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CloudyG
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I was wanting some input on whether or not I should upgrade to a Ryzen 7 2700x, wait for 3rd gen Ryzen, or not upgrade at all from a 4790k (will be paired with 1080 ti for 1440p 144hz gaming, 4k footage will be edited and rendered as well)

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If you're not in rush just wait, the prices on are unlikely to go up and 4790k isn't that bad of a CPU

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I’d definitely wait no need to spend money if you don’t have to right now

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13 minutes ago, CloudyG said:

I was wanting some input on whether or not I should upgrade to a Ryzen 7 2700x, wait for 3rd gen Ryzen, or not upgrade at all from a 4790k (will be paired with 1080 ti for 1440p 144hz gaming, 4k footage will be edited and rendered as well)

Personally i upgraded from 4770K to an 8700K because i got it for 100$ otherwise i was waiting for Zen 2. 4790K ain't quite good enough for 1440p with 1080ti in some titles and the 8700K is defenetly a lot smoother and faster overall but i think 2700X is worse than 4790K in most games though.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
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I am wait for Zen 2 myself. Less than 6 months most likely.

Gaming Rig:CPU: Xeon E3-1230 v2¦RAM: 16GB DDR3 Balistix 1600Mhz¦MB: MSI Z77A-G43¦HDD: 480GB SSD, 3.5TB HDDs¦GPU: AMD Radeon VII¦PSU: FSP 700W¦Case: Carbide 300R

 

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I wouldn't consider the Ryzen 7 2700X personally, either the i7 9700K or wait for Ryzen 2.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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1 minute ago, Madgemade said:

I am wait for Zen 2 myself. Less than 6 months most likely.

Most likely, is a good guess.  And guess it is.

 

6 months is a long time or not long, depending on your needs.

 

Only you can answer that, but I know I suck at waiting...  see the sig for impulse control issues...

 

What is your 4790K OC'd to?

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx : AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

- Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

- MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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56 minutes ago, RobFRaschke said:

I can't believe I'm the first person to ask, but upgrade from what?

Probably because you're the first person that can't read.

Ryzen 3800X + MEG ACE w/ Radeon VII + 3733 c14 Trident Z RGB in a Custom Loop powered by Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium
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Just now, ChewToy! said:

Probably because you're the first person that can't read.

I just re-read the post, I completely misread it the first time. Yup, I'm fired. I'm taking the Ross defense, I'm on vacation, it counts as a break, so we were on a break, it doesn't count.

 

I would definitely wait, the 4790K is good enough for a few more months till we at least know what Zen 2 will be like. We're close enough now, if you had needed a system before christmas, I'd say go for a Zen+, but you can survive a few months now, and when it gets really close, you can OC the snot out of it, just for fun, and burn it out, but see what it would really do if you didn't care about reliability. It's actually a really fun way to retire a CPU. 

 

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Just now, RobFRaschke said:

I just re-read the post, I completely misread it the first time. Yup, I'm fired. I'm taking the Ross defense, I'm on vacation, it counts as a break, so we were on a break, it doesn't count.

 

lol it happens.. I do it all the time..

Ryzen 3800X + MEG ACE w/ Radeon VII + 3733 c14 Trident Z RGB in a Custom Loop powered by Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium
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