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i7 6700K Upgade or Hold

I recently replaced my 6700k with a 3900x because new and shiny :p

No real difference in the games I play, but I had some vouchers to spend and fancied something new to play with.
 
Just realised mine is only 4 years old, seems older than that!

Or is that just because I am an old git :rolleyes:

OMG my case is 10 years old... but then again, the plan was to not have to buy another case :D
 
IvanDobskey said:
I recently replaced my 6700k with a 3900x because new and shiny :p

No real difference in the games I play, but I had some vouchers to spend and fancied something new to play with.
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Similar to me, went from 6700k to 3600 recently out of boredom. Not seeing a massive difference. Will probably switch to 8 core Zen 3 when they come along.
 
IvanDobskey said:
I recently replaced my 6700k with a 3900x because new and shiny :p

No real difference in the games I play, but I had some vouchers to spend and fancied something new to play with.
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I made the same move.

The 6700k was good for most games, but couldn't handle cities in AC Odyssey (even only targeting 60 fps), and it tanked if I had other stuff open, downloading, etc.
 
I'd hold. I'm also on a 6700k, with a 1080 GPU. I'll be upgrading the GPU first to a 3070 / 3080, then if the CPU can handle Cyberpunk well enough I'll wait for Zen 3 (or even 4).
 
If it was me, I would hold because I like to do big meaningful upgrades. However, the fact that you went from a 4770K to a 6700K tells me that you're not too bothered about big meaningful upgrades? The upgrade itch drives some people bananas so only hold if you're happy to do so.
 
I also find upgrading a time consuming pain in the backside. Actually that applies to anything that goes wrong with my pc, which is strange as I love fixing other peoples computers!

So CPU upgrade vs GPU, which will take less time and hassle :rolleyes:
 
sWiZzLe said:
I also find upgrading a time consuming pain in the backside. Actually that applies to anything that goes wrong with my pc, which is strange as I love fixing other peoples computers!

So CPU upgrade vs GPU, which will take less time and hassle :rolleyes:
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Was a time that I'd take any excuse to dive into my PC and start ripping bits out, putting new stuff in etc. Now I put it together and just use it and try to avoid anything inside it any more! When I got my 480GB SSD I just threw it into the bottom of the case and didn't even secure it. I haven't even looked at overclocking either, as long as it works and works well I don't care any more.
 
sWiZzLe said:
I also find upgrading a time consuming pain in the backside. Actually that applies to anything that goes wrong with my pc, which is strange as I love fixing other peoples computers!

So CPU upgrade vs GPU, which will take less time and hassle :rolleyes:
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If it's a drop in CPU upgrade then it's probably a similar amount of time (assuming not using a custom loop), unless you need to take the graphics card out as well first. :p

I am the same for the most part however, of the systems I use and I am responsible for, I make less time for them that I would for a random strangers, e.g helped plenty of forum users over the years, but I think that also working professionally in the I.T./Engineering field for a long while now has dampened my mood to doing things I can put of until tomorrow.

I currently have an M.2 NVMe drive installed in a system that isn't screwed down as it was only meant to be in there a few hours, it's now been in there a few months still working fine at the very awkward angle, with gravity working against it. I really should do something with it, but that means turning of the PC, and taking the side panel off, and then when I see all the dust I'll be forced to clean it, and I don't want to do that. :(
 
nhornby51743 said:
3700x and 2080s would be an excellent upgrade.
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I total agree, I went from a 6700K @ 4.7Ghz and a gtx 1080 to a 3800x and a 2080 Super. I found it to be a great upgrade, I also game at 1440 and use VR, with apps like voice attack, discord an running in the background. Games in VR do run smoother with the new Ryzens compared to my old 6700K

I'm now running a 3900X.
 
I'm still using this CPU paired with a 1070. Been toying with an upgrade or new build but I'm going to hang on for the new GPUs and Ryzen 4000 and make a decision then. Plan is to relegate the current system to replace my living room PC which is a couch gamer/streamer but is an ancient i7-920 build
 
As mentioned if gaming only and other light stuff then stick with the 6700K, I had a 4770K also and upgraded to a 7700K and 4c/8t is still brilliant for pure gaming with a good speed CPU. Maybe more cores will become more important for gaming in the next few years but single core speed is still king overall.
GPU wise I have a 1440p monitor and a GTX1080 and I think this will last another 1-2 years depending on the next nvidia and amd releases and new games coming out. Best to upgrade because you need a performance boost.
 
Keep CPU and upgrade GPU. Unless games use more than eight threads you're fine and tbh your GPU will be the limiting factor always or nearly always. Far fewer games will utilise the extra CPU speed and given you're GPU limited you won't see a difference without a new much more powerful GPU. 6700K is still a very decent gaming CPU compared to all of AMDs offerings.
 
sWiZzLe said:
OMG my case is 10 years old... but then again, the plan was to not have to buy another case :D
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I thought the same with my HAF 932 but wanted something new and smaller. The new Lian-Li 011 Air RGB is a good case but it just can't compete in terms of pure cooling power, not in this weather at least!
 
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