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I used a 2700k for a long time - it was a great chip with great longevity. But there are a lot of basic apps today it would struggle with - even firefox with a few extensions would make it sweat. The platform RAM speed was a lot slower too.

I don't think I'd want to run a 2700k today unless there were no other computers available.




I've since upgraded to a 14700K and Windows 11, but I still have my previous 2700K machine around as a sub unit.

Aside from forced Windows 7 obsolescence, it can do practically everything except play the very latest games just fine. If I could have been bothered to downgrade the Windows 7 install to Windows 10 it would have been even more useful to this day.


I replace my desktop approximately every 5 years.

from the 2700k I went to the 7600k, and now to the AMD 7900x. I sold the 2700k a long time ago, but I still have the 7600k machine somewhere. I should get rid of it.




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