Noob Question Ryzen Gen 3

[anthonyc813]

Morning LTT,

 

     Started watching Computex vids on the YouTubes today as I am out of the tech loop for a while. I own the Intel i7 4790K along with a Z97 motherboard. Been told many times nothing out there today, aside from the very expensive CPU's, is a decent/major upgrade for me. Will the next wave of Ryzen CPU's be worth it in my shoes? Can I start to plan a new build? One with DDR4 RAM lol. 

     I love my rig. She has served me well. I bought the Vega 56 over the winter and still can play modern games with no issues. I believe I got the 4760K in 2014 or 2015. I have updated nearly every piece of hardware inside and out of my rig besides the CPU and RAM.

     Is it too early to say if a Ryzen Gen 3 is a massive improvement or can I start to look at those new shiny motherboards and cool looking RAM sticks? I went full RGBtard with all Corsair iCue pretty lights and I love it.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[Princess Luna]

Are you asking if you should upgrade your 4790K to a Zen 2 CPU?

 

I mean... it completely depends on you, not random people telling you "go for it". Are you currently satisfied with what you have? if you are then what is the point of upgrading?

 

A 4790K alongside a V56 sounds to me a perfectly balanced gaming system and if gaming is your priority and you feel you're not being limited by your CPU then upgrading it is pointless regardless how much of a performance boost and headroom you get.

[Master Disaster]

You answered you own question, until we see benchmarks we simply don't know.

 

That said, going from a 4670K to a Zen 2 will be a worthwhile upgrade even if Zen 2 doesn't match up to expectations.

[anthonyc813]

Cool thanks guys.