Which CPU will be a better choice?

jq75

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irregardless of age of cpu, assuming both are released on same day by intel..

and why for ur choice?

i'm not so into cpu technical details, usually into a better speed and processing power.. felt tt my new set up is 'abit weaker' and slower when i do movie encoding etc and browse with multiple tabs on chrome

i7 2600k @ 3.4ghz
(mb : p8z68-v)
my previous set up

vs

i5 4460 @ 3.2ghz
(b85m-d3h)
my new set up
 
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Hyper threading at work. While both have 4 cores, the i7 has 8 threads as compared to 4 on the i5. Normal day to day usage probbaly no diff but since youre doing video encoding and all thats why you are feeling the diff probably
 
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irregardless of age of cpu, assuming both are released on same day by intel..

and why for ur choice?

i'm not so into cpu technical details, usually into a better speed and processing power.. felt tt my new set up is 'abit weaker' and slower when i do movie encoding etc and browse with multiple tabs on chrome

i7 3600k @ 3.4ghz
(mb : p8z68-v)
my previous set up

vs

i5 4460 @ 3.2ghz
(b85m-d3h)
my new set up

I have never come across an i7-3600k before. Either u meant i7-2600k (Sandy-Bridge) or i7-3770k (Ivy-Bridge).

Either way, just add more system RAM and ur 'slowness' might just go away, no need to change CPU or motherboard.
 

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Movie encoding is where the i7 excels better than the i5 due to HT. The rest like web browsing, I'd be looking at your OS drive
 

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worth using my i7 2600k @ 3.4ghz to build a new simple system?
 

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worth using my i7 2600k @ 3.4ghz to build a new simple system?

well depends on your task that u wanna do and i still think its ok, maybe undervolt it so it wouldn't consume a lot of power.
 
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