Is the I7-2700K too old?

[mathew.hoorne10]

I might be buying this pc soon, its got an:
i7-2700K
GTX 980 4GB
16GB RAM
250GB SSD
1TB HDD
Is the cpu too old for this build? I'm not looking to upgrade any time soon. Thanks in advance.

 

[vapour]

depending on your usage, 2700k will definitely bottleneck 980 for AAA titles. If you play older non CPU intensive games like CSGO, you can pair with a nice 1080p 144hz monitor.

 

[King_V]

It's still pretty capable, assuming any gaming you're doing is at 1080p.

But, "not looking to upgrade any time soon" - exactly what timeframe are you talking about?

 

[Zerk2012]

If you overclock the processor it's still fine for gaming.
My son runs my old 2500K overvlocked to 4.8 and has no problems running any game. Still a good gaming processor and in most games the GTX 980 is fine for it.
The price needs to be good on it to be a good buy and how much longer the performance will be good nobody knows.

 

[WildCard999]

I might be buying this pc soon, its got an:
i7-2700K
GTX 980 4GB
16GB RAM
250GB SSD
1TB HDD
Is the cpu too old for this build? I'm not looking to upgrade any time soon. Thanks in advance.

It's a older CPU but still capable especially once overclocked. If you don't mind me asking how much are they charging for the system?

 

[mathew.hoorne10]

It's still pretty capable, assuming any gaming you're doing is at 1080p.

But, "not looking to upgrade any time soon" - exactly what timeframe are you talking about?

Maybe 1.5-2 years after buying it

 

[mathew.hoorne10]

I might be buying this pc soon, its got an:
i7-2700K
GTX 980 4GB
16GB RAM
250GB SSD
1TB HDD
Is the cpu too old for this build? I'm not looking to upgrade any time soon. Thanks in advance.

It's a older CPU but still capable especially once overclocked. If you don't mind me asking how much are they charging for the system?

550 Euros

 

[WildCard999]

Well considering the outrageous price of graphics cards right now that really isn't unreasonable, for 550 Euros you won't be able to build anything better. I would just make sure the PSU is decent and that you can overclock on the motherboard.