Is it a good idea to get a 2600k ?

[daddyfrag]

Recently got back into PC gaming after 4 years of no use but my PC is outdated.
Specs currently are :
Current specs are :
Amd Fx 4300
10gb ddr3 1600mhz
Radeon 7790 1gb

Want to upgrade my GPU to a GTX 1060 6GB once the mining craze has died down but CPU wise I don't want to spend more than £200 on a CPU and a motherboard due to gaming being mainly dependent on GPU performance , plus I wouldn't have to buy new RAM like I would if i bought a new chip . Would a 2600k bottleneck the GPU playing at 1080p ? (bearing in mind that the sandy bridge k chips were God - tier at overclocking due to the heat spreaders being directly soldered to the dye)

 

[boosted1g]

if you are already buying a new motherboard then it is just asinine to buy something that old and risk it not working or dying in short term.

for that 200 you can get a pentium g4560 + b250 mobo + 8gb ddr4 memory.
The 2600 is marginally better in tasks using all 4 cores/8 thread but outside of that the pentium g4560 will actually be better.

Another issue you run into wtih sandybridge setup is making sure mobo has bios update to even support a 10xx series cards as they are all EFI bios only.

 

[Ecky]

A 2600K is still a great CPU, at least once overclocked. The problem now is finding a half decent motherboard with a P67, Z68 or Z77 chipset which isn't unreasonably expensive. CPUs almost always outlast their boards, so over time you find the CPUs get cheap and the boards get expensive because there's a surplus of one and a lack of the other. Plus, the 2600K does not support PCIe 3.0, motherboards don't have M.2 slots and you will probably find that even USB 3.0 ports are scarce even on the best of them.

Haswell may be a better bet if you want to reuse your RAM, but the CPUs are overpriced compared with their performance right now, when you can get a 12 thread Ryzen CPU for the price of a 3 generation old i5.

 

[mwryder55]

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Another issue you run into wtih sandybridge setup is making sure mobo has bios update to even support a 10xx series cards as they are all EFI bios only.

??? I am running a GTX 1060 6GB video card on a 5 year old 2600K setup with no problems. I haven't updated the BIOS in that time as it wasn't needed.

 

[daddyfrag]

I can get a get a 2600K paired with a z77 mobo for £150 whereas a ryzen 1600 plus a motherboard and 8 gb of ram is £320 in the UK , is it worth the extra cash ?