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mak_m9
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So, I have an i7-4790 CPU and RTX 2070 GPU.

I realize that my PC is bottlenecked so I am wondering is it worth it to upgrade to an i7-9700k and will i need a new motherboard to go with it? 

How much of a performance boost will the processor give me?

 

 

Current PC specs:

CPU: Intel i7-4790

RAM: 16GB DDR3

GPU: ROG STRIX RTX 2070, 8GB GDDR6

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Memory: 1TB HDD, 240GB SSD

PSU: 660w

 

Monitor: Asus ROG PG279Q

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47 minutes ago, mak_m9 said:

So, I have an i7-4790 CPU and RTX 2070 GPU.

I know my PC is bottlenecked so I am wondering is it worth it to upgrade to an i7-9700k and will i need a new motherboard to go with it? 

How much of a performance boost will the processor give me?

 

 

Current PC specs:

CPU: Intel i7-4790

RAM: 16GB DDR3

GPU: ROG STRIX RTX 2070, 8GB GDDR6

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Memory: 1TB HDD, 240GB SSD

PSU: 660w

 

Monitor: Asus ROG PG279Q

You're better off getting a 3600 on a B450 or B550 (upcoming) board - will be far cheaper than a 9700K + cooler + Board

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Can’t say how much performance you’ll gain. Run some kind of game benchmark. Maybe one more cpu intensive and see how it it compared. 

 

Got rid of my 4790k a little while ago, holding back a mid tier 1080 too much. 

 

Way better in every way. 

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