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[jmahizzle]

I'm not sure if I should be embarassed or proud that I'm still using an i7-2600k

[mrpmp]

Videos like this help put into perspective that you don’t need the best graphics card or CPU to be able to play games and still have fun. Please do more of these. Thanks for doing all you do!

[stevenyarbrough]

Won the silicon lottery with my 4770K. Had it boosting to 5GHz from 2014-2021. It was delidded and lapped with a 280mm AIO. 2133MHz ram. Loved it and it still worked when I sold it. Just started getting stuttering in some games.

[devin]

Dude this is awesome. I just converted my old 4770k to my Proxmox server. Plopped in 32 gigs of ram and a 2.5 gb nic and I am impressed by how capable this old machine is and how well it runs. Cool vid

[houndsmaster]

As someone who is still running on an i7-4790k, and upgraded to an RX5700XT, I feel like this video was made for me. I never realized how old my pc was until Jay mentioned it in his video about motherboard prices.

I have to say, I am very impressed with the performance of this build considering its age. Its held up to modern titles remarkably well. This was my first build at 15 years old, and now I feel it is finally time for a new build. I built this for longevity, and honestly did not expect to get 10 years out of it. Was looking at the 7800X3D, but after seeing all of the controversy in the industry, I am pretty concerned about a reliable setup.. Jay, all of the content you've been releasing has been having a direct affect on my next purchase. I will be staying with your content as I feel you are making content that is very relevant to what's going on with the current market. Keep up the great work!

P.S., also a car guy, just picked up a fully built 2014 Z/28 making around 620whp. Would love to see more car content of yours!

[deadmeat]

If you get the W11 install ISO and use Rufus to make the USB stick, Rufus detects the W11 installation files and asks you if you want to bypass W11 hardware requirements and MS account requirement. Stumbled onto that a few months ago. So cool!

[politicallyincorrect]

Still running my 4770k @ 4.4ghz on air, 10 years later. Just put new thermal paste on the other day. Originally it had a gtx 770 but I upgraded to a 1660ti awhile back. Other than that the only change I've made is adding a second SSD. Going to build something new within the next year I think.

[haramaschabrasir]

I had a 4790K overclocked to 4, 8 GHz. Combined with a GTX 970 @ 1, 4 GHz running shunt resistor and BIOS mod. My first custom water cooled system, it stays in my heart.

[MPisMoE]

I'm so glad to see so many people still using the 4790k and loving it, like me. I recently upgraded my graphics card from a GTX 960 (when I bought the system) to an RX 6650 XT and I'm gonna keep going till it dies. What good boy my PC is

PS: Thanks for the video Jay. It really hit the spot.

[brandondavis]

I ran a 4th Gen system with a i7 4790k until about 2 years ago when the CPU finally gave up at the height of cost spikes mid COVID. Getting into something modern at that time was extremely painful and expensive.

[patricklee]

I just retired my FX 8350 Black Edition last year cost me $179.99 and it got me to 2023 (still works) 3803 Cinebench. It couldn't run windows 11 either because it needs a TPM ver.2.0 and my AM3+ MB only had a TPM 1.5 slot. I really think Windows had part to play in forcing everyone's hand in buying new hardware! The reasons it got retired? I Wanted Window 11, CPU was bottle-necking and was just now running into top AAA games it wouldn't run, it was time for it to go. Also 80 plus gold don't mean squat, I had a Rosewill 80 plus gold and it fried my GPU (R9-290 4GB)

[Zadkiel]

3770K and 4770K were beasts, I had a machine with a 3770K in it that I didn't upgrade for like 6-7 years, not because I didn't want to, but because there was no value in doing it, as the machine still ran comparibly to much newer hardware.

[barbaro]

In 2016 I built my first PC with an i5-4690k, a GTX 970, and a Gigabyte Ultra Durable board. To this day, I've never had such a consistently reliable build as that first one, even though I've spent so much on high end specs. I miss it.

[zerabp]

My 980ti, with a 4690k is still alive and well and plays most games quite well including modern titles, I had to replace the case once and the ram once in the past. The beauty about game development these days is that they target as many systems as possible. Anyway great vid.

Definitely want to see the vs battle.

[JOKR_DK]

Still running an OC i5-2500K, which to this day is 11 years old. It runs really smooth and has never failed me. Looking to buy a new system later this year, but I'm going to be keeping my i5-2500K 🙂

[thunderbolt]

I was running a 4790k until late 2021. I put that system back together earlier this year and it is still a very impressive little machine. I have a GTX1070 in it right now VS my original 1080 and even then, it's still a very comfortable VR system.

[itsdeonlol]

Please do more retro builds like this Jay!

[TheRobD]

I have recently upgraded all the computers at my work to 1155 socket machines. This stuff isn't old at all compared to what's still being used in a lot of places out there.

[BeefyMatt]

I really love these types of "what if" videos because you never know what to expect and you learn new ways to optimize and troubleshoot things, more of this please!!

[gt]

My i7-2600k is still going strong. Way past my expectations. I never expected it to hold on this well. Amazing. I want to upgrade before something fails but the last 11-13th gens haven't felt as good as a buy as this did then. So I keep waiting