I've been running my 2600K since 2011 as my main system - recently upgraded to a GTX 1660 Super and it games well, can't complain!

I overclocked my i7 2600k to 4.5ghz on Asus sabertooth p67 motherboard, rtx 2070 super, 1tb hhd, 1tb 2.5 SSD, 16gb ddr3 1600mhz, liquid cooler keeps it around 50c and it's working great, spent $550 total , I play mostly VR

the 2600K is a beast! i got a mini itx corsair 250D with a i7 2600 and a gtx 970 great budget build

Never ever would I have imagined to have bought a processor that would be stuck to my PC for 10 years, but here we are. Still going strong and good enough for my needs. Might as well frame it when I eventually upgrade, lol.

I came across an upgrade over my old PC got a FREE Lian-Li case with AOI & P8Z68 Gen3 Asus MB --- Thanks to your video I made a clear map of components to go for on budget - Just got i7 2600K for 80$ Shipped next week picking up Corsair 32gb ram &meanwhile hunting for a deal on 980 as you showed good enough for me. I play old games like WoW and Diablo 2 some D3 and PoE a little but my older PC couldnt handle it so it wasnt a enjoyable experience. Looks like if this runs Cyberpunk playable I should be more then fine for my games of choise. Thanks for sharing build

I use a non K one in an old Acer Veriton system.The CPU is original and still uses the original Acer board and PSU and i gave it 16GB of RAM and my old R9 270x 4GB GPU and it's still able to play pretty much any game that i play on my main computer.Really like the regular basic office computer look on the outside and the performance that still lays inside

This shows how good invation was and how overpowerd these cpu were even many 7 to 8 year old gpu can play manuy games at 30 to 60 fps that means for a good experince you can go for a buget bulid or go for a higher end bulid that will give you good experince for next 7 to 8 years atleast

thanks for putting gpu and cpu usage in the vid as well :) well yeah sandy bridge is getting long in the tooth, for modern gaming i would say sandy bridge is the minimum, early ryzen chips are probably the best bang for buck platforms right now, excluding xeons because they require good motherboards which could eat a lot of the budget if you cannot find a good deal on one of them.

Just built a system with a 2600k over locked to 4.7 ghz and have similar results with a rx580. I get steady 45 FPS on high/ultra settings on Cyberpunk and 30fps on star citizen. I am blown a away by how this 11 year old processor is still kicking ass!

It is a really good cpu, considering that its 10 years old.

Once again like watching ur youtube video another good video hooe u r well

I also am now on 2600k and MSI motherboard on Z68 chipset. Well I am not a gamer and not rendering videos on it, but for all other tasks it's doing absolutely fine! The only issue I am having with motherboard is that under some circumstances, after moving PC to other place it doesn't want to launch, which can be caused by circuit damage or bga chipset damage, but after moving it into right position it starts working great again until next time moving it to other place.)))

2700K @ 4.5 here, paired with a vega 64 uv/oc, still rock @1440p... Good old stuff !

I just changed the stock cpu fan to a Noctua NH-U9S. Overclocked 2600k to 4,5. Auto on all settings so far, since i'm lazy and it works. Max cpu temp was 72c from what i saw when running cemu. Mario Kart 8 lagged with stock cpu/intel fan and a radeon r9 280 3Gb's graphics card, average 40.1fps. Overclocked it, lagged less but still i had a average fps of 46.4, low settings on everything in the emulator, 720p. Changed the graphics card to gtx 970 4gbs and wooow ultra settings on everything 1080p 58-60fps all the time. Incredible! Couldn't believe it. I was expecting just a little more fps, just wow. The clocking added 5-6fps and then the graphics card the icing on the cake! Now it's possible to game with friends without getting complaints about the resolution looking bad. lol

Still there in my main rig after all these years doing a sterling job with no overclocking......paired with an RX 580 and 16gb eam 500 gb ssd

It still holds up, been playing with a heavily OCed 2600k/R9 Fury combo and feel like I almost never bottlenecks. Just beat Halo Infinite with it.

2600k on an Asrock fatality z68 oc at 4.2 with a 1080ti (230 quid off ebay) , still doing fine on the games i play ESO FF14 , been looking into a full rebuild system starting to slow boot and generally slow but its been a great fookin run lol .

i7 2600k voltage lock 1.34v 4.527 mhz cooler gammax 400 v2 extreme stresstest 68C maximum! ddr3 kingston hyperx fury 1866 32gb! OC to 2133 but + bclk 102.9 = 2195MHZ ram, 1.6375v. CL10-12-12-32 CR2T I think I squeezed the maximum out of my computer assembly👆 with such cooling😁 I use this build in conjunction with RTX 3070 TI. In single projects, the loading of the video card is 100%, multiplayer project fps shooter - warzone and so... a maximum of 60-70%, in rare cases 80%= just comfort fps 60-75+ 2k resolution, high or ultra settings! if you have 2k monitor - max 75 MHZ - its build👆 must have😅

Muddling through Fallout 4 VR with a Strix 1070 locked @45 FPS with Oculus Tray Tool. No overclocks yet till I figure out some cooling issues

I've been using this CPU for the last 10years. Never had any issues even playing games except now with New World where even overclocked at 4.2Ghz it struggles tons. Next year will likely be the time to change with pcie5, ddr5, usb4 :)

playing Genshin Impact on high settings at 60 fps, playing Dead or Alive 6 - characters move fast - no problems visually. I thank this processor so much. Partnered the i7 with a 1050ti and 32 GB kingston ram.

DLM or anyone else.....I too run a 2600K @4.5mhz paired with an AMD R9 fury. I swapped two 7970's years ago for the single R9 and it helped a bunch , but do you thing that even that GPU may be bottle necking my games a bit? Example : I tried playing Arma 3 a few weeks ago for the first time........and my game was kind of like a slide show. Un-playable.

Not bad! I have i7 2600 paired with GTX 1080 and 16GB DDR3 RAM :)

This is my exact setup The exact motherboard Exact cpu 980 ti seahawk 16gb ddr3 It still works fine for me :)

i use 2600 with MSI H67 mb, what if i change the gpu to rx 6600 can these still game? or just slightly upgrade the complete setup to R7 1700x with gtx 1650, which setup would get a slightly better gaming experience?

Strangely, my 3570K only managed to get half the fps your're getting, despite pretty similar PC setup. 🤷‍♂ Anyway, roughly how many fps for CP2077 @ Ultra can you get with this CPU + 4090 ? 🤔

I do have a question for cyberpunk you using a 980 with a i72600k 1080p on low with avg fps of 45 why is that? Bc I'm using a i7 2600k gtx 960 2gb 1080p high settings with a average of 42 fps? Shouldn't your fps be higher especially since you're on low settings

Have a 2700k oc to 4.7ghz and a z77v pro motherboard pairing an rtx2080 Mostly bottleneck by CPU but most of the game can run 60fps above, solid cpu

i7 2700k 4,8ghz on a gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 for nearly 10 years now....im gonna change my 980 for a new GPU when prices are regular again..im not in a hurry...but fps are not gonna increase too much cause ill upgrade my 1080p monitor for a 1440p at the same time...my 2700k will remain in charge for at least another 3 years.

The 2600k is great, but damn if it isn't overpriced lol

Can it go with RTX 6400 or GTX 1050 Ti , without an external power supply ?

What is a good cheap motherboard that will allow i7 2600 16gb ddr3 and Gtx 1650 ? Help

H67 is the worst chipset for the i7-2600k since it does not overclock but uses the integrated GPU. I got the P68 which does overclocking but not integrated gpu but you could also use Z68 which does both. still keeping it at 4.6ghz after 12 years without any issues.

i just bought a i7 2600k for 100$CAD (80$USD) on eBay shipped. Sounds like even after 11years its still a bargain for 1155socket for the Asus Z68pro gen3 i got for free all because my PC died - building on budget

the only thing that allows this cpu to have acceptable performance to date is the fact of having hyperrading, those 4 more treads make the difference. that's why all the old i7s with suitable vga still manage to make you enjoy gaming discreetly, while all i5s below the eighth generation intel have very marked limits. in fact my old i5 3570k could no longer satisfy my needs and, even if it worked very well, I replaced my pc 8 months ago with one with a ryzen base. the only component that makes me turn up my nose is the motherboard, really ugly and cheap.

Playing Starfield on medium/high settings in upscaled 4k with this cpu! 😂

I like that case, what is the brand name of this case that you are using?

Whta r d besr 8gb vcard for i7-2600?

hi DLM, can you make a tutorial video for swapping a Dell Optiplex 7010 small form factor (GXM1W) motherboard to a new matx case ? please help me

legendary cpu.

I get hitching and stutter on my i7v2600k rx 480 combo idk what to do

I'm guessing this is a msi p67a-gd53 which is the one I am using I see you have slots 2-4 is this the correct slots to use and I have been using slots 1-3 🤣

I picked one up at the thrift store for $40 bucks the other day, case, MB Asus P8P67 LE, I7 2600k, GPU R9-270, PSU 400w, RAM HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB, old cd burner, HD 500GB, Windows 7 upgraded to Windows 10 for free. The reason why I am here.

I have the same motherboard and cpu. It's OC?

I7 2600k can run in motherboard b75?

Did you overclock the processor?

Not going to build this for $300 though more like $500

im building a 15 4440 budget build from a optiplex 9020

700 watt PSU way too much overkill for that computer, could have gone with 450 to 500 watt

i have a i7 4890k and a i7 2600k jss layin arounf and well i foundd a 1155 mobo for sale on ebay for 60$ asrock b75 pro3 so i said fck it and lets bring her to life so i copped my homies jonsbro box cooler rgb white for 20$ flat found 16gb adata xpg ddr3 1866 ram for 25$ then found a case on newegg for 50$ total and i just so freaking happened to find a 580 8gb for 60 then i had a old 4gb versiok laying around so i threw tht one in there with my old apevia case fans rgb and bruh i bought a ssd 512 gb for 20$ then found a 500gb seagate hdd in my drawer 😭 plugged in it and ofcourse its working but a ssd would be the move but ima save tht one for the 4890k but dude it runs hella good i got re4 running smooth at 60fps capped then siege low settings 144capped , fivem / gta 110-130 fps medium - high settings , havent tested any others but dude its smooth and i havr no screen tears this time whivh is dope af so im happy gonna be resaling for about 450$ !

lol i am watching this on a core i7 2600k

i have i5 9300h does my is better than this

this combo is not worth more than 50$ ... you gave 100, you lost money on it

I think that system will run fine until MS drops Win 10 support in 2025.... Probably would work fine past that on Linux, etc. Epic CPU.