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gnonme Jan 31, 2019 @ 11:17am
Is my i5 6500 still good enough for gaming?
Or should I upgrade it? Full specs are on my profile but they aren't completely accurate because I just bought a new SSD and extra 16gb ram.
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⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧ Jan 31, 2019 @ 11:21am 
Originally posted by ⎛⎝YeOldWarChap⎠⎞:
Or should I upgrade it? Full specs are on my profile but they aren't completely accurate because I just bought a new SSD and extra 16gb ram.
If its only for gaming, yes..

but 8gb ram, well would upgrade to 16gb. Nothing more.
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upcoast Jan 31, 2019 @ 11:22am 
If it plays your games good enough for you then why worry about it if not then wait for ryzen 3xxx and move on.
Last edited by upcoast; Jan 31, 2019 @ 11:23am
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Monk Jan 31, 2019 @ 11:49am 
Only you can really say if it's good enough or not, does it do what you want it to? If yes, then you are fine, if not, and you can afford it, upgrade.

But don't upgrade for the sake of keeping up with others if you are happy with the performance.
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It's Chase Jan 31, 2019 @ 11:55am 
Not really. It's only a 4 core CPU.
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Monk Jan 31, 2019 @ 12:00pm 
Originally posted by It's Chase:
Not really. It's only a 4 core CPU.
So? While it won't max stuff out at high refresh, if he's happy with the performance that's fine, if someone was building new, sure, a 4 core is a bad idea, but if you have it, and it does what you want....
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It's Chase Jan 31, 2019 @ 12:19pm 
Originally posted by Monk:
Originally posted by It's Chase:
Not really. It's only a 4 core CPU.
So? While it won't max stuff out at high refresh, if he's happy with the performance that's fine, if someone was building new, sure, a 4 core is a bad idea, but if you have it, and it does what you want....
It's not really a good CPU nowadays though. It struggles to get 60fps in newer titles. If that's ok with the OP that's fine.
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vadim Jan 31, 2019 @ 1:15pm 
Originally posted by It's Chase:
It's not really a good CPU nowadays though. It struggles to get 60fps in newer titles.
Can you, please, name some of them? Preferably with benchmark links.
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✪ kako Jan 31, 2019 @ 3:14pm 
It dependes on your gpu. I have the same cpu but it was struggling with a 1060, so I updated it to a 7600k
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Snow Jan 31, 2019 @ 5:55pm 
Originally posted by ✪ kako:
It dependes on your gpu. I have the same cpu but it was struggling with a 1060, so I updated it to a 7600k
It depends on the games and framerates he wants to achieve in those games. GPU doesn't give a single crap about his CPU and otherwise.
Last edited by Snow; Jan 31, 2019 @ 6:04pm
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gnonme Jan 31, 2019 @ 7:10pm 
Originally posted by It's Chase:
Originally posted by Monk:
So? While it won't max stuff out at high refresh, if he's happy with the performance that's fine, if someone was building new, sure, a 4 core is a bad idea, but if you have it, and it does what you want....
It's not really a good CPU nowadays though. It struggles to get 60fps in newer titles. If that's ok with the OP that's fine.
I'm able to get 60fps+ in games like GTAV on high/very high so can you please provide some examples?
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HALO_run Jan 31, 2019 @ 8:23pm 
Originally posted by ⎛⎝YeOldWarChap⎠⎞:
Or should I upgrade it? Full specs are on my profile but they aren't completely accurate because I just bought a new SSD and extra 16gb ram.
it's fine just i'd get an i5 6600, then you'd a have a good cpu or you could try and Turbo,
your cpu, plus 16gb of ram is needed

also gta 5 isn't a good game to start with, so try running ark survival evolved, if you have a good gpu as well



https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6600-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6500/3514vs3513


also are you using windows 7 or 10?, if your using 10 i'd jump to i5 7600
Last edited by HALO_run; Jan 31, 2019 @ 8:56pm
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upcoast Jan 31, 2019 @ 8:32pm 
Going from one quad to another quad makes no sense in 2019.

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The Chicagoan Jan 31, 2019 @ 8:46pm 
Originally posted by It's Chase:
Not really. It's only a 4 core CPU.
ok so because i have a 4 core cpu that means I should just get rid of my i7 4790k and buy an 8 core CPU ok thx for the advice.
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It's Chase Jan 31, 2019 @ 9:39pm 
Originally posted by The Chicagoan:
Originally posted by It's Chase:
Not really. It's only a 4 core CPU.
ok so because i have a 4 core cpu that means I should just get rid of my i7 4790k and buy an 8 core CPU ok thx for the advice.
The 4790k is a 4 core 8 thread CPU though.
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The Chicagoan Jan 31, 2019 @ 9:59pm 
Originally posted by It's Chase:
Originally posted by The Chicagoan:
ok so because i have a 4 core cpu that means I should just get rid of my i7 4790k and buy an 8 core CPU ok thx for the advice.
The 4790k is a 4 core 8 thread CPU though.
I was being sarcastic, lol.
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