Worth upgrading from 8700k

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I've had an 8700k system for about 6 years now. Just upgraded GPU to a 4080 from a 980, which was much needed.

Just wondering whether if it would be worth upgrading to the latest gen Intel, or waiting for the next Gen, which I believe is being accounted pretty soon?

 

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What do you use your pc for, and when gaming that resolution and refresh rate do you target?

Your CPU is absolutely holding you back for gaming, although that will diminish when going up in resolution.

Completely forgot the most important part! I use it for work and gaming. I'm a system admin and work from home. 90% of my work is remoting onto servers and using webguis.
I've also just got a new monitor which is 3840x1440@175hz.

i recently went from a 8700k at 4.8ghz and 3070 to a 7800x3d and 4070ti super and its a pretty big upgrade...

I've never had an ATI CPU but certainly open to it if it fits my usage! How long ago did you move to the 7800?

 

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It all depends on whether you need the core count or not.
For gaming...Ryzen 7800x3d is king. However it is only a 8c16t CPU
If you need the core count for your VM then the better choice may be the 14700k. This has 8p+12e cores with 28 threads.

In gaming workloads then14700k loses to the 7800x3d, but the 14700k wins in productivity workloads.
However, going with the intel is going into a dead end platform with no realistic upgrades and also a more power hungry CPU.

I don't need the core count for work stuff, all our VMs are server side and I never need to spin any up at home.

I am not even in the loop when in comes to AMD CPUs. Do they allow a upgrade path with newer gens without needing to replace the motherboard?

 

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True. And doubles as a room heater during winter lol

I wear shorts in winter as I'm always hot, I don't need any extra heat when I'm gaming. Sounds like my mind is getting swayed to AMD. Scary times for me, I've been intel for nearly 30 years!

 

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I think there's an argument for how necessary the extra cores and cache are needed for gaming, but if the games can't differentiate between which have the extra cache it's going to be a bad time.

Not gonna lie, I cba to sit through a video right now.

Regardless, for the OP a 7800XT seems to be the best bet given he seems to have remote access to VM's.

VMs I remote onto using rdp or a webgui, that shouldn't make me need to move away from a more gaming based CPU for productivity? All the work is being done server side...

 

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Your computer is entirely gaming orientated is my point, while you do use it for work said work is offloaded onto external devices.

The 7800X3D is by far your best bet, probably the best gaming CPU right now.

Sorry, you said 7800XT on your previous reply, so I was assuming it was a middle ground CPU for work and gaming.

 

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My apologies, I'm on my phone and it autocorrected, AMD has a painfully awful naming scheme which involves numbers that overlap with its CPU and GPU's.

No problem! I don't know anything at all about ATI CPUs or their naming schemes, so I got a little confused!! I did notice their GPUs have similar names though, when I was deciding whether to move to ATI before getting the 4080.

Thanks for the help, much appreciated!

 

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I never really cared about if there a cpu upgrade past or not as I always needed a new motherboard by the time I upgrade due other missing features that a new motherboard normally brings

I'm kind of the same. I tend to try and get eek out my hardware as long as possible. But I just got a new 34" ultra wide 1440p and a 4080, feel like I've been missing out for my tightness for a long time. ill probably not leave it as long next time, and there is always a fair market for a few years old mobo/CPU combos.