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4790K Upgrade?

B1gbeard said:
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.
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This. How many people actually upgrade their CPU while the same socket is alive? I never have that's for sure. Even on AM4, I fully expect that processors released in 2019 will require an AM4+ board with a newer chipset. Technology moves forwards all over the motherboards, not just the CPU.
 
B1gbeard said:
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.
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Because its always better to have the flexibility and reassurance as you never know. I wouldn't buy into a dead platform knowing the newer tech is the same price or £10 to £20 more.
 
Prozn said:
This. How many people actually upgrade their CPU while the same socket is alive? I never have that's for sure. Even on AM4, I fully expect that processors released in 2019 will require an AM4+ board with a newer chipset. Technology moves forwards all over the motherboards, not just the CPU.
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Well Intel have created articfical barriers to make that the case. How many people would have upgraded if they had the ability is a better question.
 
jigger said:
Well Intel have created articfical barriers to make that the case. How many people would have upgraded if they had the ability is a better question.
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Both Intel and AMD will release new sockets within the lifespan of an average CPU. If you buy a high end AMD or Intel CPU today you will not need to upgrade until DDR5 is mainstream. If you buy a low end CPU then you will be able to plug in a higher end CPU to either platform to upgrade if needed.

I'd also argue that it was far easier for AMD to maintain the AM3+ socket and backwards compatability to 760G chipset given their lack of innovation. AMD didn't even support DDR4 ram until Sept 2016 - a full year after Intel. And shockingly a new socket came along as soon as they did.
 
My brother had a torrid time time finding a replacement motherboard to go with his ivy bridge cpu when the board went faulty out of warranty.

It's was either pay over the top for a used board or a whole new platform upgrade, and with ram prices these days......

Socket longevity is very important.
 
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