The I7 6700 With DDR3 Memory In 2023

It's easy to forget that both Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake processors supported DDR3L memory, a low voltage version of DDR3. Today we're seeing what the I7 6700 can really do when paired with an RTX 3060 Ti, as well as 1600MHz DDR3.
0:00 Intro
2:14 Cyberpunk 2077 1080p and 1440p
4:25 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 1080p and 1440p
6:08 Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered 1080p and 1440p
7:46 Hogwarts Legacy 1080p
8:32 Forza Horizon 5 1080p and 1440p
9:34 Red Dead Redemption 2 1080p and 1440p
10:53 Final Thoughts
Thanks for watching :)

[@bon_come]

Even in 2023, I think a lot of people still have DDR3 1600 16GB computers.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I think so too

[@hygarthwilliams6392]

I have a 16gb mixed brand 1600mhZ kit paired with i7 4790 and gt 640 really want a 1650 to pair it with I don't really game that much but my nephew does id really like to atleast compete with the ps4

[@akaviolaqrif350]

1333 here

[@Rolatnor]

I have 32gb of ddr3 1600mhz and an am3+ cpu with 8 cores

[@skraxel]

@@akaviolaqrif350 same

[@svpracer98]

I had the platform's slightly younger sibling (7700 on ddr4) up until October of 22... It definitely still packs a powerful punch, but being able to double the amount of power on hand with more recent hardware definitely shows how much has changed in little time.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I always wanted a 7700 to be honest. Then the 8400 i5 came along and that quickly became my favourite cpu

[@Kykof]

@@RandomGaminginHD I had an i5-8400 till this January for almost 5 years, what an amazing CPU that was! It powered me through almost every game at Ultra settings, but last year it started struggling in open world games, so I upgraded to an i7-13700F.

[@desudesudesudesudesudesu]

truth is the technology was always there, Intel just held off >4 cores from consumer priced CPU's since they had no competition, and PS4/Xbone used old FX-based CPUs which were anemic 4 cores should have been obsolete ages ago

[@PhilipKerry]

@@RandomGaminginHD I'm running an i7 9700k with an Asus Rog Strix 3070ti oc and 32gb of XPG ddr4 ram and a 1440p Monitor , I think I'll be ok for a good few years yet .

[@Alucard1208]

​@@RandomGaminginHD im still rocking a 7700k ocd to 5.0ghz runs like a dream still

[@johndogg47]

love this channel. nobody else is more creative when it comes to making relevant reviews. Always nice to see how older hardware holds up and gives the audience a better idea of when an upgrade is needed

[@tallpaul9475]

I agree. Still using a 4790K w/GTX 1080ti and very happy. I did improve the cooling for both using Noctua NDH-14 and Raijintek Morpheous II Core solutions.

[@Augmented_Realism]

My brother is also still using i7-6700 + GTX 1070 + dual channel 16GB DDR4 3000 MHz with a Z170 Gaming M7 motherboard since 2016 and the performance difference seems considerably noticable compared to DDR3 combination, I think this test also shows that how an i7-4790 performs as well.. Thanks for the video 👍🏻

[@maizomeno]

gtx 1070 is still a good card

[@corneliusantonius3108]

DDR 3 Goes UP TO 3000Mhz too with lower Cash latency

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

1070 probably held back a bit, depending on the game.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

@@corneliusantonius3108 This is Lddr3. also cheap lddr3 i think.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@josejuanandrade4439 The regular speed of the RAM 'YoungPro' used was 3,000MHz. His overclock to 4,404MHz was aided by "a steady flow of LN2" (liquid nitrogen). Have a gander, above, at the extreme looking setup he utilized to overclock and keep his system cool while it attained the new world record DDR3 memory speed.

[@equalpanda3684]

I7 6700k / GTX 1080/ 32GB ddr3 ram/ Current 2023: Using my MOBO “Asrock K/D3” one of the few good looking mother boards for my pairing. This system was the pinnacle of pre 2015 gaming. Is just now showing it’s age, and I’m proud of this little system. Going for the latest and greatest of AMD, but this pc was no slouch. Speaks volumes of the longevity of the 1080 and 6700k.

[@blackheart909]

I had the same combo just switched to 3080 and i5 14500. Lasted me 7 years

[@ddsownz]

Thank you for all the great content for several years now. Keep it up!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks for watching :)

[@Savag3174]

@@RandomGaminginHD me too since 2017

[@andressxito1]

@@Savag3174 you didnt pay we dont care

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

​@@Savag3174 and?

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

@@Savag3174 lol... found it funny how everybody roasted you for wanting same attention when not paying 😂

[@Vistaster]

I actually upgraded to a DDR5 system from DDR3 about a week ago lmao, what a pleasant hitter the beast was until it's final breath. o7 Went from a: i7 4790k/32GBs/GTX 980ti to a: i7 13700k/64GBs/RTX 4080

[@btd1114]

did you pass the old beast on? it still can do a lot as a starter system.

[@mikepawlikguitar]

Damn, killer upgrade 👌

[@God-sz4pf]

How much did it cost?

[@khat6714]

@@God-sz4pf probably a kidney and his life savings

[@zeer66766]

@@God-sz4pf 3k

[@TheDoorsHK21]

I just found a 6700K in the scrap bin the other day, it amazes me how fast what was once new becomes old

[@gurshair]

It's these kind of videos I love from you the most. It's something that not everyone can or wants to do, so we are thankful that you do it

[@Tappettava]

Still have a 6700k, but upgrading to AM5 after the 7800X3D reviews are out. Did not plan it, but ended up going from DDR3 to first gen of DDR4 then first gen of DDR5 platforms. Hopefully AM5 will, give me a good upgrade path in the future, with only a CPU swap.

[@P0pMan20]

I have an old optiplex with the i7-6700 (16GB DDR4) and it manages to run my Plex server and personal Minecraft server without breaking a sweat.

[@halistinejenkins5289]

good show. looking forward to the ddr3 vs ddr4 battle with this chip. i have the k version and it feeds my old evga 1080 quite nicely.

[@certs743]

Great video. Intel definitely spent several years basically resting on their laurels and not really doing much beyond incremental updates. AMD really forced them to try again. This is why when I upgraded from an Ivy Bridge Xeon system I skipped everything all the way up to an 8th gen CPU.

[@shaneeslick]

Yeah AMD failing with FX was such a bad time as it let intel just get away with being so lazy & the knock on effect of having so many problems with 10nm for desktop because it was just raining $$$, The changes AMD made to get back to being competetive & now intel also so they are now both needing to advance every generation has been a real positve for consumers.

[@Xaltar_]

I have a neat board that can use either, the ASRock H170 Combo. 4 DDR3 slots and 2 DDR4 slots on the same board. I have held onto it because it's one of those oddities that amuse me.

[@gorjaharchangel2267]

Awesome video as usual! It's quite funny that due to the stagnation of Intel on 14nm, pretty much all the generations from 6th up to 10th were a derivative of skylake (just more cores/threads and cache plus clock speed scaling higher). So, theoretically even the 10th gen could support DDR3 memory if Intel opted to do so, but obviously they probably have changed the memory controller, probably from 8th gen.

[@joeyhillers9460]

LTT did a video of this actually, they had up to 9th gen running on DDR3. Even though Intel claimed they changed the motherboard, some manufacturers just updated the bios and they worked fine.

[@gorjaharchangel2267]

@@joeyhillers9460 if I recall correctly it was the video with the repurposed laptop chips. The change with the second version of 1151 was some type of different mapping in some pins of the socket and higher power provided. Still to this day there are 10th gen laptop CPUs sold on AliExpress that are compatible with 200 and 300 series boards

[@joeyhillers9460]

@@gorjaharchangel2267 No, it wasn't. It was a desktop board,

[@Trick-Framed]

Funny this, I have a 6700k and it was my daily driver for a while. 32GB of DDR4 3200 CL16. At the same time I got an i5 6200U laptop and was shocked when I realized it used DDR3L 1600 memory. I remember looking it up to be sure. And sure enough, Skylake was designed with a dual memory controller. The performance of my 4.8 Ghz All core OC on my 6700k and the G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3200 CL16 along with a 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD as OS and a few 500 GB SATA SSDs as game storage, I saw better performance in ALL the games you've shown here. At the time, and this was before the 5.1 update, I was playing Fortnite in 4k 120. I also had a 25% or more frame increase in the games you showcased here. I started with a GTX 1080 in that rig and ended with an RTX 3070. However while in unreal 4, the GTX 1080 got me 4K 120 in Fornite as well, for reference. It was Epic VIew and Textures, High Effects and Medium Post. TAA and Native 4K res (3840 x 2160p). It was on an Asus Z170 Deluxe motherboard.

[@johnhooton8299]

My rig is 8 years old, runs Windows 10, and came with Windows 8, but runs most games quite well, It is an HP Envy system with an Intel i7-4770 with 16 GB of DDR3 - 1600 in 4 slots and an Nvidia 1060 6GB card and a 2TB HDD "did arrive with what sounded like a very good graphics card" an Nvidia 1070 but turned out to be one of those OEM cards and had one and a half GB of Ram so a couple of cards later, I have renewed the HDD that failed last year but still enjoy a game or two, not spending any money on any of the latest releases I don't think my PC is up to that challenge.

[@SabretoothBarnacle]

Still rocking the legendary 4790K with 1600 DDR3.. Did you ever do any videos with that CPU?

[@daytimerocker3808]

ddr3 is dirt cheap now. I got a 16gb ddr3 2400mhz off ebay for like 35. Would help a lot. Or overclock it free upgrade right there.

[@thecookierat]

My i7-8700k is still killing it with my rtx 3080, it ORIGINALLY was paired with the evga 1070 FTW card. I was going to update to a Ryzen 9 maybe next year or the i9, and upgrade to DDR5 ram.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah the 8700k is still so good

[@arigato7788]

I'm still rocking my 6700HQ from my 2016 laptop, and aside from being 20W and half a GHz down from the desktop version, with dual channel DDR4 (albeit 2133) it's still very capable.

[@Wushu-viking]

Skylake does perform a bit better with DDR4 ...especially with higher speed, such as 3000 MHz (only possible on a Z board). Basic DDR4-2133 cl.15 should gain up to 10% performance vs Basic 1600 MHz cl.11. Many modern games utilize RAM bandwidth. If using DDR3-1600, the i7-6700 will perform just about the same, as the Haswell i7-4770/4790 with the same memory.

[@GreyHunter49]

I'm still rocking a 6700K OC@4.5GHz with 16GB of DDR3 and a GTX 1060 ... still a very capable 1080p machine ... Hogwarts Legacy still runs very well with optimized mixed medium-high-ultra settings and FSR2, honestly I couldn't recreate your (worse) results there, but maybe the +600MHz on all cores make a difference....

[@BatLB]

the i7-6700K was such a good processor. I ran it with my 1080 for quite a while and that PC was a beast. It still runs as my mums PC paired with an 1650 Super to this day. Definitely one of the better Intel Chips.

[@xicovalle]

I'm currently using an i7-6700k with 16Gb DDR3 1600Mhz OC @1866 with an RX5700, the difference in performance between 1600 and 1866 is absurdly big, I think you may also want to make a comparison with this build using DDR3 1600, 1866 and DDR4 2400. MWII and RDR2 have a huge performance bump between 1600 and 1866, not to mention VR Games.

[@justceez6552]

almost same build except i run an i7 6700 non k with an Rx5700xt, i look to upgrade my cpu or completely switch mobo/chip

[@xicovalle]

@@justceez6552 if you're on a budget, i'd say to just upgrade the cpu to the i7-7700k, it's a decent enough upgrade to pair with the 5700xt, or go for the Ryzen 5 5600, if you use it for more than just gaming, the upgrade to DDR4 would also help on general performance.

[@justceez6552]

​@@xicovalle Thank you for the tips and recommendations, i lean towards getting an i7 7700k if cheap enough to my discretion, thank you

[@deagt3388]

I still own an i7 3770K paired with a GTX 1050 Ti on a Full HD monitor, there are no problems in operation yet, and when I get the money I'll buy another beast for the next 10 years.. ;-)

[@harddrive7316]

I have the same CPU, RAM, and as well as the motherboard. I have been using that pre-built HP home desktop (750-124) since 2016. I have a GTX 1050 2GB GPU. I don't play games, so this CPU is still doing its job for me in 2023.

[@harddrive7316]

Update: I upgraded the GPU to GTX 1660 Super and the SSD not long ago, and anything else stayed the same. In terms of general use I don't see much of a difference besides Chrome is showing graphical artifacts from time to time that I almost never encounter with my old 1050. Upon Googling the issue, I found out that many others are experiencing the similar issue as well with other cards (even with new RTX). The extra GB of VRAM is a big upgrade from the 2GB in the 1050.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

I bought the 6700k in 2016. And that cpu was a beast. The fact it still play games realy well, and that it took Ryzen 3 generations to catch up to it in gaming performance is the proof. You need to test that cpu with ddr4. I'm sure that lddr3 memory is limiting the cpu. I had 16gigs from the start, later upgraded to 32. I was playing Half Life Alyx with my 6700k and gtx 1080ti combo, while streaming it to my facebook using just my videocard to encode it. And it ran flawlessly. Altho i no longer own it, that rig is still kicking ass in the hands of it's current owner. Just get that ddr4 memory and you'll see how this one can do better too.

[@xKongou]

Dude just did the same as i did xd

[@raven4k998]

how well does it run steamos?

[@SlickSloth]

what makes you think ryzen "took 3 generations to catch up to it" when even the ryzen 5 1600x outperforms the 6700 in most scenarios (slightly lower single core performance but also slightly higher multi core performance)? the ryzen 5 1600x sits right in-between the 6700 and 6700k when it comes to performance and while it was released 18 months after the 6700 it definitely didn't take "3 generations" on AMD's end, also its msrp was set $50 lower than the 6700.

[@xKongou]

@@SlickSloth I mean its 4 cores vs 6 cores you know^^ per core the 6700k still wins. And thats insane^^

[@SlickSloth]

@@xKongou read the part again where I mentioned single core and multi core performance. in geekbench 5 single core the 6700 is about 9% faster than the 1600x in geekbench 5 multi core the 1600x is about 22% faster than the 6700 make of that what you will, there's plenty benchmarks for you to look up yourself, but considering you probably didn't even read my initial comment properly (judging by you straight up ignoring the part in my comment where I mentioned single and multi core performance) I doubt that you will undergo the effort of googling a few benchmarks.

[@Vile-Flesh]

Wonderful vid. I would totally use an i7-6700 and prolly pair it with a GTX 1060 6gb. I'm still enjoying my i7-7700 with a GTX 1060 3gb and 16 gb of DDR4 as my daily PC for everything.

[@reaperclank]

Good video. That was a enjoyable performance for the old i7 6th gen

[@theholeofglory]

id love one of these as i have a 6500 i5 iv been looking to buy the 6700 but its still so expencive in new zealand and if i order from overseas its cost even more lol i just cant belive the price considering the age

[@MegaManNeo]

I loved Skylake, had it running with DDR4-2133. Moved on long time ago but back then it was amazing.

[@Oraceon]

It was around the time of Skylake where I dipped my toes into PC enthusiasm - not in terms of actually owning the hardware, but certainly in terms of learning about it. I did a lot of research on the difference between DDR3 and DDR4 at launch, and I was surprised at difference, or lackthereof, there was at launch.

[@alf279]

I just made the upgrade from the i5-6500 to an i7-6700 in my secondary rig (which is a brand SFF computer with a low profile 1050ti in it). Even with the 1050Ti I could run into CPU bottlenecks when I had the i5-6500, for example in Far Cry 6 1080p high + FSR quality, I had lag spikes when the CPU hit 100% many times, my modded Cities Skylines was also almost unplayable due to the i5 lacking. The i7-6700 fixed these issues, sure Cities Skylines still is CPU limited but it is capable of enjoyable gameplay now. Sure, you will not power a modern decent GPU to its full potential, but for a budget option if you already have an 1151v1 system with an i3-i5, it can still be worth it if you can get one cheap. I have DDR4 in mine though.

[@Aruneh]

I was still using my 6600 until last year. It was getting really slow at the end because of the limited threads. Still, lasted me several years

[@shaneeslick]

🤔Was that a GeForce 6600, C2Q6600, i5-6600 or RX6600? Damn PC Component naming 😂 /s Due to what the content of this video is yeah I know it was the i5 but couldn't resist😉

[@Aruneh]

@@shaneeslick The only one of those I don't own is actually the RX6600. 😆

[@thisdudedave]

I like the change of background scenery when displaying the parts! ~ worm free the way to be

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

I still have my 6700k in my second desktop, it's been at 4.5ghz since 2016 with DDR4 at 2600MHz/CL16 (the early boards did not like fast DDR4 clocks or timings). Hyper 212 cooler, peaks at 70-74C with sustained temps in the high 50s under normal gaming and production use when overclocked like this. Runs amazingly well, can still do over 100FPS at 1080 in basically any game with dimed settings with a decent card in it. Skylake was such a great generation.

[@Nonexistanthuman]

This was my friends last CPU before he passed. RIP Nifty

[@kyd2868]

I had a 6600k and a 1060 for several years before upgrading. I gave my old stuff to my brother and he still uses it to play a few games.

[@blumafuji2753]

Suprised by the rdr2 results! Could get more than a 100fps on a 6700k oc AT 4,7ghz and 3200mhz ram Ram speed + oc seems to help drastically! I don't know if you have tested that but just before i got my hands on this cpu i had a 2500k, i oc'ed it to 4,6-4,7ghz but what change as much was to push my 1600mhz ddr3 to 2133mhz (timing tweaked of course) But it was a massive improvement in some games, as much as cpu oc in assetto corsa for exemple.... Still i wasn't able to overcome 4c/4t limitation and stutter! But it was a lot of fun to do!

[@ayuchanayuko]

Same happened with my 2500k. RAM OC (higher freq, same or similar effective delay but higher throughput) massively improved my minimum FPS.

[@eniff2925]

I managed to get my 1600 kit to 2200mhz at 11 12 12 28 timing. It seems to really like that timing these kits.

[@blumafuji2753]

@@eniff2925 my motherboard wouldn't go past 2133mhz if so i would have pushed further ah ah

[@DienerNoUta]

I just bought a dell optiplex with a I7 6700 some days ago. Perfecto timing man! Waiting for the arrival of the pc and put my RX6400 on it

[@TheEnhas]

DDR4 prices have also plummeted, I recently paid the same amount for 32GB that I did for 16GB back in 2020.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah crazy how things have gone

[@daveseemerollin6357]

I thought my 4670k would be immortal! 2500k-8600k saw tiny increases in performance, and now CPU's are almost outpacing GPU's for gen on gen increases. Suffice to say a new pc would be nice but I only play 1 game (X4)

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Me too and fallout new vegas runs like a beauty on my pentium haha

[@daveseemerollin6357]

@@RandomGaminginHD m8 I could get F:NV running on my Nans pacemaker if I was determined enough and had a pack or 2 of Hobnobs 😄

[@riseabove3082]

I always enjoy watching your videos. You put interesting parts together to test with interesting talking points. Look forward to the next ones. thanks.

[@DarkSoul-pb6dv]

is a 3060ti paired with a i7 8700k fine also could you make a video showing the difference between the new intel cpus and older ones like for example 7th gen or 8th gen vs 11th gen or 12th gen or 13 gen

[@Ravix0fFourHorn]

This and the 7700k is my only upgrade path but it just can hold up in gaming anymore, especially with modern open world titles such as Cyberpunk or Hogwarts Legacy. For casual computer use, old games or media servers its still a very capable cpu though.

[@therealrws2267]

Im running a 7700k and honestly its not doin that bad in modern games. Cyberpunk is like the only one i have issues with. But im still mostly gpu limited with my gtx1080 at 1440p

[@Dtr146]

Didi are for speeds were never really taken advantage of until Ryzen first gen. That's why DDR4 speed never really mattered for Intel until now.

[@pigknickers2975]

i7-6700 is a great chip, drops right into iMac 27 5k from 2015 no problem without the heat issues of the 6700k. My one has 1867Mhz DDR3L. Great system for pennies now on the second hand market.

[@adriangonzales6645]

not gonna lie, i want to see a video on the computer hardware you decide to keep over the years

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah good idea might do that soon

[@Tanzu15]

I’m still rocking my 6700k at 4.7ghz fully stable with DDR4 3200mhz ram and it’s still so good. Paired with my launch day 1080 Ti SC2 Evga.

[@pinpow22]

I doing marathon watching your vids now , new subscriber from asia 🔥🔥🔥

[@rickroller81]

I’ve just built an optiplex with ddr3l. I7 6700 with a gtx 1650 and works perfectly fine and the whole thing cost me £150.

[@stevejolly8231]

I would love to see this with its ddr3 up against a 4790. I suspected all those years ago that the only real performance difference was down to the ddr4 ram

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I reckon they’d be similar. 2nd to 7th gen are so close these days

[@corneliusantonius3108]

DDR 3 Goes UP TO 3000Mhz

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

I've never seen ddr3 going up to 3000 mhz. Most common I've seen is 1300-1600. Highest I've ever seen was 2400mhz. Low ddr4 range essentially.

[@Monarchias]

@@aboveaveragebayleaf9216 One of my old system were running ddr3 2400MHz Ram maximum at 2133MHz, with an Fx-8350 cpu. It was a nice machine, served me for many years. Until it serves now someone else. And i know that system is still working, used daily and the owner is very happy with it. Interesting fact, other people i know used ddr3 1600MHz Ram, or 1333! Felt like i am the only one with a 2133MHz specs.! Of course probably i wasn't, but in the neighbourhood it felt like. :P

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@Monarchias noice

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Upgrading with used parts is like the way I fix most things on my car by going to wrecking yards , helps the environment by preventing the pollution caused by manufacturing new cars and PCs.

[@Garrettdx1988]

I was talking to my phone at 5:30 literally saying, look out for that grenade you threw dude

[@chriswilson8493]

Wow this was the heart of my first good computer. With a 1050 and 8gb DDR4 saw me to GC in Rocket League

[@YourLocalMarylandCatLover]

My HP ENVY 750-520 from 2017 had an i7-7700 with DRR4 2133MHz before I upgraded to an HP Victus 15L which has an i7-12700 with DDR4 3200MHz.

[@jamjedi1972]

Love my i7 6700! Still using it today. I7 6700, 32 gigs ram, 1070ti and 4 SSDs. Had this system since 2017 and it runs every game I’ve thrown at it. Won’t upgrade till 2025, mainly because of the stupid windows 11 hating my cpu.

[@mirkostrbac1188]

6700K @ 4.6GHz with RX 480 8GB Nitro+ from Sapphire. Still going strong. Maybe I have you a video idea...? Wanna try it out? 🤔

[@Mark-mu4pj]

This is one of the best channels on KZbin.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thank you :)

[@DarkNia64]

Wasn't expecting you to be that good at Call of Duty. Nice plays!

[@vator_rs]

Would pairing this tier of CPU with AMD GPU lead to better performance due to Nvidia Driver Overhead? Seems like a 6600XT would be nice combo for this.

[@selohcin]

I have a 6600XT, and I can promise you that you'd be getting CPU bottlenecks in most newer AAA games with this processor. I have a 5600G, and even that occasionally bottlenecks the 6600XT.

[@vator_rs]

@@selohcin yep i understand, just saying that going with AMD, could remove a bit of unnecessary cpu load and raise the framerate where the cpu is very stressed.

[@nunofernandes4501]

My older kid has a 6700k with a RX 480 4GB and it's quite an admirable performer. Maybe because it hits 4GHz and uses DDR4, albeit at 2133MHz due to H110 chipset restrictions.

[@solocamo3654]

Honestly did better than I thought. My 4790k I had at 4.4ghz all core and 32gb cl10 ddr3 2400mhz held up far longer than it should have (and is a bit quicker than the 6700 in this video). A great purchase but also just a sign of the stagnation we faced for so long. Now I question my 10900 and 11900k setups as even at 4k on some titles they can hold back my 6900xt.

[@MidNightAce]

Had the same bottlenecks when I still used an 11900k + 6900XT combo. Was genuinely surprised, but glad to see actual gains between generations nowadays.

[@solocamo3654]

@El Cactuar 1200mhz, but you know what I meant. Most people incorrectly read it as mhz so I followed the same format for the sake of people not calling the ram slow and a bottleneck.

[@itshoddtowardd]

Skylake and Kabylake supported ddr3 for laptops mainly, ddr4 laptop ram took a while to see it up o spec

[@gabbygelle5420]

This is literally my computer rn, well except for the 3060ti ofcourse, and the fact that I'm runnning on ddr3l instead of the usual ddr3. Keep up with the great content!

[@Vojtaxd]

I still have a i7-6700 with DDR4 2133 MHz RAM. And it was pretty hard to find new 2x16 GB 2133 MHz RAM to upgrade.

[@Randmagnum69]

Would be nice to see you cover an 8th gen i7 or i5. They are still new enough that I feel like a lot of people are still running them, but cpu tech and games have come along way. I wonder if they are nearing obsolescence as well

[@elmSTREETnasty]

Is there any chance you could throw a Ryzen 1500X or some other 1st gen Ryzen chip cut down to 4c/8t in the video where you run this 6700 with DDR4? It would be nice to see how well the 1st gen Ryzen aged as well.

[@dyslectische]

I can tell you . That Ryzen 1400 is about the same like a i7 2700k in performance. Its that only how faster the 1e core is that in older games the Intel win.

[@metamon2704]

It's fairly simple, for gaming it will be much worse but for productivity daily use it will probably be better.

[@elmSTREETnasty]

@@dyslectische I didn't ask you.

[@elmSTREETnasty]

@@metamon2704 I didn't ask you either.

[@metamon2704]

@@elmSTREETnasty you sound like a lovely person, lol

[@avedinamling8320]

Im rocking a i7 4790/16gb 1600mhz paired with rx 5600xt. So far im happy with the performance with the games i want to play. Im only aiming for a stable 60fps. Probably upgrade but for the mean time this'll do until resource constraints are non existent.

[@TaxEvasionUS]

Oh wow, that's my first PC's CPU, nice video!

[@voyager33mw]

My 7-year old laptop is running an i7-6700HQ and GTX980m. Still running strong, though it's not my primary system.

[@dodgydruid]

BTW you going to the Only Fools & Horses day at Dreamland? I am hoping to take my little three wheel van for a day out to that :)

[@alainsabido1327]

this is fascinating i have a 6700 right now in my dell prebuilt and had to stop gaming cuz of my poor performance and my kept restarting during gaming...

[@emlyndewar]

I used an i5 8400 in a crappy DDR3 H110 motherboard for a while and it worked great. Hacked Bios and a little bit of tape on a couple of of pads, and worked a charm.

[@daytimerocker3808]

i think u only get 6 lanes of pcie which is too bad for bigger bandwidth gpus but those 8th gen cpu are great still

[@computerrefurbishment9748]

Cpu will be fine with a cheap gpu for the popular free games fortnite, valorant, team fortress 2, csgo, gta, minecraft, roblox, paladins, realm royale, overwatch and older ones. Another great video mate!

[@PixelatedH2O]

I inherited a system recently with somewhat similar specs, being a 6700K and a 2070S. It surprisingly runs most games pretty well to my expectations. However it has major issues that I've yet to be able to diagnose and randomly shuts down. Until I can figure out the issues, I'm back on my previous system, a Ryzen 7 2700, with a 1660.

[@Shasevin]

Try use the 2070s on your PC with the Ryzen 7 2700. Keep in mind that the i7 2700 is faster than the i7 6700 (make sure that the PSU has enough power to run both components)

[@PixelatedH2O]

​@@ShasevinI ended up salvaging the RAM, PSU, and 2070 and rebuilt my computer with a 5000 series Ryzen.

[@ZaneofAustin]

you're catching up to me lol i'm still using an i7 8700k haha albeit a power house, it's starting to age a little lol

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Great chip I’ll check it out soon

[@alexfrideres1198]

there was little to no improvement in instructions per clock or single core performance between sandy bridge and skylake, the only real difference was the power consumption i can tell you from experience using the CPUz benchmark tool that an arradale core i5 has almost identical performance to a skylake i5 with the same core/thread count might make for an interesting video idea, comparing 1st through 6th gen core i5 chips, particularly the mobile versions

[@keithverret6191]

I just got done building a similar system! My ddr3 board got lost overseas, but I did get my hands on a ddr4 replacement.

[@flyingsierra180]

When i got my I7 7700k i was blown away by the performance from a 4 core 8 thread CPU, BeamNg Runs a smooth 60 fps with some drops here and there with my Hp 1060 6 gb GPU and 64 gb of ram

[@Turbobuttes]

Decent DDR3 memory is fine for value and retro-ish dabbling builds if you can put together a rig for a decent price. I have quad channel DDR3-2400 CL10 in my rig and I'd probably be hard pressed to measure any difference to DDR4 slower than 3000. That said you can probably get entry level DDR4 hardware for the same kinda money as high end DDR3 hardware these days.

[@Baki-EGW]

4690K@4.7Ghz 1.2v, 16Gb DDR3@2000Mhz CL10, 1660Ti. Still runs fine. Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080P maxed out 100fps. avg.

[@Baki-EGW]

@elcactuar3354 Correct*

[@grzegorzkazimierczak3175]

I still have my old computer 7700K OC 4.8GHz + 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 + RTX 3060ti and it works like a dream. There are sometimes fps drops like in Hogwards in Hogsmeade where an extra 2 cores would be useful. Such a set still has high performance and efficiently copes even with new games. However, this does not change the fact that the I7 7 gen is no longer the latest and after switching to 13700K + 32GB DDR4 3600 MHz CL14 + RTX 3080 12GB the performance jump is like a horse carriage and a car. 😁

[@ps2jak2]

Still gaming on a 6600K overclocked to 4.5GHZ all core with 5700XT. My RAM is 2800MHZ DDR4 as I purchased it back when Skylake / DDR4 had literally just dropped and faster RAM was $$$. I have been well and truly CPU bound since getting the 5700XT in 2019 but with the events of the last few years I haven't been able to justify replacing my CPU. It still plays games at 1440P well enough though I don't play many AAA titles currently. Anyone with a 6700K should see far better performance than me especially overclocked. Its only really the last couple of months we've seen AAA titles drop that list 6 cores as min spec anyway. I am eyeing up one of the 7000series x3D AMD chips as an upgrade path (with new board and RAM of course). If I do upgrade ,I'll probably keep the GPU for another couple of years as the CPU upgrade should actually unlock further GPU potential in many games. I'm actually sorta amazed my PC works at all as I remember how quickly CPUs etc improved 20 years ago. Age wise, my current CPU / board / RAM from 2015 is as old as a 1995 Pentium 1 or 486 100MHZ PC built at the release of Windows 95 would have been in 2002 . Even with GPU, storage and RAM upgrades there is no way most 2002 era games would work a 100MHZ chip 7 years later. Even if you run the same comparison with a 2005 Pentium 4 / Pentium D or Athlon 64 PC, by 2012 PCs with those CPUs struggled for gaming because of the improvements during the Core 2 era. A 2006 Core 2 Duo CPU would have still been OK in 2012/13, but you would have run into a bunch of platform limitations such as RAM capacity, PCIE speed (or lack of if it was AGP) and SATA Speed).

[@whatshaploing8256]

Running an I7-6700K @ stock 4/4.2ghz w/ an 6700xt in 2023 - playing every game, both old and modern at max or almost max settings without issue.

[@thcriticalthinker4025]

I definitely have used a 9900k in an H170 motherboard with ddr3 The board was not happy, so memory difference was the least of my issues

[@RoMeeLShEzAiT]

Kaby lake and sky lake can be upgrade to 8th/9th gen in same motherboars with bios mod , and b250 chipset is for make compatible with ddr3

[@Tech.Closet]

Great video, good job!👍

[@elusive62]

I have the i7 6700K, RTX 2070 with DDR4 32GB 3,200mhz and games run really well. I definitely see some struggles in some games but Hogwarts legacy actually runs well for me, people we’re complaining on Twitter about bugs but I didn’t see half of anything they mentioned even playing from day one

[@matandcat2506]

Was running a 6700k until about 6 months ago! Already had a 3070 and finally retired the old girl for a 12600k..... Managed to get a used 970 and donated the old parts for my mates daughter, awesome lil roblox machine to get her started on pc gaming!

[@chriserz94]

Sixth/seventh gen i7's will hold on for a few years more, at least the unlocked ones. I've squeezed just about every watt of power I can out of my old Alienware Aurora R5's MOBO: i7 6700k overclocked stable @ 4.7GHz with AIO, 64GB DDDR4 HyperX @ 2400MHZ/CL17 AMD VEGA 64* Liquid cooled 8GB of HMB2 VRAM ( + 32 GB of system memory dedicated for sharing using HBBM if I feel the need to stream/render 4k.) Last piece of the the outdated+overkill puzzle is a PCIE Data center SSD, for the memes. My machine crushes titles at 1080p at high/ultra at over 140 fps Can get 60+ on 1440p 28-3x's at 4k.

[@chriserz94]

@El Cactuar I was talking about the DRAM frequency.

[@chriserz94]

@El Cactuar Ohhhhh I just looked it up. "MHz measures RAM speed by how many times it can switch voltage per second, while MT/s measures RAM speed by how much data it can transfer per second." Cool cool, learned something new!

[@theanglerfish]

better than first days of Intel Arc😮

[@dvsv001]

Imho for modern games the biggest problem with i7 6700 cpu is not much the lack of cores/threads but the low ipc/single core performance (especially with DDR3 or low clocked ddr4 memory) cuz you can see how a modern I3 12100F with the same 4C/8T can run all these games way way better.

[@mjlee8013]

I have i7 6700 with 32 GB RAM DDR3 with 1060 6GB. It was a monster back in 2017. Last week I've upgraded my GPU to 4060 Ti and my fps in Baldurs Gate 3 went from 25FPS to 55FPS in 1080p. Basicly, only 390$ upgrade would allow me to enjoy my PC for another 2-3 years on ultra settings, altough I will probably change CPU, motherboard and RAM at the end of the year and my monitor to 1440p early next year. To those who own 6700 - you can overlock it if you own Z170 gaming motherboard despite it being non-K (I went with mine from 3.4ghz to 4.1ghz, then scalled back to 4ghz and its not going over 55 Celsius at all).

[@PresidentKony]

The amount of times I hit E to open doors in Warzone/MW2 just to throw a grenade is unreal. But, I know the moment I change the binding, i'll just be throwing grenades with F at doors/loot.

[@Beisepimp]

Still a great CPU for e-sports games like OW 2 , Apex Legends etc. But for newer titles it is slowly showing his age! :D

[@Vitor_hugo25]

I had this processor for 7 years. This CPU doesnt have afraid of heavy workloads. I had DDR4 on my old setup

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I'm still on a Haswell refresh i5 4690 and a Powercolor Red Devil RX 480/8GB upgraded during Peak-Covid 2+ years in , still was a great deal ($50+$100) @ 1080p little bit older games.

[@kajurn791]

I get similar performance to that 6700 with a 3400G on Hogwarts legacy, which makes sense as they're very close in performance to eachother. It's playable to me, but maybe unfortunate how quickly CPUs from that era are starting to become obsolete for the newest AAA games even for 60FPS.

[@JohnnyCagewins]

Yeah I play on my Steam deck The thing only has 16 gig between the GPU and CPU still it manages I think they might be too greedy on RAM usage need some patches

[@fujitsubo3323]

i just built a 7700k with 32gb of ddr4 and a 1080ti FE. its a system i have wanted since 2016 but could never afford back then

[@DeViLzzz2006]

Enjoy. : )