Upgrade. I'm so confused.

[gunnerzz1008]

Hi all. I've been wanting to upgrade for a while but have stuck it out waiting to the Ryzen chip. Well now its arrived, i'm super confused as to which path to follow...

Currently running @1080p with:

FX8320 @4.2Ghz
MSI 970a-G46
Asus Stryx 970
16GB Hyper Furyx DDR3

So I was going to go for the Rysen 1700 and OC. But actually I don't think I need 8 cores anymore. I used to use my rig for Uni work, rendering CAd work etc. Now Its mainly gaming.

So I've been looking into the Intel stuff, and TBH its always confused me, they have so many!

But it's looking like a show down between these three:

R7 1700 vs i7 6700K vs i7 7700K

Now any of these is a substantial upgrade to what I currently have and it will be a whole system upgrade regardless. I'm leaning towards the 7700K, but I have zero Intel knowledge & experience.

Help?

 

[gunnerzz1008]

I wouldn't buy anything with less than 6 cores personally. CPUs last a long time so why not future proof it that little bit more?

I'm rocking a 5650x it's a beast

Well my 8320 had lasted me this long, and I bought that shortly after release.

 

[gunnerzz1008]

gunnerzz1008, have you found something that the 8320 does not run?. i did find the clocking mine to 4.4 or 4.6 made a big diff to the minimum frames i was getting

I think my motherboard is the bottleneck for overclocking. Can't up the voltages without BSOD.

It is starting to struggle in BF1. And when recording ganeplay in most AAA games the frames have started dropping more than they used to.

However, on the whole it's still holding its own.