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Would you upgrade?

My 4790k is getting 4.8ghz post-delid. However, I'm wondering if there's anything that I'm really missing out on with the newer platforms (6th and 7th gen intel). Off the top of my head, there's DDR4 memory with a higher cap (32 to 64, but even 32gb is overkill), more PCI lanes, better IO on the motherboards, etc. I would be looking at either a 7700k, 6800k, or 6850k if I upgraded. Truthfully I'm probably being antsy and my rig is probably just fine, I'm just curious as to what other's opinions are on the matter, and if there's anything I'm without that would be worth the upgrade.

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I'd wait until you start to encounter bottlenecks based on what you use the computer for.  More offerings will be out by then, new features, perhaps better pricing and you'll have a wider field to choose from.

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2 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

I'd wait until you start to encounter bottlenecks based on what you use the computer for.  More offerings will be out by then, new features, perhaps better pricing and you'll have a wider field to choose from.

Very true. Admittedly I'm also toying with the idea of going to ryzen, but I think I'd rather wait for a second iteration of the architecture in terms of reliability/performance, especially with the sort of "rise and fall" that happened with this platform (referencing the hype and then the poor bios optimizations at launch). I'll probably just run this chip into the ground and go from there

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If you need more cores, upgrade to Ryzen. If you don't need more cores, keep your 4790K and see if you can overclock it further with a bit more voltage. Upgrading to a 7700K/6700K is a sidegrade, not really an upgrade. 

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No point I moved from a 4790k @ 4.8Ghz to a 6850k (more PCI lanes than 6800). Sitting at a stable 4.4Ghz and its as quick per core as a 6700k, just more of them... I notice no difference. DDR4 is just another benchmark pleaser its not any quicker for real world uses.

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2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

If you need more cores, upgrade to Ryzen. If you don't need more cores, keep your 4790K and see if you can overclock it further with a bit more voltage. Upgrading to a 7700K/6700K is a sidegrade, not really an upgrade. 

Very fair. Unfortunately I'm at my peak with this overclock, coming in at 1.36V. In order for 4.9ghz to be stable, I have to crank up to 1.42, which runs a bit too hot for my liking

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Just now, spadz93 said:

Very fair. Unfortunately I'm at my peak with this overclock, coming in at 1.36V. In order for 4.9ghz to be stable, I have to crank up to 1.42, which runs a bit too hot for my liking

You can try 4.85GHz with less than 1.4V if you want. Anyways, you should wait for X299 and Ryzen 2 before upgrading, your 4790K should be fine for now :D

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Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

You can try 4.85GHz with less than 1.4V if you want. Anyways, you should wait for X299 and Ryzen 2 before upgrading, your 4790K should be fine for now :D

True, could dive in and change the b-clock and see how far that gets me. Something to do on a rainy day I suppose. Yeah the more I read the more it makes sense to just wait for the next generation of things to roll out, especially since I just took a hit on a dual custom loop setup

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Looking at numbers in a bench is one thing, but there is no massive difference between intel's CPU's, First gen i series to Ivy are all comparable.

Haswell is the only arch since to make a noticeable leap over Nehalem, and Skylake/ Kaby is the same story, barely any difference.

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4 minutes ago, UglyDuckiling said:

Looking at numbers in a bench is one thing, but there is no massive difference between intel's CPU's, First gen i series to Ivy are all comparable.

Haswell is the only arch since to make a noticeable leap over Nehalem, and Skylake/ Kaby is the same story, barely any difference.

Agreed. I'll hold off for now then, more focused on turning my 1070 SLI setup into a single 1080ti anyway 

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Absolutely not, save your money until your CPU is really holding you back.

 

What kind of applications are you running? Just games? Or workstation kind of applications?

 

If you are just gaming, the CPU is definitely still fast enough.

 

If you want to do workstation stuff, you might look at getting a 8 core Ryzen, but even then, its probably better to wait another year or 2 until you would see a huge performance boost is upgrading.

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Wait for 10nm Canon Lake CPUs.

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1 hour ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

...., you should wait for X299 and Ryzen 2 before upgrading, your 4790K should be fine for now :D

My thoughts exactly!

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24 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Absolutely not, save your money until your CPU is really holding you back.

 

What kind of applications are you running? Just games? Or workstation kind of applications?

 

If you are just gaming, the CPU is definitely still fast enough.

 

If you want to do workstation stuff, you might look at getting a 8 core Ryzen, but even then, its probably better to wait another year or 2 until you would see a huge performance boost is upgrading.

I'm all around, gaming, video editing, audio editing, and then the usual web browing/netflx. Your point still stands though, there's nothing on the market (at least that's properly optimized) for my application that would net a huge performance increase, so no point

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