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What are you 3770k owners upgrading to?

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As title really. Those of us on the older gen i7s are in an interesting position where the 8700k offers a significant single and multi thread upgrade, but with zen+ looking like it'll also offer a boost on single threaded performance (Ryzen 1 wasn't much of an upgrade on single threaded/gaming once overclocks were taken into account).

So are you guys nursing your older i7 chips along until Zen2 or have you all already jumped on the 8700k?
 
I have just upgraded from an i7-3770S to an i7-8700, which is the equivalent chip this generation. I'm not interested in overclocking or anything fancy. I want fast and quiet. I built the box on Saturday, so it's too soon to make any judgement, especially as I had to leave out one of my Titans.
 
As a 2600k user, I have pretty much decided to wait until Zen2 at least to be honest. Zen/+ is a great improvement in multi threaded loads, but a couple of the games I run rely heavily on single thread performance. The 8700k is nice but its a very expensive upgrade for not what I would call a dramatic upgrade.
 
andy_mk3 said:
As a 2600k user, I have pretty much decided to wait until Zen2 at least to be honest. Zen/+ is a great improvement in multi threaded loads, but a couple of the games I run rely heavily on single thread performance. The 8700k is nice but its a very expensive upgrade for not what I would call a dramatic upgrade.
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This is where I'm at. I'm primarily a gamer, but the multithreaded performance is of interest as well. 8700k is expensive and the motherboard chipset is short on IO. That makes me want to go AMD, but then I'm paying mostly for multithreaded performance that is of secondary importance. Feels like better value though.

DDR4 is still crazy expensive, so I am in no rush anyway. Having an upcoming wedding doesn't help either.
 
I'm holding out but partly due to other expenses as well otherwise would have already gone 8700k. One of those at 4.8 will last years.
 
Zen+ aka ryzen 2*** isn't going to offer much single thread improvement (looking at cinebench r15 results) with a 3770k at 4.5ghz or above

My plan is to hold off upgrading next round. Hopefully 2019 unless there's a hardware failure forcing me to upgrade
 
andy_mk3 said:
As a 2600k user, I have pretty much decided to wait until Zen2 at least to be honest. Zen/+ is a great improvement in multi threaded loads, but a couple of the games I run rely heavily on single thread performance. The 8700k is nice but its a very expensive upgrade for not what I would call a dramatic upgrade.
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FWIW, I came from a 2500k @ 4.3-4.5 (weather dependant :p). Ryzen 1600X at stock is slightly better in single threaded games (XFRs to 4.05 or so, Kerbal Space Program feels a tad smoother), and vastly better in multithreaded. Ryzen+ will give you an upgrade in all scenarios :)

tamzzy said:
Zen+ aka ryzen 2*** isn't going to offer much single thread improvement (looking at cinebench r15 results) with a 3770k at 4.5ghz or above
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I thought that until I decided to upgrade for multi thread. The current X series are at least as good if not a little better. Ryzen+ might have 10% on top. It's not a huge single thread upgrade, but it's there; and in all honesty, you'll get maybe 15% beyond that by going for an 8700k overclocked?

There's a possibility we may not see really significant single thread improvement for quite a long time :(

But if you're happy with your current kit then don't change it, obviously ^^
 
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I went from a 3770K at 4.2Ghz to a Ryzen 1700X at 3.8Ghz. General PC stuff and gaming I feel little to no difference but for my video rendering it has reduced the amount of time by a good shot. I was worried at first of taking a bit of a drop by moving to AMd but the recent 2X00 series leaks are already tempting me to go bigger.

TL;DR Wait for the "new" Ryzen 2X00 stuff in a few weeks then decide.
 
Still got my 3770k running at 4.2 with 32GB ddr3 mem and a few SSds. I've been toying with upgrading for a good while - but nothing has jumped out at me to be a big step up and involves a considerable outlay.

So for first time in years I'm sticking to what I've got, until something fails or some must have feature comes along.
 
the only reason to go to ryzen 2 is for the multi side.if its for games go for the intel 8700k. a lot quicker in games across the board.
 
As far as gaming goes, especially 1440p+ nothing is really worth upgrading to. If you’re at 8GB RAM, get some more, upgrade GPU. Wait until it’s worthwhile, I’m getting the itch but I’m being sensible.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
the only reason to go to ryzen 2 is for the multi side.if its for games go for the intel 8700k. a lot quicker in games across the board.
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What does your 8700k score stock and clocked for single core on Cinebench r15 do you know?
 
forget cinebench scores.do game benchmarks.

if you getting it for gaming look at relevant game benchmarks.
 
eddiew said:
I thought that until I decided to upgrade for multi thread. The current X series are at least as good if not a little better. Ryzen+ might have 10% on top. It's not a huge single thread upgrade, but it's there; and in all honesty, you'll get maybe 15% beyond that by going for an 8700k overclocked?
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Yeah, the leaks on the ryzen 2 thread here suggest CB15 single thread performance for 2700x @ 4.3 to be 178. The 3770k @ 4.5 is ~170.
Couldn't justify an upgrade cost of £650-750 (£300-350 for a 2700x, £150-200 for the board, and £200 for 16gb DDR4 RAM) for that sort of ST performance uplift.
Of course, if one is going to take advantage of superior MT performance, then yeah definitely worth the outlay, but for me...nah...
Its not as if an OC 3770k is a slouch, even when paired with a 1080ti - yes some bottlenecking may occur, but not enough IMO, to warrant that sort of cash to upgrade.
(But then again, I'm a cheap **** :P)
 
gavinh87 said:
You wouldn't with that potato 290.
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1200Mhz 290X. Probably the best potato I've ever had, but I can't tell with Vega either. You see, unless you obsessively run benchmarks at potato resolutions with a really highend Nvidia cards you won't be able to tell difference between all the usual suspects, as you're benchmarking the Nvidia driver more than the system. Oh wait it's Gavin...
 
jigger said:
1200Mhz 290X. Probably the best potato I've ever had, but I can't tell with Vega either. You see, unless you obsessively run benchmarks at potato resolutions with a really highend Nvidia cards you won't be able to tell difference between all the usual suspects, as you're benchmarking the Nvidia driver more than the system. Oh wait it's Gavin...
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It could be 1500mhz and it would still be a potato.
 
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