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Considering upgrade from i7 3770k to i7 7700k

Biglunn

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Hello

Since my son was born in 2013cmy pc had hardly seen any upgrade. Infact i had hardly used it... until a few weeks ago when I purchased a GTX 1070, and a couplp of games - GTAV, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Forza Horizon 3! Im back in the game folks woo hoo!

I am predominantly gaming. However i want to get back into Photshopping and video editing (Premiere Pro CS6). I also do a bit of video conversion (mostly to hvec h265).

My 3770k runs super cool on low volts @ 4.2ghz, 16gb os 2000mhz Ddr3, on a top spec z77 motherboard. Im getting the upgrade 'itch' - ive worked out that i can prob get £200 for my cpu, cooler, ram, and mobo - in your opinion is it worth me upgrading to a 7700k cpu, z270 mobo, and some midrange 16gb ddr4 ram?

All advice comments are welcome

Ps I currently game at 1080p on a big screen. I dont forsee moving to 4k soon.
 
I'd want more than a quad core now, especially if buying new. 7700k okay for those the a z270 or z270 board already.loads of
options out there. For gaming an 8700k is good but price inflated atm and in short supply
 
Definetly not. Buying another quad core would be a mistake in the current landscape. Even the i5-8400 would be a much better choice, although maybe not at current prices.
 
seems like a decent upgrade, I don't see a reason not to go to 7700k, they can be had for £275 brand new if you look around, the 8700k is currently listed for £430 on ocuk & is not worth the extra over the 7700k, if however it was the normal price it should have been £350 it may have been something to consider.
 
The 8400 is good upgrade if you can get it cheap.

I paid £160 for mine second hand and just got cheap 16gb ram and cheap board. Came to under £400 for the processor/ram/board.

I would take the 8400 over the 7700k because it's just as fast in games and is much cheaper and more future proof as it has an upgrade path. At a later date you can always swap the 8400 for a 8600k/8700/8700k where as with the 7700k it dead end.

Or even the locked i7 8700 would be well better option than the 7700k and around same price and it's 12 threads vs 8.

Really no point in buying a 4 core just be patient and wait for the coffeelake to come in stock at good price.
 
yoyo59 said:
seems like a decent upgrade, I don't see a reason not to go to 7700k, they can be had for £275 brand new if you look around, the 8700k is currently listed for £430 on ocuk & is not worth the extra over the 7700k, if however it was the normal price it should have been £350 it may have been something to consider.
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Depends how you look at it. The 8700K has the potential to be 50% faster than the 7700K. If you add another 50% to £275 you're close to the current inflated 8700K price. I'd just spend the extra and have the 6 cores over 4.
If OP in no rush the 8700K should come back down in price wants supply/demand is better balanced.
 
DarrenM343 said:
Depends how you look at it. The 8700K has the potential to be 50% faster than the 7700K. If you add another 50% to £275 you're close to the current inflated 8700K price. I'd just spend the extra and have the 6 cores over 4.
If OP in no rush the 8700K should come back down in price wants supply/demand is better balanced.
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Ryzen is potentially 100% faster for 90% less money.

I'd probably sit tight for black Friday-cyber Monday deals. I think quad core i7's and motherboards will be getting dumped.
 
jigger said:
Ryzen is potentially 100% faster for 90% less money.

I'd probably sit tight for black Friday-cyber Monday deals. I think quad core i7's and motherboards will be getting dumped.
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Yep, very true, there are of course lots of other options out there now. For gaming bias < 1440P, for best performance in the here and now, I'd be inclined to go with the 8700K but it's not so clear cut now, budget, future proofing a bit more etc. Depends on use. And yep, will be some good deals around during the week of black Friday.
As the future is more cores, then getting the most amount cores for the money is a good approach too, especially if gaming at higher resolutions.
It's only one test I did for fun as I don't take it that seriously, but was surprised to see a 1950X at 3.4 was only 8 points lower in a bench at 1440P than a 6700K at 4.5. There was a big difference in driver versions however but the same GPU was used. Cannot really draw a conclusion from it but must admit I was expecting the 1950 to score quite a bit less with it's much lower clocked cores, so yeah, looking ahead maybe the 1800X will be a great buy especially if specials are run during the week of black Friday.
 
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Wow great responses from all of you! Some great points here!

So... What do i do? Yes getting a 7700k would give me a small bump in performance in games and a bigger one in video editing/encoding - this could be worthwile at the right price. But stretching to a Coffee lake system even if it means 'downgrading' to i5 looks like the best thing to do. I need to gave a good look at the Ryzen range too - I just wish intel had really strong competition like AMD 20 years ago giving us customers better options and price
 
Biglunn said:
Wow great responses from all of you! Some great points here!

So... What do i do? Yes getting a 7700k would give me a small bump in performance in games and a bigger one in video editing/encoding - this could be worthwile at the right price. But stretching to a Coffee lake system even if it means 'downgrading' to i5 looks like the best thing to do. I need to gave a good look at the Ryzen range too - I just wish intel had really strong competition like AMD 20 years ago giving us customers better options and price
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seems to be heading that way again. I wouldn't rule out an Amd cpu. We can thank AMD for making Intel bring to market 6 core mainstream and 12+ core hedt cpu's at least sooner than expected. I've used intel cpu's for years but using an amd now in main system. There are a lot more choices in the market now than a year ago.
 
As someone in the same position, OP, I would suggest a) push your current cpu harder to 4.5ghz (mine does this delidded at quite reasonable volts and temps) and b) hang on a bit longer for coffee lake availability to improve and subsequently reduce the price to sane levels, as well as seeing what zen+ has to offer. It means waiting a few more months, but it's a win win situation.

Either zen+ evens the score a bit on clockspeeds and makes for a more appetising gaming cpu, or coffee lake loses the nearly £100 price gouge it currently is carrying.
 
Biglunn said:
Wow great responses from all of you! Some great points here!

So... What do i do? Yes getting a 7700k would give me a small bump in performance in games and a bigger one in video editing/encoding - this could be worthwile at the right price. But stretching to a Coffee lake system even if it means 'downgrading' to i5 looks like the best thing to do. I need to gave a good look at the Ryzen range too - I just wish intel had really strong competition like AMD 20 years ago giving us customers better options and price
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Shouldn't be much of a stretch to get the 8700 over the 7700k once they come back in stock.

The 8700 has already been going for under £260 and doesn't need a fancy cooler like the 7700k would.

Might even work out cheaper getting the 8700.
 
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