[SOLVED] i7-2600k vs i5-6500

[davidgamer90]

Hi, I am curently changing some stuff around with my PC and I have the choice of keeping 1 of these 2 CPU's to use and the other to sell.
i7-2600k vs i5-6500. I mainly play Warzone and that would by far be the most "PC-demanding" game I would play for a while I think.

Also to be noted, with the i7 I have 16GB ddr3 and with the i5-6500 would have also 16GB but DDR4.
The CPU would be paired with a GTX 980Ti, I dont think there should be any bottlenecks here.

What CPU should I take? What would you choose and why?
Thanks everyone for your help and support!

 

[sizzling]

Hmm, will you have a motherboard and cooler that can overclock the 2600k?

COD Warzone likes cpu threads and will easily max out modern quad thread CPU’s let alone the 6500. I would think but have not seen any benchmarks that the 2600k should provide more stable FPS due to being 8 threads especially if you overclock it. This is a guess though.

I hope you are not paying much for either option.

 

[davidgamer90]

Hmm, will you have a motherboard and cooler that can overclock the 2600k?

COD Warzone likes cpu threads and will easily max out modern quad thread CPU’s let alone the 6500. I would think but have not seen any benchmarks that the 2600k should provide more stable FPS due to being 8 threads especially if you overclock it. This is a guess though.

I hope you are not paying much for either option.

Thanks for the reply! No I have got the CPU's from old HP desktops on eBay for very cheap.
I also tried to look for some benchmarks but for everything I found the performance seems to be about the same...

I can overclock the i7-2600K to about 4.8Ghz stable, anymore than that and the system crashes after a certain amount of time, normally between 20-30 mins of testing.

 

[gtarayan]

i7-2600K to about 4.8Ghz stable

This over i5 6500 in multi-threaded applications. I would not pick 6500 with the idea that it can later be upgraded to 6700k. In my mind, 6000 and 7000 gen CPUs did not bring anything new to the table besides integrating more modern i/o, migrating to DDR4, and enabling hardware manufacturers to make more money.

As far as Intel cpus go, the next truly meaningful upgrade from a heavily overclocked 2600k is 8700k which is not compatible with 100 series motherboards.