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4790k to a 7500 (7700t, 7700k)

Benny144

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Speccing my new build, want to go 6th or 7th gen CPU and leaning towards the 7500 because of the price point...
Seems like a step down from my old 4790k though, thoughts?
I suppose the other option is a 7700k, but it's a price jump. I've also heard of a 7700t (in building ITX and heard a few people use this?) but I can't find much about this CPU
 
Unless you are using the integrated GPU or running off a battery then a 4790K absolutely destroys a 7500 in every performance metric

The 7700K is faster and more overclockable but you arent looking at a huge leap, with your 4790K already at 4.6GHz you can expect more or less equivalent performance at stock from the 7700K.

Overclocking the 7700K give it the edge but mileage may vary and hardly any get much past 4.9GHz so you are looking at £400+ for maybe a 10-15% performance boost in CPU limited tasks...You sound budget concious so Do not proceed

Here is a 4790K at 4.6GHz vs a reference 7700K
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Don't downgrade to a 7500. Even changing to a 7700k wouldn't be that much of a performance gain so you would have wasted a small fortune for very little gain. You will see a much bigger performance gain by upgrading the gpu.
 
Wait for the 6c 12t coffee lake if you must upgrade...assuming they actually exist, expected to have heard about them by now but Intel don't seem to want to talk about them yet.
 
Thank you for all the responses, it really is appreciated!
Unfortunately the 4790k is already gone (I sold my rig minus the GPU prior to coming to Austria)
6700k I suppose is another option?
The 6/7th gen offer me the motherboard I want, as well as DDR4 RAM
 
easyrider said:
I would go Ryzen if you have already ditched the Intel rig :p

4790k to 6700k and 7700k is a pointless upgrade.
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Don't know much about the Ryzen 7, but it looks worse for a gaming rig than the 7700 but for a similar price ?
Hopefully you can educate me otherwise?
 
Benny144 said:
Don't know much about the Ryzen 7, but it looks worse for a gaming rig than the 7700 but for a similar price ?
Hopefully you can educate me otherwise?
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For gaming, best stick with the Intel.

If you were editing videos, etc. the Ryzen would be a better shout.

Shame you sold off the 4790k, still a good one! How about second hand?
 
Benny144 said:
Don't know much about the Ryzen 7, but it looks worse for a gaming rig than the 7700 but for a similar price ?
Hopefully you can educate me otherwise?
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The 7700k is marginally faster in newer titles yes. In older titles the gap widens.
However games are starting to hammer the 8 threads the i7 has and it won't be long before it bottlenecks GPU's.
If you upgrade often and don't mind buying new motherboards when you upgrade your CPU then yes go for the i7.
If you would actually like an upgrade path and want your CPU to last a while longer then get the ryzen.
 
If you get a decent kit of fast RAM as well the gaming performance difference will be pretty small. What resolution do you game on? As bigger resolutions Ryzen does pretty well.
 
What's Ryzen like thermally compared to intel? This is going in an ITX with very small cooler (I've seen people but it 7700 in no problem)

With the motherboard thing, you mean AMD are keeping the same socket for a while? Where as intel change the socket for almost every gen.

1440p max I think (I'm actually on a ****** 1080 monitor right now, looking to upgrade later in year)
 
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