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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.

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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!

 

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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.

Personal Desktop":

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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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.

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Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

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