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When do I need to upgrade my 4790k?
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The whole pc scene is like this. Wait for this wait for that, if we kept waiting we would still be on core2duos lol. Besides that nobody knows if x299 is going to be worth it.
It's not an issue for most. 3-4 months is not long when it comes to a full build potentially lasting years. Those wanting the best gaming performance will happily wait. It won't be worth it in the sense of value for money, but if you want the best, as with most things, you pay more money. I think it's safe to say 4.2 will be the minimum realistic overclock for the 6 cores and even at that speed, ryzen won't match it for gaming. By the time ryzen 7 does take over thanks to increased core count, both chips will have long been surpassed I'd imagine.
What is this opinion based on?
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A GPU upgrade makes more sense. Spending hundreds on new motherboard, processor and RAM will give marginal improvements at best compared to what you have. I have the same processor and am sure it will last for a few more years for gaming, hell, even my productivity work is OpenCL now so I cant even use that excuse to go Ryzen for moar cores!
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Nothing wrong with that cpu.
You don't need to upgrade yet, your 4790k will be fine with a 1080 Ti. I'm doing the same with a 4770k and won't be upgrading that for another year or so. When I do upgrade I'll be going for more cores. Ryzen and it's pricing has changed what I think of as being a worthwhile upgrade, and the 7700k doesn't cut it.
Yes that's why I upgrade my GPU regularly but have had the same CPU since my first build at the end of 2014.
I just don't want to be in a situation where my CPU is holding back my GPU.
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I would wait. An i7 is fine for the short and medium term, maybe with DX12 more cores will be an advantage but marginal IPC gains on another 4c8t processor will never pay off IMO.
well its going to be skylake cores so it should be pretty good.
Haswell-e clocking, broadwell-e clocking, skylake performance on 4c/8t and ryzen results so far. It will likely be poor value, but it will be the best.
You need to upgrade if you want to make sure your PC is running as fast as possible, or you just like upgrading your system.
You don't need to upgrade if you are playing current games and are looking for a decent performance increase.
That's my guess.
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The 4790k still has at least 2 more years before it starts to show it's age in gaming situations, but in the event that you do upgrade, go for the enthusiast platform (x99, x299) theres currently very little to gain from upgrading to the skylake or kaby lake top of the line CPUs when compared with the 4790k. Just save your money and stick with it for the time being.
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It's not worth the upgrade yet. Kaby Lake systems will offer an increase in performance but then you will also be needing to buy into DDR4 memory which is sky high right now.
Simply put, it doesn't make financial sense to upgrade from a rock solid cpu.
A friend of mine has upgraded to an i7 7700k but he came from a Sandy Bridge i3 so that was like night and day.
Upgrading from a 4790k is a lot more of a side grade.
Maybe if the next year's CPUs have Intel replacing 4 core i7s with 6 cores or AMD Zen+ chips are hitting over 4.5GHz then that's the time to jump in.
Simply put, it doesn't make financial sense to upgrade from a rock solid cpu.
A friend of mine has upgraded to an i7 7700k but he came from a Sandy Bridge i3 so that was like night and day.
Upgrading from a 4790k is a lot more of a side grade.
Maybe if the next year's CPUs have Intel replacing 4 core i7s with 6 cores or AMD Zen+ chips are hitting over 4.5GHz then that's the time to jump in.
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I'm running a 4790k @ 4.5 with a 3440x1440 res monitor, The gpu is the only component that needs upgrading at the moment,
When you look at Ryzen gaming graphs the 4790k still sits in the top 10 and usually around 5th or 6th,
Basically I'm in no rush to upgrade from the 4790k as while Skylake and Kabylake do run games faster
the increase is not worth the cost when you factor in ddr4 ram as well as the motherboard and chip.
The 4790k does not struggle with gaming and has plenty of years left in it,
I may upgrade once the 6 core Coffeelake and Zen 2 ranges are out next year but that's
because I want more cores for multi-tasking..
When you look at Ryzen gaming graphs the 4790k still sits in the top 10 and usually around 5th or 6th,
Basically I'm in no rush to upgrade from the 4790k as while Skylake and Kabylake do run games faster
the increase is not worth the cost when you factor in ddr4 ram as well as the motherboard and chip.
The 4790k does not struggle with gaming and has plenty of years left in it,
I may upgrade once the 6 core Coffeelake and Zen 2 ranges are out next year but that's
because I want more cores for multi-tasking..
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It really isn't. This advice comes from the fact that there is no point in upgrading to Kabylake from a Haswell chip. The performance increase just doesn't warrant it. Maybe x299 offers a worthwhile upgrade and waiting costs nothing. Unless you think advising someone to throw away their money is a good idea.
This sums up the CPU market for me. On 6700k and there is no way, thanks to AMD, I would move from a 4 core 8 thread CPU to another 4/8 cpu. The advantages of Ryzen 8 core are clear to see. Maybe Intel comes up with something or Ryzen 2 or 3 offers a worthwhile upgrade in the future but nothing short of that would see me even think about upgrading.
Where did I suggest that he upgrades? I'm saying that in every upgrade thread there is always one person saying wait for xxxx