8700k worth an upgrade?

[JackG4]

I know the general idea is only to upgrade when you feel you need an upgrade but there's some cracking prices out there atm on 5700x/5800x especially

I exclusively game and work at 3440x1440p, no streaming or recording at the same time. Leaving any performance behind with my 8700k still?

 

[Ace]

I've got a 8700k too and it's starting to show it's age imo, when I went from 1080ti to 3080 it basically made zero difference because I'm bottlenecked by the cpu (and the 1080ti is still very good to be fair). I've got the 'upgrade itch' though so even though I could probably make it last another year or two I am either going to pick up a 12700K when raptor lake comes out or get a 13700k depending on prices but stick with DDR4 to save some cash. I like to upgrade when my old stuff still has some value and I should get around £200 for my old motherboard and 8700k to go towards to new hardware.

 

[Tetras]

If you're at or near 5 Ghz I'd wait it out myself, especially at 1440p UW.

 

[dave28]

Well with the next gen not far away i would wait it out, switch to DDR5 the same time

 

[mikeo]

Just moved from Z370 and an I7-8700k (4.9 all cores) myself.

Not really because I needed to, just fancied an upgrade (I5-12600k and MSI Z690 pro + Nvme 4.0 drive).

Happy with what I got.

Graphics card next year to replace my aging 1080 ti (which still manages really well).

 

[Joxeon]

Unless your gaming at 1080p and planning to upgrade the GPU or need some extra MT performance for your work then I'd say it's not worth and to hold out for another year or two.

 

[Wolverine2349]

I've got a 8700k too and it's starting to show it's age imo, when I went from 1080ti to 3080 it basically made zero difference because I'm bottlenecked by the cpu (and the 1080ti is still very good to be fair). I've got the 'upgrade itch' though so even though I could probably make it last another year or two I am either going to pick up a 12700K when raptor lake comes out or get a 13700k depending on prices but stick with DDR4 to save some cash. I like to upgrade when my old stuff still has some value and I should get around £200 for my old motherboard and 8700k to go towards to new hardware.

Are you gaming at 1080P or 1440P.

And question why is lower resolution more taxing on a CPU than higher resolution?? Is true for everything or just framerate being higher?

I imagine CPU intensive games lower resolution only makes it more CPU bound if frame rate drives higher but has nothing to do with the CPU aspects of a game like the physics and such.

 

[Tetras]

Are you gaming at 1080P or 1440P.

And question why is lower resolution more taxing on a CPU than higher resolution?? Is true for everything or just framerate being higher?

I imagine CPU intensive games lower resolution only makes it more CPU bound if frame rate drives higher but has nothing to do with the CPU aspects of a game like the physics and such.

Yep, it is not that cpu stuff like physics are more demanding at lower res as such (e.g. if CPU too slow for the game, running at 4K doesn't fix it), but the difference is more visible.

 

[Ace]

I game at 1440p and mostly play Hunt Showdown which is poorly optimized and will take all the cpu power you can throw at it. It's made by Crytek, the same guys that made Crysis.