Should I upgrade to 4790K?

[Kaiketsu]

Hello there.

I own a 4690k, custom cooling, OC to 4,5 Ghz.

Would you upgrade to 4790k? It'd cost me about 100$, including the cash I'd get for my 4690k.

The rest of my rig: 1080GTX, 8GB RAM (2400mhz), 650W EVGA G2 PSU, and my gaming resolution is 3440x1440 in 100hz.

I'm only interested in noticeable improvement

an alternative is to upgrade the whole mobo+CPU+RAM to nextgen, somewhere around next year, since I plan to keep the GPU until the successor of Volta.

 

[wedrum]

i have a 4790k at 4.8ghz and came from a 2500k at 4.8ghz, at 1080p i notice no difference

 

[Kaiketsu]

1 vote for "No", then...

 

[Qitarah]

Most likely won't notice a difference.

Not worth the time & bother.

 

[nkuk]

I'd vote no as well, any difference would be imperceptible.

 

[Awahwah]

No, save the money for something else.

 

[mistersprinkles]

Go up to 16GB of RAM though. That's something you should do. And get an SSD if you don't have one.

 

[Kaiketsu]

Thanks guys. I guess that settles it - i7-4790K would be a waste of money at this point.

What about the RAM, though? Last year, IIRC no games used more than 6 GB, did something change?

 

[Street]

I did the same move last week. I was on a 4690k running at 4.2GHz and moved to a 4790k that goes to 4.6GHz fairly easily. I got £150 for the 4690k on eBay and bought the 4790k for £200. I didn't think £50 was bad for the upgrade as I figured it would make my PC last a bit longer before I needed a proper upgrade.

 

[This never ends well]

Im thinking about the same, i found 1 for £180 and the person wants to trade with my 4690k plus £80