Is an i7-2600 still a "good" CPU

Solution
I built my current gaming rig two years ago from second hand parts, I pulled the I7-2600 from a HP workstation. It's been overclocked (you can overclock a non K by the factor of it's turbo core, not everyone knows this) to 4.2ghz.

I've been using it for two years, it's never crashed and barely get's turned off. I use my machine for gaming, ripping dvd/blu-rays and compressing them. It's fast and still economical, although Haswells + Skylakes are significantly more economical. It's still a monster CPU and I have no plans to change mine.

Poprin

Honorable
Dec 13, 2012
720
0
11,360
I built my current gaming rig two years ago from second hand parts, I pulled the I7-2600 from a HP workstation. It's been overclocked (you can overclock a non K by the factor of it's turbo core, not everyone knows this) to 4.2ghz.

I've been using it for two years, it's never crashed and barely get's turned off. I use my machine for gaming, ripping dvd/blu-rays and compressing them. It's fast and still economical, although Haswells + Skylakes are significantly more economical. It's still a monster CPU and I have no plans to change mine.
 
Solution

GeforceMasterRace

Reputable
Aug 25, 2015
65
0
4,630


Do you think it would pair well with my GPUs?
 

Poprin

Honorable
Dec 13, 2012
720
0
11,360


You mean with your two AMD GPU's GeforceMasterRace lol? Yes the processor is not going to be an issue handling that workload.
 

GeforceMasterRace

Reputable
Aug 25, 2015
65
0
4,630


I used to be a bit of an Nvidia Fanboy (Don't judge me)
 

Poprin

Honorable
Dec 13, 2012
720
0
11,360


Haha we're all friends here! Good luck with your build, hopefully it will be as stable as mine is. Also FYI I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 two months ago and I have had no driver issues with my Z68 chipset board, it's just as stable as Win7.
 

TRENDING THREADS