Upgrade or not?

[Speirs]

Hi.
I'm running the below spec.
Is it worth upgrading to the i7-7700k or i7-8700k or wait.
Or would you recommend me going Ryzen?
Thanks in advance.

i7-4770K @ 4.3
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Radeon Fury X 4096MB HBM PCI-Express Graphics Card

 

[chaparral]

I upgraded from

i7-4770k (4.3ghz)
16GB ddr3 1600mhz

T0
i7-8700k (5GHZ)
32GB DDR4 3200mhz

But that mainly because I wanted something new

 

[jigger]

I'd go with a 2700X over Intel chips as its a dead end in terms of platform and a security liability. Intel should probaly cease sales.

If you are using the system just for gaming then the big question is are you happy with your current performance?

 

[Drollic]

With that cooler I'd be looking for 4.5ghz, bumping the memory up a notch and keeping the chip till the next round.

 

[Panos]

Hi.
I'm running the below spec.
Is it worth upgrading to the i7-7700k or i7-8700k or wait.
Or would you recommend me going Ryzen?
Thanks in advance.

i7-4770K @ 4.3
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Radeon Fury X 4096MB HBM PCI-Express Graphics Card

If you keep your Fury X, get a 2600X or 2700X or 2700. They will all show the same perf with the 8700K even at 5Ghz.

After that depends your budget.

A 8700K alone will cost £330, plus you would need DDR4 ram (£150) + Z370 motherboard (£110). (you keep the AIO i guess)


Otherwise for £336 you can get this bonkers bundle
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ndle-free-asus-rog-pugio-mouse-bu-06r-as.html

Maybe you could call OCUK if they can upgrade the CPU to 2700. But I would preferred to wait for B450 boards or grab the a X470


Btw have you upgraded the FuryX firmware to the one AMD released back in April 2016? If not, I would advice you to do it.
It will improve perf and allow higher clocks all way to 1190/1100 if you have the AIO version or watercooled card.

 

[4K8KW10]

Hi.
I'm running the below spec.
Is it worth upgrading to the i7-7700k or i7-8700k or wait.
Or would you recommend me going Ryzen?
Thanks in advance.

i7-4770K @ 4.3
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Radeon Fury X 4096MB HBM PCI-Express Graphics Card

The 4770K is actually the same as 7700K which is just the last generation.
Wait I would recommend next year for 7nm Ryzen 7 3000.

 

[smilingcrow]

I'd go with a 2700X over Intel chips as its a dead end in terms of platform and a security liability. Intel should probaly cease sales.

Broken record, Broken record, Broken record....

 

[NinjaCool]

The i7-4770K is still a fine CPU so unless you have a specific need for more cores, I would instead set my sights on the 7nm Ryzen coming out in early 2019.

 

[Freddie1980]

Hi.
I'm running the below spec.
Is it worth upgrading to the i7-7700k or i7-8700k or wait.
Or would you recommend me going Ryzen?
Thanks in advance.

i7-4770K @ 4.3
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Radeon Fury X 4096MB HBM PCI-Express Graphics Card

Have you tried over clocking your memory? Nice gains to be with 2400 DDR3 (20%+)

 

[Fire_fly]

Hi.
I'm running the below spec.
Is it worth upgrading to the i7-7700k or i7-8700k or wait.
Or would you recommend me going Ryzen?
Thanks in advance.

i7-4770K @ 4.3
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Radeon Fury X 4096MB HBM PCI-Express Graphics Card

What games are you playing / other thing you use your PC for and at what resolution?

Unless you having issues now I would be inclined to wait for the new 8 core Intel CPUs and (hopefully) Nvidia GPUs that are due to be released before the bulk of the new games are out in September / October / November time and see what they bring.

 

[Journey]

I'd ask the question, why would you want to upgrade? Is the computer not doing something you want it to, or just got money burning a hole?