Upgrading from 3770K

[GJERDE]

Hi! 
As Black Friday is approaching, I want to upgrade my computer. It's been a "few" years since I built this machine, and I'm not following recent hardware changes. From what i've read, Ryzen 3600/3700X is really good for the price, and i'm wondering if I should go for one of those, or Intel 9600k or 9700k.
I don't stream, and have no intentions of doing so in the future. I currently have two 1080p 60hz monitors, but want to upgrade to 1440p or 4k in the future(does not have to be over 60hz).

Games I play/want to play in the future:

• DCS: World
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 
• Arma 3
• Star Citizen
• Microsoft flight simulator 2020 (I know we don't know the requirements for this yet) 
• Assassin's Creed
• Other casual games

As you can see, I mostly play chill games where you don't need blazing fast frame rates, but lately my computer have been struggling with even 60fps at some games.  

 

So I need help figuring out what's the best upgrade i can do now, I know I could upgrade my GPU, but it's not that old, and I probably need to upgrade CPU, RAM and motherboard soon anyway. 

 

Curent computer

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Samsung 860 Pro 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[flashiling]

seems like an okay build when i look at it.

your gpu is still a good one so that shouldn't need upping unless you wanna play 4k ultra on a lot of games.

maybe up your ram to DDR4 and maybe the motherboard along with it.

 

[GJERDE]

3 minutes ago, flashiling said:

seems like an okay build when i look at it.

your gpu is still a good one so that shouldn't need upping unless you wanna play 4k ultra on a lot of games.

maybe up your ram to DDR4 and maybe the motherboard along with it.

 

That's what i want to do. If I want to upgrade to DDR4 I need a new motherboard and CPU. Im asking if I should go AMD or Intel. 

[Sauron]

 

11 minutes ago, GJERDE said:

lately my computer have been struggling with even 60fps at some games.  

What games? A 3770k should still allow you to reach 60fps no problem even in modern games so maybe there's some other problem here. Have you checked your cpu/gpu usage when you get drops? What about the thermals? You could try overclocking the cpu a little to see if that closes the gap.

[GJERDE]

3 minutes ago, Sauron said:

 

What games? A 3770k should still allow you to reach 60fps no problem even in modern games so maybe there's some other problem here. Have you checked your cpu/gpu usage when you get drops? What about the thermals? You could try overclocking the cpu a little to see if that closes the gap.

Kingdom Come is the game I have been playing most lately, and I'm often dropping to low 30s when running into a city. Other than that its stable around 50-60fps.
CPU is running at 4.2Ghz. Had it at 4,4 for a while but I got BSOD sometimes so I just lowered it.  Don't really remember my CPU temps, but it shouldn't be throttling.

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, GJERDE said:

Kingdom Come

Doesn't look like it's your cpu's fault then, looking at benchmarks KC seems to be an extremely taxing game on any GPU on ultra settings and according to techpowerup a 4c/8t cpu is more than enough for 1080p60fps. Just because the average is higher than 60 doesn't mean you won't get any dips every so often. It's also worth noting that as you go higher with your resolution (e.g. going for 4k) your cpu will matter less and less and you'll be increasingly GPU bound.

[GJERDE]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

Doesn't look like it's your cpu's fault then, looking at benchmarks KC seems to be an extremely taxing game on any GPU on ultra settings and according to techpowerup a 4c/8t cpu is more than enough for 1080p60fps. Just because the average is higher than 60 doesn't mean you won't get any dips every so often. It's also worth noting that as you go higher with your resolution (e.g. going for 4k) your cpu will matter less and less and you'll be increasingly GPU bound.

Maybe I should wait then, and upgrade when NVIDIA releases 3XXX series of GPUs.

[GoldenLag]

29 minutes ago, GJERDE said:

Ryzen 3600/3700X is really good for the price, and i'm wondering if I should go for one of those, or Intel 9600k or 9700k

only CPU not worth considering 9600k due to only 6 cores and no-ht. 

 

and i usually place place the 3700x higher than the 9700k, even tho the 9700k usually delivers higher fps, sacrifising HT for it is not really worth it