saw some release date leaks for ryzen 3rd gen APU. So i had to ask should i wait for 3rd gen apus or go with ryzen 5 2400g I will not be buying a gpu for like a year or something and just rely on igpu. Thanks in advance
  21. A

    Clockwork Lag for 10 seconds every minute. PC/PS4

    Two weeks ago we had a bunch of construction in my neighbourhood and directly correlating to that timeline I started getting the weirdest lag in my games. It only happens while gaming, any other online function is fine, but I'm getting exactly 10 seconds of lag every 60 seconds. Originally this...
  22. R

    Google Wifi Issue

    Everything was working fine for several months. I upgraded my wife's phone in addition to mine (we got two S9+ phones) yesterday. Had no trouble connecting to the Wifi until yesterday when I brought the phones home. I stayed up troubleshooting until 2am. I couldn't get anything to work. I...
  23. W

    Remove my safe mode on my broken screen windows 8 hp

    Hi I have a broken screen on my laptop hp windows 8 it use to connect to HDMI tv but it dosent work anymore because it’s on safe mode how do I get it working again?
  24. J

    Question how well will an imac early 2009 work with video editing?

    I get it's a rather old system , however I might be purchasing a used one soon to use for video editing and screen recording, hopefully with camtasia studio? also, how well would it work with video streaming (from youtube mainly) and light gaming? (nothing heavy of course just like tf2 and...
  25. D

    Asus z170 pro gaming vs msi m3 vs gigabyte gaming 3

    Hey guys, I am looking for a good motherboard to buy and have shortlisted these three 1.Gigabyte z170x gaming 3 2.MSI z170a gaming m3 3.Asus z170 pro gaming I have seen a lot reviews of these three and really got confused.From these three Asus has best reviews but on Amazon.com really very few...
  26. S

    How to fix overlapping?

    Hello! I have created an app that deals with a few troubles. I have attached some pictures below that I would really appreciate if you would take a look at. For some reason the numbers seem to overlap. I believe I have tried everything, why I am now reaching out to you guys. Thank you so much...
  27. D

    Connection 6 pins to gigabye gtx 1060 g1 gaming

    I literately have 0 cash left and turns out that my new case Cooler master CMP 351 has a power supply (supposedly 500w ) model (rs 500 pcar i3) has only 2x4 pins which fit my h110m s2ph motherboard and I'm left with a 6 pin for my gtx 1060 g1 gaming, what happens if I get a 6 to 8 adapter and...
  28. AntonMir

    Wanting to clone a HDD and combine old partitions.

    Hi! I have a 1TB HDD with 2 partitions. Partition 1(~107GB - 102GB used, NTFS) has Windows 7, personal files and programs. Partition 2(~730GB - 294GB used, EXT3) has some personal files, backups and most of my games. I bought a new 1TB HDD and I'd like to copy my old HDD to that, but I want to...
  29. T

    Help with creating a batch file for a macro

    Hello, my goal is to launch multiple desktop applications and launch a couple websites through google chrome with a single batch file. Basically I'm pulling up all the programs and websites I use when broadcasting games through twitch.tv, so what I'm looking at here is a list something like...
  30. B

    Need a cheap motherboard, wont be overclocking

    Hi, i need a long lasting, solid motherboard ($50-$130) with great audio that wont be used to overclock. Im using an Intel i5-4570 and a gtx 770. Thanks!
  31. P

    since downloading windows 8.1> the graphics for my Rise of nation game is crap... please tell me why.

    since downloading windows 8.1> the graphics for my Rise of nation game is crap... please tell me why
  32. L

    what processor do i need?

    i have amd a4-3400 APU with radeon(tm) HD graphics (2 CPUs),2.7 GHz 4 gb ram 500 gb HDD psu 400w i will buy "Sapphire R7 260X OC, 2GB GDDR5" and some 500w psu Now i've been told my only downside is processor so could you tell me what processor would be enough,so just sugestions min price there...