Upgrade from the 4770k ?

[Hiijinx]

Agree about over clocking the CPU and see if that helps.
Looking at the games you currently play I wouldn't recommend SLI just yet as none of them have SLI profiles. You could try and find a setting which works for them but in my experience, it's a PITA and not always problem free.

Have you tried running task manager and a video card tool (MSI Afterburner for example) to see if your games are bottlenecking anywhere? (One would be at, or close to 100% usuage)

As for how to OC, I haven't owned a chip from that range but from a quick Google seems 4.2 is a pretty easy target to get to with 1.1v added.

If your new to OC'ing and want to learn, best advice I can give is to slow and firstly Google for other 4770k results and of course, ask here for help .

Noctua do decent coolers, IMO just stick with something mid range upwards and you should be fine.

 

[gb155]

Is this classed as mid range ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...iquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060016-ww-hs-025-cs.html

The Bundled stuff suggest 4.4 should be achievable , but I don't want to push intil I have sutible cooling in place.

Gernally my GPU doesn't hit 100% except for in Planet Coaster but thats in very early alpha (2 weeks) in 4k with huge parks built.

 

[Danny75]

Is this classed as mid range ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...iquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060016-ww-hs-025-cs.html

The Bundled stuff suggest 4.4 should be achievable , but I don't want to push intil I have sutible cooling in place.

With a 4770K if you pump up to 1.3 vcore you're going to need something like the H105 you linked (or other 240/280mm AIO), or a big Noctua/Phanteks/Be Quiet etc air cooler.

With 1.25 vcore you can go with a decent £25-45 air cooler or a 120/140mm AIO.

With 1.2 vcore then sub-£25 air cooler would be fine.

Not all chips are going to do 4.2GHz on 1.1v, only the good ones. Some will take 1.2v. Expect something between 4.3-4.5GHz at the end of it all. Anything above that would be a sweet bonus.

 

[joeyjojo]

If you're gaming at 1080p you might find faster memory helps with that 980 Ti. If you're at a higher res it's unlikely.

 

[faheemrazzaq]

Don't bother going to 6700K from what you got. I am sure it will not change your gaming a bit. If you have any computational needs for an upgrade then look at the x99 platform.

 

[lumik]

I don't think memory speed will affect gaming too much. Only noticeable in benchmark tests and memory intensive apps.

Stick with what you have, not worth the expense for a minimal upgrade. I'm still happy with my old 2500k.

http://www.purepc.pl/pamieci_ram/te...pamieci_ram_wybrac_do_intel_skylake?page=0,13

 

[joeyjojo]

http://www.purepc.pl/pamieci_ram/te...pamieci_ram_wybrac_do_intel_skylake?page=0,13

Just like I said, 1080p with a 980 Ti. Not amazing gains though, 3-13%. At 4K I'd expect there to be no difference. Also none of the games tested are like the ones the OP plays (Planet Coaster, No Limits, RCT).

 

[gb155]

Only game at 4k

What sort of gains will over clocking to say 4.3 give me?

Thanks for all the help so far.

 

[zia]

hoping to upgrade from 4770k. as I do fair bit of encoding and I need more sata ports 8 isn.t enough.also my CPU is a poor clocker.hoping broadwell will be better upgrade path for me.if not I.ll wait for skylake-e

zia

 

[blasterbolt]

I have been thinking about upgrading my 4770k as well mine is oc'd to 4.5 with a 1.25v. Some of the new games like The division and tomb raider rises run the cpu at 99% and after 30 mins of playing the cpu hits 75d thats with a h110i and 2 1500 140mm noctura fans on it !

From what I have read though its best to wait for the next teir of cpus to be launched as the gains are not that impressive in most games . People are quoting from 3-20% gains game dependant. Now If I would get a 20% boost in attilla and the new tw warhammer I might re-conisder....

 

[joeyjojo]

Only game at 4k

What sort of gains will over clocking to say 4.3 give me?

Thanks for all the help so far.

Try it!

As Danny75 says your cooler might cope OK as long as you don't go wild with the volts.

 

[lumik]

Just like I said, 1080p with a 980 Ti. Not amazing gains though, 3-13%. At 4K I'd expect there to be no difference. Also none of the games tested are like the ones the OP plays (Planet Coaster, No Limits, RCT).

Not amazing gains?In fc4 skylake with 3200mhz DDR4 is 25% faster than skylake with 1600mhz ddr3
In watchdogs skylake with 3200mhz ddr4 is 22% faster than skylake with 1600mhz ddr3.

 

[joeyjojo]

Not amazing gains?In fc4 skylake with 3200mhz DDR4 is 25% faster than skylake with 1600mhz ddr3
In watchdogs skylake with 3200mhz ddr4 is 22% faster than skylake with 1600mhz ddr3.

The OP has a 4770k. I thought you shared that link because they test the 4790K which is very similar. For the 4790K the difference between 1600 and 2400 is 3-13%.

Comparing 3200 DDR4 to 1600 DDR3 isn't relevant here, the OP can't switch to DDR4!

 

[gb155]

Try it!

As Danny75 says your cooler might cope OK as long as you don't go wild with the volts.

Was hoping to get a rough idea before splurging out £100 on a cooler

 

[ukxenon]

Stick with what you have for now

 

[gb155]

Stick with what you have for now

So don't over clock?

 

[pastymuncher]

He means stick with what you have but overclock your 4770k. What's the point in paying extra for a unlocked cpu if you don't overclock it?

 

[gb155]

It offered the biggest bang for the buck at the time,so the gains of over clocking will be noticeable?

 

[pastymuncher]

Of course it will, nobody would bother else. It should be faster than a 6700k at stock and will only have cost you however much you spend on a decent cooler instead of hundreds of pounds extra on a new build for a tiny performance increase. Every cpu I have ever had has been overclocked as soon as windows has been installed and drivers have been updated.

 

[gb155]

Fair enough, I have the memory now clocked to 1866, What cooler at around £120 would offer the best performance please.