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They really segmented that market in the worst possible way, 2 cores and 4 cores only, possibility to use vms or overclock, and so on. Add windoze eating up every +5%/year.
Remember buying the 2600(maybe X) and it was soo fast.
The 2600k was exceptionally good and was relevant well past the normal upgrade timeframes.
Really it only got left behind because of its 4C/8T limit as everything started supporting lots of threads instead of just a couple, and just being a 2nd Generation i7.
Yes, that was a beast! I was poor and had to wait and got the generation after, the 3770K and already the segmentation was there, I got overlooking possibilities but not the VM stuff...
Coincidentally, that’s the exact cpu I use in my server! And it runs pretty damn well.
At this point the only "issue" with it is power usage versus processing capability. Newer chips can do the same with less power.
Yeahhh, iirc it uses slightly less power than my main cpu for significantly less performance
Past me made the accidentally more financially prudent move of opting for the i7-4790k over the i5-4690k which ultimately lasted me nearly a decade. At the time the advice was of course "4 cores is all you need, don't waste the money on an i7" but those 4 extra threads made all the difference in the longevity of that PC