4790K in 2018 still viable?

[TheLegendOfMart]

I have a Core i5 4440 and am looking to upgrade a bit. In light of the 8 series price hike due to shortages I was considering picking up an i7 4790K to put in my board.

The reason I ask is if I were to upgrade to the latest series I would have to get a new board and RAM as well. If I have to upgrade all that I might just wait for Zen 2.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8400/2384vs3939

According to this the 8400 isn't much faster than 4790K and I would only be paying around £200 for the 4790K compared to £450 - £500 for 8400 + Mobo + 16GB DDR4.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

If I go Ryzen I am going to be forking another £200+ on top of CPU price for Motherboard and RAM.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

I'm on a budget, I want to take advantage of Vega 64 price drop to £440.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Yeah but wont i5 4440 bottleneck the Vega

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Haven't got it yet, I am using Intel HD4600 onboard GPU.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

The question then would be how long would you plan on keeping the Vega? If you're keeping it a while, then does it matter if you leave 10% (or whatever bottleneck) on the table now, knowing that you'd get full performance when you next upgrade your CPU/Mobo/RAM.

I won't be upgrading Vega for quite a while. I could save the difference and put it towards a CPU, Mobo, RAM upgrade further down the line then.

Thanks!