Is it upgrade time for me?

almoststew1990 · 6 Oct 2017 at 13:18

What with AMD and Intel's new offerings I am getting that itch again, especially as it been a while since I upgraded and several generations of hardware have passed but I am still not sure there is any point in upgrading based on reviews:

4770K at stock and undervolted (was <4.3GHz at increased volts)
H100i AIO Cooler
Z87 Sabretooth
750GB SATA SSD
8GB DDR3 2133MHz
8GB 390X
27" AOC 1080p 60Hz Monitor
Creative T40 speakers

1) Are any 4770K owners going to be upgrading to Ryzen / Coffeelake?
2) I could upgrade my RAM but I don't think I've ever 'run out' (and doesn't stop me hitting 60fps) as out of habit I don't have any background processes beyond Windows when I game (no Chrome, AV, dropbox, Spotify running) as I have disabled most of those start up processes. My RAM is already fast for DDR3...
3) 390X cost me £250 on a Black Friday 2015 deal and is similar in performance to a 580, which costs more even today! I am hesitant to upgrade at the current time.

Maybe upgrade the monitor to 144Hz 1080p or 1440p? 27" / 32"? Is that a nice upgrade?

pastymuncher · 6 Oct 2017 at 18:54

I am not looking at getting rid of my 4790k anytime soon. Coffeelake is yet another incremental performance increase and while it the 8700k has a pair of extra cores the games I play need single core performance so it's not worth the massive upgrade cost. There is also the fact that there is yet another chipset, Z390 coming along early next year that will be needed for the release of Intel's eight core cpu's which makes Z370 more or less a dead end at launch. As for AMD, Ryzen just doesn't have the single core gaming performance I need (could even be a downgrade) so that's pointless for me as well. Hopefully the second gen of Ryzen will improve things next year.

IvanDobskey · 6 Oct 2017 at 20:57

Keep most of that setup, still very good.

Maybe a new monitor. Go for 1440p.

Aneskimo · 7 Oct 2017 at 14:33

Still rocking my 4770k nothing wrong with it and I’m gaming 1080p @144mhz. You could get a 1440p freesync monitor seen as you have an Amd card that would be nice

ace-rimmer · 8 Oct 2017 at 11:17

how big is the itch and is it worth the money to scratch it?

almoststew1990 · 8 Oct 2017 at 12:38

My main worry is being underwhelmed by the upgrade! I went from an Athlon x2 5200+ 2.7GHz dual core to a i7 860 which was like night and day, and the 4770K was less so (although it is paying off now I feel), so I want to avoid that. It is looking like a CPU or GPU ugrade would not be worth it.

A monitor upgrade is looking nice, I am thinking 27" 144Hz around £350. 1080p is fine (especially based on my hardware). is £350 a good enough budget for this? Should I go TN or VA?