So I’m currently running the 12th gen i7 3.60GHz and lately I feel like an upgrade might be due soon.
During heavy loads I usually have a game up such as Escape From Tarkov or Battlefield 2042 and various other games, but I also have discord up to stream and have my friends screens up as we play, and I also have chrome running with multiple tabs for maps, Crunchyroll, Netflix and such. (I watch anime in between matches and when I’m not too concerned about being competitive).
Would upgrading to 14th gen be worth it? I’d certainly like to upgrade from DDR4 to DDR5, so maybe a bundle upgrade would be in order?
Looking back on my good ol 2600K Man, those were the days. A (now) 12 y/o quad-core CPU with OC headroom to 5Ghz (on an AIO anyway). Even with my current 5600 being unable to hit 5Ghz, and with the massively better IPC & efficiency, I do still miss those simpler times. Now I’m looking to upgrade to a 12700K or better cause games are too unoptimized these days for only 6c/12t, mainly due to current gen consoles having 8c/16t to work with