Having upgraded my psu recently to be on the safe side and taking into account the rest of my spec, would an upgrade to a 3770k be worthwhile for gaming? I'd intend to run it at the same clock of 4.3 on air. I'm starting to see more and more games list i7's for the recommened spec as opposed to i5's. I'll probably make the jump to big pascal near launch of the 3rd party revisions and don't see my current i5 as making the most of it, especially if going 1440p gsync later this year.
My mobo is around 12-18 months old as was replaced, ssd 6-12 months, psu is new, ram 6-12 months as was upgraded to 16gb. In fact the only thing original from this 3 year old build is the case, dvd drive and 1 case fan. I'm thinking an upgrade to broadwell-e or skylake i7 late this year is going to be expensive when I can swap out with an i7 now and only gain marginal improvements plus ddr4?
Then there's videos like the below that make me question as to if a possible swap or full upgrade is worthwhile at all?
https://youtu.be/KzpYOHuSfaM
My mobo is around 12-18 months old as was replaced, ssd 6-12 months, psu is new, ram 6-12 months as was upgraded to 16gb. In fact the only thing original from this 3 year old build is the case, dvd drive and 1 case fan. I'm thinking an upgrade to broadwell-e or skylake i7 late this year is going to be expensive when I can swap out with an i7 now and only gain marginal improvements plus ddr4?
Then there's videos like the below that make me question as to if a possible swap or full upgrade is worthwhile at all?
https://youtu.be/KzpYOHuSfaM
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