upgrading Is it worth upgrading?

[osbro]

Hey, my system is about 4-5 years old now and I'm wondering if I should upgrade or consider buying a brand new pc.. Last year I upgraded to a ASUS GTX 1080 turbo so that is still very fresh. My other specs are : i5-4690k, ASUS z97-K-CSM ATX, 16GB RAM, 750 Power supply, Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB. I mainly game and stream and I have been noticing a bit of lag in my gaming and streaming. I'm also pretty sure my HDD is dying because it's pretty loud when I boot up my pc and when I feel my case, I can feel sudden vibrations in the area where my HDD is located. 

 

I am aiming towards the i7-8700k for gaming,streaming and editing. I would also need help picking a motherboard if the upgrade is worth while.

[Cigano]

yes it's definitely worth while upgrading. I had a 4690k and I was very glad I upgraded. Battlefield would shudder like crazy and it was bottle necking my 1070ti. I replaced it with a 2700x and i'm really glad I did 

[IdiotPenguin]

You could stream with a 8700k but I'd probably switch to AMD for this one (2700x or somethin) with a x470 motherboard

[Jurrunio]

Also an SSD

[Guest]

I would start off by getting an SSD as your boot drive. 

[osbro]

Yea, I was planning on getting an SSD and maybe a new HDD. I'm leaning more to the 8700k only because I don't know much about AMD and from what I read online (not sure if it's true or not) is that intel cpu's are just better for both gaming and working. If I were to upgrade to the 8700k, what mobo would you recommend? 

 

[Brooksie359]

5 minutes ago, osbro said:

Yea, I was planning on getting an SSD and maybe a new HDD. I'm leaning more to the 8700k only because I don't know much about AMD and from what I read online (not sure if it's true or not) is that intel cpu's are just better for both gaming and working. If I were to upgrade to the 8700k, what mobo would you recommend? 

 

Intel is better for gaming but AMD is generally better for productivity. Obviously it's a bit more complicated than that with some workloads favoring Intel but for the most part if you are spending X amount of dollars you can get a more powerful cpu for work oriented tasks by going AMD rather than Intel. 

[osbro]

But if I'm leaning more to gaming then I should stick with intel? I game a lot but I'm also streaming more often and I'm getting into video editing and that stuff.

[osbro]

I'm also looking for a mobo that is kinda like the z97-k/cms (what I currently have) because I'm worried if I go for a https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119163&nm_mc=AFC-C8JunctionCA&cm_mmc=AFC-C8JunctionCA-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10592396&PID=3938566&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker%2C+LLC&cjevent=aa639edff27d11e880a5000a0a1c0e10 It won't fit in my rig.

 

 

 

This is what I had in mind.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$493.36 @ Amazon Canada
CPU Cooler	Corsair - H60 (2018) 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$84.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	Asus - PRIME Z370-A II ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$193.99 @ PC-Canada
Storage	Kingston - A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$84.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Seagate - FireCuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive	$99.99 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1147.31
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-27 14:52 EST-0500

 Opinions would help a lot!