Looking to upgrade from i5-6600k

[yaboibaron]

Hi i am just trying to upgrade my cpu and will upgrade all other components if need be. im very good with computers but CPU's are tricky for me. It seems the Processor i have is apparently a bad one when i compare it to all other i5's and i7's and even some i3's. I just want to know what would be best route for my CPU needs for gaming. do i go all the way to the latest i7? or do i go with amd ryzen or any other one. Please help and give tips thanks! (I just want an overall better one no specific task needs other than gaming).

 

[vapour]

I5-8400/I5-8600k is only a little behind I7-8700/8700k but a lot cheaper. If only gaming, get 8400 or 8600k is good enough. Ryzen 5/7 has less fps due to worse IPC but more cores/threads, good for streaming, multitasking and rendering but 8700k can do as good while best for gaming. Only issue is 8700k too expensive. You will need new motherboard for coffee lake CPUs btw.

 

[WildCard999]

Whats wrong with your current CPU? Even if you got unlucky on the silicon lottery a 4.0-4.2ghz overclock should still be doable and the performance with it should be good.

 

[vMax]

If you are dead set on upgrading, I would have no hesitation in recommending the i5-8600K..Especially for Gaming as it is simply fantastic...I have one and it runs absolutly perfectly at a rock solid 4.9GHz..I hit 5GHz but for day to day use the 4.9 is on a low vcore and running cool (with an AIO)...Great CPU...though you can save a bit of money and go down to the 8400 or go all out for the 8700 or 8700K...My recomendation, go 8600K...

 

[btmedic04]

Hi i am just trying to upgrade my cpu and will upgrade all other components if need be. im very good with computers but CPU's are tricky for me. It seems the Processor i have is apparently a bad one when i compare it to all other i5's and i7's and even some i3's. I just want to know what would be best route for my CPU needs for gaming. do i go all the way to the latest i7? or do i go with amd ryzen or any other one. Please help and give tips thanks! (I just want an overall better one no specific task needs other than gaming).

what is the rest of your system specs and what do you use your computer for? the i5 6600K is still a very good processor and will power through just about anything just fine. Its just not the latest and greatest anymore. I used a core i5 3570k until this past August and it played every game i threw at it just fine and that was a 5 year old processor

 

[Bob125484]

Your i5 6600K should be good. However, if you have high end GPU and want more fps, then consider upgrade to i7 6700K or 7700K. If you want more then go 8700 or 8700K which requires Z370 mobo.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/9793/best-cpus
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html

 

[yaboibaron]

Thank you all so much for your answers!!!. Turns out i just had to update my BIOS and it made it run a heck of alot faster!!!!! As i might still be upgrading will save all of these as answers thank you all!!