i7-2600S vs i5-680 - Baldur's Gate 3 GT 1030 - Game Performance Benchmarks

ASUS P8H61-M compatible with i7 2600sI have my eyes on a ASUS P8H61-M as it is cheap for my i7 2600S, would these two components work together? Thanks

Yes, with BIOS 0220 or later.https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H61M/HelpDesk_CPU/...and since that appears to be the first BIOS, it should be no problem.

Reusing my i7 2600S in new build, yes or no?I'm looking into building a mid to high end rig to upgrade my older HP elite I don't really intend to OC so I thought my 2600s should work fine in a new rig and save me some $$. I wanted to make sure that a GTX 970 would not get bottle necked. and what is the best MoBo I can get for this old gal. Or am i better off buying a new processor? I was looking at the i5 series but without OC they seemed to be on par with my i7

I would think it will do fine. On some extreme cases you might get a slight drop in performance but overall it should run well.

worth upgrading from I7 2600s to Ryzen 5 1600?Just wondering if it's worth the upgrade from my i7 2600s to a ryzen 1600. I use my pc for gaming most of the time. My specs I7 2600s 8gb ram gtx 1060My plan is to build a upgrade for me and give my pc to my Dad he plays Gta 5 most of the time His specs amd 6300 8gb ram gtx 960

Seems like it's worth it over the lower-clocked "S" version. And he'd probably be happy with the horsepower of the i7 over the 6300 for sure.There will ALWAYS be something better right around the corner. Cars, computers, phones, etc. Coffee Lake, IMO, won't be a huge step up over Kaby Lake considering what they've done in the past. Sure, prices on 6-cores might drop a tiny bit, but it won't blow Ryzen out of the water either.

ReUse intel i7-2600s?I am currently planning a new build. Instead of dropping $300+ on a new processor I was curious if I could take the processor from my HP Pavillion h8-1020 and use it toward my new build. I have an AMD based build already thats pretty solid, but I wanted to also make an Intel/NVidia build to help me choose which product I want to stand behind as I am pretty new to this myself. I dont really have a budget at all, but I was able to build my current AMD system piece by piece so it is possible. Or i can sell my AMD build.specs: AMD FX-6300 Vishura 6 core 3.5 ghZMSI 970A-G43 motherboard16GB DDR3 RAM1TB HD(Toshiba)InLand 750w 80 Plus Bronze PSUVisionTek Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x 16 graphicsDVD/CD burnerMid size RaidMax Cobra ATX case,And build anew completely.Suggestions?And no, not building is not an option. i know its crazy to build another one, but Im going to do it anyway.

That i7 is still pretty powerful, and the improvements over the two generations since aren't enormous. You can get a 7-series motherboard (made for 3rd gen but compatible with 2nd gen like that chip). That chip can be reused, it's still quite viable and saves you a couple hundred.

Compability CPU i7-2600s with my Motherboard?I am using Acer x1930 Motherboard, will it support my i7- 2600s because the manual (which i dowloaded from the internet) said it only support CPU INTEL CORE I3 2100, i3 2120, I5 2300, I5 2400, I5 2500, I7 2600, G620, G840, G850.But im using Pentium G630. (not in support list)So will the 2600s fit perfectly or i have to update the BIOS. But Acer's support site dont hav any BIOS for the MOBO!Please help me because i dont have much time. And can you show me the new BIOS version if it have. Srry for my bad English!

Both of the cpu, the i7 2600s and G630, are the Sandy Bridge, and your MB is the H61 so that the i7 2600s will fit without any BIOS update. Because 1) the i7 2600s is the lower power version of the i7 2600, 2) Because you are using the G630 right now, I check both of cpu, Intel launched the i7 2600s on Jan 2011, the g630 was released on Aug 2011. That means if you casn use the g630 you should be able to use the i7 2600s, as you know the MB needs the new BIOS for the newer hardware.