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I want to buy Ryzen. But does it make sense?

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So, my 4690K is still here. and my feet are firmly itchy now...
Been saving into the "PC fund" for years now and I think it's time to upgrade.
I considered splurging on a new "2080" GPU or whatever when it comes around but I figure that my 1080 can handle everything I throw at it in 1440p. I don't think the 2080 would as comfortably handle everything in 4K. o no real need for upgrade there. (Basically I am not upgrading my GPU until I go 4K and I'm not going 4K until a GPU can run 4K as comfortably as my 1080 des 1440p).

So CPU it is.

I really am leaning towards Ryzen because of more cores/threads, company ethics and supporting the "underdog".

But in truth, all I really do now is surf the web, watch youtube and a bit of gaming. Am I just throwing my money away either upgrading, or buying Ryzen? Does it make more sense for me to sit tight or buy Intel? I used to edit videos but not so much nowadays. I don't stream. I just can't think I would make use of all 16 threads.

Not sure what I want to do...
 
beany_bot said:
So, my 4690K is still here. and my feet are firmly itchy now...
Been saving into the "PC fund" for years now and I think it's time to upgrade.
I considered splurging on a new "2080" GPU or whatever when it comes around but I figure that my 1080 can handle everything I throw at it in 1440p. I don't think the 2080 would as comfortably handle everything in 4K. o no real need for upgrade there. (Basically I am not upgrading my GPU until I go 4K and I'm not going 4K until a GPU can run 4K as comfortably as my 1080 des 1440p).

So CPU it is.

I really am leaning towards Ryzen because of more cores/threads, company ethics and supporting the "underdog".

But in truth, all I really do now is surf the web, watch youtube and a bit of gaming. Am I just throwing my money away either upgrading, or buying Ryzen? Does it make more sense for me to sit tight or buy Intel? I used to edit videos but not so much nowadays. I don't stream. I just can't think I would make use of all 16 threads.

Not sure what I want to do...
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If your happy with your current performance i think you have answered your own question. Wait till next year imo and the next gen ryzen.
 
If you regularly feel or see the 4 thread limitation and it makes your system unbareable then sell the 4670k and swap in a 4770k,4790k.
Or sell your current system and buy into the amd r5/r7 or latest intel.

I'm on a 4770k, the jump to ryzen+ or coffelake isn't worth it for the cost vs what I use the system for. Though if I had a 4670k I would struggle with the 4 cores. I refuse to pay ddr4 prices, so I'll be waiting for the next amd or Intel lineups if ddr4 price improves.
 
Stay where you are can upgrade anything else like getting:
SSD
Vr headset
New mouse and keyboard
Wait for the 1180 sure it might be gimped a bit but then get the new ryzen next year.
Bigger monitor.
 
Yeah I guess it makes sense to sit tight just now. Might seem mad but I just "want" the latest and greatest. Even If I know I will rarely make use of it. lol
 
Keep your funds ready and set your signs on early 2019 when AMD releases their 7nm CPU generation.
Everything points to it being a worthy upgrade for our older CPU's and those high DDR4 ram prices should also have fallen down by then.
 
I upgraded from a 4690K and a very happy with the result but i found the i5 very thread limited, if you don't there really is no point, but having said that with the 4690K its only going to get worse from here because 4 threads with high performance GPU's is in my experience already a problem so even you will find that as time goes on.
 
Alright. next gen Ryzen it is then. I'll set my sights on 2019. Then "3080 or 1280" GPU that hopefully by then will run 4K no probs in 99% of games at Ultra/100FPS. Anyway, I digress.
 
The sensible money is on sticking, or changing only CPU and nothing else. Jumping ship and buying a new MB, cpu and being hit by the DDR4 extortion isn't sensible. I upgraded from a 2500k to Ryzen, but that was due to me having to change socket completely to get a proper upgrade so it made sense.
 
no point in going ryzen save and wait.either buy a 8700k set up now or wait and get a 8 core whatever is next intel.
 
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