4790K Upgrade?

[Prozn]

I had a 4790K paired with a GTX 1080, upgraded to 8700K. The difference is huge - I have no idea what other people are talking about in this thread. Games run far better - FPS is improved, but more importantly, frame times are a lot more stable. Games like PUBG run like absolute butter after upgrading. The faster processor is obviously helpful - but faster DDR4 RAM also helps greatly. M.2 is also a nice to have.

You also run a 144hz monitor. To extract the very best from your setup in terms of smoothness, the 8700K will be a big upgrade.

Personally I would upgrade now and then upgrade again when DDR5 is released, maybe on the second iteration.

Edit: but at the end of the day it all boils down to budget.

 

[gavinh87]

I had a 4790K paired with a GTX 1080, upgraded to 8700K. The difference is huge - I have no idea what other people are talking about in this thread. Games run far better - FPS is improved, but more importantly, frame times are a lot more stable. Games like PUBG run like absolute butter after upgrading. The faster processor is obviously helpful - but faster DDR4 RAM also helps greatly. M.2 is also a nice to have.

You also run a 144hz monitor. To extract the very best from your setup in terms of smoothness, the 8700K will be a big upgrade.

Personally I would upgrade now and then upgrade again when DDR5 is released, maybe on the second iteration.

Edit: but at the end of the day it all boils down to budget.

You will see the same rubbish all over this forum. The mindset of the majority of this CPU section is get ryzen or nothing.

 

[jigger]

I had a 4790K paired with a GTX 1080, upgraded to 8700K. The difference is huge - I have no idea what other people are talking about in this thread. Games run far better - FPS is improved, but more importantly, frame times are a lot more stable. Games like PUBG run like absolute butter after upgrading. The faster processor is obviously helpful - but faster DDR4 RAM also helps greatly. M.2 is also a nice to have.

You also run a 144hz monitor. To extract the very best from your setup in terms of smoothness, the 8700K will be a big upgrade.

Personally I would upgrade now and then upgrade again when DDR5 is released, maybe on the second iteration.

Edit: but at the end of the day it all boils down to budget.

No idea about what people?

 

[jigger]

You will see the same rubbish all over this forum. The mindset of the majority of this CPU section is get ryzen or nothing.

You have a complex I think.

 

[FL630]

I'm struggling to find myself a new Z97 ATX motherboard so am finding this as a possible excuse to upgrade to Z370.

The question is, the i5-8600k looks a great chip, but equally the i3-8350k looks really interesting too.

From purely a gaming perspective, am I mad to ditch my 4790k (4.4GHz, terrible OCer) for something like either of the above? I run a custom loop.

 

[Prozn]

No idea about what people?

All the Z87 and Z97 owners convincing themselves that a 30% faster processor on a much newer platform is not an upgrade.

 

[jigger]

All the Z87 and Z97 owners convincing themselves that a 30% faster processor on a much newer platform is not an upgrade.

It's an upgrade but its pricey to move to 8700K and build a system around it. Z97 is still a very decent performing platform even more so with a good overclock and fast DDR3. Also to see a big improvement you have to drop a little lucky and get a good overclocking coffee lake.

 

[WgizmO]

It's an upgrade but its pricey to move to 8700K and build a system around it. Z97 is still a very decent performing platform even more so with a good overclock and fast DDR3. Also to see a big improvement you have to drop a little lucky and get a good overclocking coffee lake.

Please m8. If you use your brain move from 4gen to 8gen is not expensive. My 4790k was sold for 200£(you can still get 220£ easy), ddr3 16gb 2400 gone for 80£(still can push for 100), mobo gone for gigabyte upgrade and spend only on shipping 44£ where got new one in 4 days. New cpu 8700k bought for 359£, ddr4 16gb 3000 for 158. Total 520~ - 240~ = 280~ and its 280£ for 4 gen jump. 3 years ago i did spend 440£ for cpu+mobo+ram, now 560 for mobo+ram+cpu.

If you think smart its easy to upgrade. Need to know right time to make a move.

 

[jigger]

The current price of the 8700K is silly and the performance per core gains are so minimal you really need a big jump in clock speed or the ability leverage higher core counts to see the gains.

Saying this chip is gen whatever and this other is five gens newer means nothing when the performance is so close.

Edit: Just had a look and it's cira £700 plus a copy of Windows to upgrade. That's a lot to gain a pair of cores. I can understand why people would question if it's a worthwhile upgrade.

 

[P4Clock]

All the Z87 and Z97 owners convincing themselves that a 30% faster processor on a much newer platform is not an upgrade.

It is yes but it's an upgrade to a dead chip set. Intel's next CPU's will have a new socket i like a motherboard to last me two generations.

Also the platform you talk of as a name... Skylake

 

[Prozn]

Also to see a big improvement you have to drop a little lucky and get a good overclocking coffee lake.

Nearly every chip can do 5ghz with an AIO and without a delid.

The current price of the 8700K is silly and the performance per core gains are so minimal you really need a big jump in clock speed or the ability leverage higher core counts to see the gains.

Saying this chip is gen whatever and this other is five gens newer means nothing when the performance is so close.

The FPS gains may be minimal (although I'm seeing up to 30fps improvement in some games), but frame time stability is greatly improved, and the extra cores mean reduced load from other software you have running. OS in general, high quality discord chat uses a good amount of CPU for example, or a bit of casual twitch streaming here and there if that's your thing.

it's cira £700 plus a copy of Windows to upgrade

You can link your windows license to your Microsoft account and upgrade your hardware without needing to buy a new copy of Windows.

 

[IvanDobskey]

It's all about value for money though.

I know an 8700k will be better than my 6700k, but I'm happy with the performance my chip gives and I'm not happy to pay the cost of the upgrade

It'll be at least another two years before I consider upgrading and then it'll depend on what is around and at what cost.

A 4790k is still a good CPU and should still perform well in most day to day usage. It's down to the OP to decide if the outlay is worth it for him.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Hi Guys,

I currently have a 4790k 4.4ghz and a 1080 ti.

Is it worth upgrade my cpu?

I only use my pc for gaming at 1440p and not sure if its worth the money to upgrade.

It depends on the games you play which you should be listing. Are you hitting major CPU bottlenecks??

I have a GTX1080(for example) at qHD and outside one or two games I play,almost the entirety of them in practice are GPU limited,which can be proven if I overclock my card I get a performance increase.

 

[Glanza]

I went from a 4770k @ 4.5 to a Ryzen 1700 @ 3.9 and ddr4 to suit. I game @ 3440x1440 with a 1080ti and the 4770k was getting bogged down at times on most modern games, since switching to Ryzen games are smoother and less load on the CPU. For me it was worth the upgrade but certain people on here will tell you that going to Ryzen is a huge no no.

 

[jigger]

Nearly every chip can do 5ghz with an AIO and without a delid.



The FPS gains may be minimal (although I'm seeing up to 30fps improvement in some games), but frame time stability is greatly improved, and the extra cores mean reduced load from other software you have running. OS in general, high quality discord chat uses a good amount of CPU for example, or a bit of casual twitch streaming here and there if that's your thing.



You can link your windows license to your Microsoft account and upgrade your hardware without needing to buy a new copy of Windows.

Well 8 pack says 4.8-4.9Ghz for a garden variety and I can see why people with a a good quad core would sit tight if the main use of the system was gaming.

 

[WgizmO]

Well 8 pack says 4.8-4.9Ghz for a garden variety and I can see why people with a a good quad core would sit tight if the main use of the system was gaming.

Thb you are good with 70£ worth cpu for gaming. All miss the point. Upgrade is worth if you dont spend much and if money is not a issue you dont ask questions but going for it. Money whise you always look at minimum you can spend on upgrade. There always will be something new on market and if you do it at right time you are good. Longer wait more cost involved. I do agree 4790k is grate chip but 4gen and 8gen is huge improvement overall plus gaming. All depends on your wallet and how smart you want to do that. As long I can see only bad idea is 7700k where I can see why this rush for 8gen after amd.

 

[psychas]

one think bothers me and why i didn't upgrade as z370 will be dead by next year with new cpu's and new socket .

 

[P4Clock]

one think bothers me and why i didn't upgrade as z370 will be dead by next year with new cpu's and new socket .

that is 100% my reason for going ryzen, i may have made the wrong move only time will tell but there was no way i was dropping £600-£700 on a dead socket.

 

[B1gbeard]

I don' get the dead platform thing unless you are someone who has to have the newest CPU every gen. A lot of people looking to upgrade seem to be coming from CPU's 3+ years old and if you keep the new CPU for a similar time by the time you may want to upgrade again, there would have been enough advances in tech that it will warrant a motherboard upgrade anyway.

 

[jaffveyda]

Please m8. If you use your brain move from 4gen to 8gen is not expensive. My 4790k was sold for 200£(you can still get 220£ easy), ddr3 16gb 2400 gone for 80£(still can push for 100), mobo gone for gigabyte upgrade and spend only on shipping 44£ where got new one in 4 days. New cpu 8700k bought for 359£, ddr4 16gb 3000 for 158. Total 520~ - 240~ = 280~ and its 280£ for 4 gen jump. 3 years ago i did spend 440£ for cpu+mobo+ram, now 560 for mobo+ram+cpu.

If you think smart its easy to upgrade. Need to know right time to make a move.

That, a lot of people are still buying i7 4790k that's why is so easy to upgrade to newer platform(you).