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Intel i74770k upgrade

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Save your money and overclock the 4770k if it isn't already. The small gains from upgrading are not worth the huge outlay. Wait until something really worthwhile comes along before upgrading. I don't intend of getting rid of my 4790k anytime soon. Intel is supposed to be launching it's 9000 series cpu's and Z390 motherboards in October so at least wait until then. Even then it may still not be worthwhile for the price you would have to pay.
 
I'd have to agree with the above. But if you really want to upgrade, Intel 8700k or AMD 2600x are some of the best gaming CPUs around right now.
 
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pastymuncher said:
Intel is supposed to be launching it's 9000 series cpu's and Z390 motherboards in October
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Which are going to be just Coffee Lake with more cores.
It's not even sure if those have hardware mitigations for Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities.
And "8th gen" Coffee Lake was just "7th gen" Kaby Lake with more cores, which itself was clock speed tweaked 6th gen Skylake.

At least on AMD side there's upgrade path for improved architecture CPUs with new manufacturing process.
Which are very likely going to offer also better single thread performance than current Intels.

Also thanks to cartel of memory makers memory price has been high for year and half.
 
Have the same CPU and a big upgrade hitch, but it just doesn't make much sense if it's for gaming.

Some games won't see any improvement whatsoever - Unless you play at 1080, but why would you buy a new system to be stuck at that resolution anyway.

I've always done "typical" and substantial upgrades: E6600 > i7 920 > 4770k.
What's out right now doesn't belong with that list (and the upcoming CPU won't do anything that Coffe Lake doesn't already do for gaming).
 
I went 4770k > 1950x. Best upgrade I've ever done. But I can make use of the extra cores.
 
I went 4770k to a 1700 @ 3.9ghz, nothing drastic in fps changes but games felt smoother due to having more cores spare for other programs to use at the same time.
 
I'm in the same situation and I have the itch to upgrade. But when I run MSI afterburner I see my CPU isn't particularly taxed, and this is at stock settings - the highest I've seen is in AC: Origins which was 60%. This is with a 390X which is pretty much flat out 100% in every game at 1080p 60fps, and 'only' 8GB of DDR3 2133MHz (which goes up to about 6GB in use in GTA V and AC:O). What GPU and monitor do you have? I just can't see any point in it for gaming just yet, especially as I can overclock (again).

Edit - huh, it's more like 75% utilisation when stuff is actually happening in game. Guess I'll look back into overclocking it!
 
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Looking at upgrading motherboard and cpu and ddr any help for a gaming pc? Thanks
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Sadly because of Ddr4 prices this is going to be an expensive upgrade as you can't use your ram. On a plus point though, being one of the best Ddr3 CPUs, the 4770k does have a good second hand value.
 
almoststew1990 said:
I'm in the same situation and I have the itch to upgrade. But when I run MSI afterburner I see my CPU isn't particularly taxed, and this is at stock settings - the highest I've seen is in AC: Origins which was 60%. This is with a 390X which is pretty much flat out 100% in every game at 1080p 60fps, and 'only' 8GB of DDR3 2133MHz (which goes up to about 6GB in use in GTA V and AC:O). What GPU and monitor do you have? I just can't see any point in it for gaming just yet, especially as I can overclock (again).

Edit - huh, it's more like 75% utilisation when stuff is actually happening in game. Guess I'll look back into overclocking it!
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Similar scenario for me, I'm running a 4790K with a 1080Ti @ 1440p and Assassins Creed Origins is the first title I've come across that comes anywhere near stretching the legs of the cpu.
I've virtually all the graphics settings maxed in every game, which normally get gpu usage up to 99%. But the 4790K doesn't seem to run at max like the gpu to keep things moving fluid. If that changes in the future then I'll look at upgrading.

Mick
 
Cheers all going for a 8086k and put the old stuff on ebay thanks Intel i7 4770k cooler master haf x Asus sabertooth z87 Ocz psu 700w Corsair Vengeance ddr3 16gb Noctna cooler
 
I hope that you are prepared to be dissapointed in the performance gain for the huge price you are paying. It's simply not worth it. I would have at least waited until the next gen drops in October to see if there is any further improvement.
 
laustin956 said:
Looking at upgrading motherboard and cpu and ddr any help for a gaming pc? Thanks
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I have the same machine with a 1080 and all games are ok, no cpu bottleneck, I have it OCed to 4Ghz without changing voltages or anything just super simple OC

I think changing voltages you could do even 4.2ghz or more
 
belcebuu said:
I have the same machine with a 1080 and all games are ok, no cpu bottleneck, I have it OCed to 4Ghz without changing voltages or anything just super simple OC

I think changing voltages you could do even 4.2ghz or more
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CPU's can last 5 or more years without getting any serious performance issues, I used an overclocked i7 920 for 6-7 years before buying a i7 4790K. It still didn't feel like much of an upgrade. :)
 
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