Upgrade or hold off?

Footyslayer

Footyslayer

Footyslayer

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Hi all,

I am getting the upgrade itch but not sure if now is the time or if I should hold off?

Currently running...

CPU - i7 5820K @ 4.1Ghz
Motherboard - Asus X99-S
Memory - 16GB TeamGroup Elite DDR4 2400MHz

Zotac amp extreme 1080ti and my other parts are all fairly new and all sound, its more the brains of the system I am thinking of upgrading.

I have no issues gaming on Ultra/very High settings on 1440p with good to great fps so should I consider an upgrade or wait a year or so to see what intel are bringing out? I don't really want AMD as I have always faired well from intel.

I was pondering this as an upgrade but is it worth it now or just hold off?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/defc...800x-overclocked-4.4ghz-bundle-bu-09p-og.html

Change the cooler to a water cooler for £68 and the memory to 16gb kingston 3200mhz perhaps for an extra £60?
 
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I'd hold off. As you said you have no problems gaming.

From the bundle you listed the CPU is a i7 7800X which is only approx 8-14% quicker than your current one.
And the 7800X is 2 years old.

You should really compare it to i7 9700K which would be 23-37% faster than your current CPU.
 
CPU is overclocked to 4.1ghz.

Yes there are no issues gaming really but I have had this brains of the system 4.5 years and would usually upgrade every 3 years so getting a bit itchy haha.

Thanks @Infiniteey that is great information, even with that increase on the i7 9700k that isnt huge to be fair!
 
Footyslayer said:
CPU is overclocked to 4.1ghz.

Yes there are no issues gaming really but I have had this brains of the system 4.5 years and would usually uipgrade every 3 years so getting a bit itchy haha.

Thanks @Infiniteey that is great information, even with that increase on the i7 9700k that isnt huge to be fair!
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You're welcome. Yup not much difference. I remember back in the Pentium/Core2 days when each step in generation would literally be a +50% increase in performance.
 
Seems like holding off is the best choice, I think I would want roughly 40%-50% improvement to justify the money. Wait and see what comes out next year from Intel?
 
Thats what I'd do. For Intel it might not be next year as they are having +++problems producing their new generation of CPUs. Where as AMD have managed to do this and their Ryzen CPUs are finally worth considering.
 
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