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Intel i74770k upgrade

laustin956 said:
Hi i will probably go for a nvidia rtx in the next month as well
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Upgrade the GPU and see how you go. If your not happy then, then upgrade the rest. You'll be disappointed with the gains that for sure.

I've just gone from a 6 core to a 8 core CPU and the first bench I did, I scored the same..... CPU isn't that important just now if it's half decent.

P.s if anyone wants me to put the six core back in for some benches let me know
 
Here's my rule of thumb for working out if your 'ancient' 4790k is still good for gaming. Turn off the frame counters , turn off afterburner, play the games you want to play at the quality settings you want to play them at. Is it smooth and playable ? If yes then don't worry about it.

Gpu's are still the biggest upgrade, Many of my friends are still gaming on sandy bridge i5 2500k's and non of them are complaining about a poor experience.

So unless your trying to hit 200fps in every game at 720p i wouldnt worry about it, invest in a new gpu, your 4790k will be good for a few years yet.

P.S And don't buy into the placebo effect of "i upgraded from x cpu to x cpu with more cores and now things feel smoother. Unless your current cpu is actually a bottleneck (which it wont be in 99.9% of scenarios) a cpu upgrade is probably the single worst investment in a gaming pc.
 
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belcebuu said:
the only thing that kills me from my 4770k it is that my mobo z87 does not support ssd nvme :S
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That and DDR3 only for me - I have a 4770k with 8gb of RAM which really struggles nowadays if I leave any browser window open whist playing a game (The load times in Deus Ex MD - Ouch!) but don't really want to waste money buying DDR3 when would rather put towards a DDR4 system.
 
darket said:
Here's my rule of thumb for working out if your 'ancient' 4790k is still good for gaming. Turn off the frame counters , turn off afterburner, play the games you want to play at the quality settings you want to play them at. Is it smooth and playable ? If yes then don't worry about it..
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Too many people look at the FPS count, why I dont know,, if games run smooth, dont upgrade. I have just done a crazy upgrade from a 2600k to a 8086k and I haven't noticed any diff at all game wise, as everything ran smooth before. Im guessing my r9 290 gpu is holding the cpu back hugely., but why upgrade the gpu just for that.
 
If you have an older i7 then probably hold out and see if any of the Core 9000 series chips or Ryzen 3000 pique your interest based on benchmarks. Not point in upgrading now with DDR4 prices still being pretty spicy.
A GPU upgrade will almost always make more sense.
 
I went from a 4690K to an 8700K and the performance increase was very noticeable but I imagine a big part of that was down to the lack of hyperthreading on my previous CPU. The 4770K is still a good CPU and you would only see FPS increases in certain games or if you have a monitor capable of over 60hz.
 
Yeah, that's why I mentioned i7, the gains probably won't be as big as coming from 4C/4T chips.
For pre-Skylake i5s it's probably time to upgrade, but Sandy Bridge and up 4C/8T i7s can probably still last for a while if overclocked to >=4.5Ghz.
 
I’ve been toying with upgrading my 4770k rig as well, but as a gaming machine there isn’t anything I do that it really struggles with. If DDR4 was cheaper I might do it anyway, but as things stand I’m going to wait a while longer.
 
Same boat I have a i7 4770k but feeling the need to upgrade plus my hard drive are all nearly full, I know I could just add another but with rtx and 9000 series coming out Im feeling the need to upgrade and again I know people could say wait but I feel computer progress is slowing down and the old days of huge 50% leaps are gone and really my current system lasted me 5 years, I think 9000 series are likely to be good for 5years+, so my plan is to hold out for the i7 9700k or i9 9900k unless it silly money then I might do second hand i7 8700k job and upgrade in 4 years time
 
DrCheese said:
That and DDR3 only for me - I have a 4770k with 8gb of RAM which really struggles nowadays if I leave any browser window open whist playing a game (The load times in Deus Ex MD - Ouch!) but don't really want to waste money buying DDR3 when would rather put towards a DDR4 system.
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A NVME SSD is not going to provide much benefit for loading times over a traditional SSD. Most load times with games will not leverage the speed. Normally the load time for games is with preparation of textures and other bits and bobs which are not limited by a normal SSD vs NVME SSD.
 
I was in I similar situation running a 4770k.

I bought the board (z370 Aorus Gaming 7) second hand for £110 after finding out it's going to be compatible with 9700k/9900k with the intention of waiting for the new chips.

In the end I managed to get abrand new 8086k very cheap so I'm going down that route.

I've saved over £200 on the motherboard and CPU from an auction site.
 
Too Tall said:
I bought the board (z370 Aorus Gaming 7) second hand for £110 after finding out it's going to be compatible with 9700k/9900k with the intention of waiting for the new chips.
In the end I managed to get abrand new 8086k very cheap so I'm going down that route.
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This is something I leaning more to do and spend the money I save on the RTX, but I going to wait till October to really make up my mind and hope we have reviews for all said products.
 
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