Is an i7-2600 still a "good" CPU

[GeforceMasterRace]

Is an Intel Core i7-2600 still a usable processor for gaming, GTA V, War Thunder, TF2, and would it run well with 2x Asus Radeon HD7850-V2 (2 GDDR5 each) in Crossfire?

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4315#ov (Mobo I might get)

Would I be able to have it for 1 or 2 years? (I also don't play games at very high settings and don't play many Ultramodern games)

 

[Poprin]

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.

 

[GeforceMasterRace]

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.

Do you think it would pair well with my GPUs?

 

[ComputerSecurityGuy]

Fine. Really, you only need to upgrade your CPU every 3-4 generations for gaming and even 5-6 for general work. An overclocked CPU like that will last for a while especially since more and more gaming is being offloaded to the graphics card.

 

[Poprin]

Do you think it would pair well with my GPUs?

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

 

[GeforceMasterRace]

Do you think it would pair well with my GPUs?

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

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

 

[Poprin]

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

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.