Thinking of upgrading my PC, should I?

[boozerc]

Currently looking at the following parts:

 

INTEL: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=8f4726f1-2447-4c2d-acfc-4b0d4d14b2e9

AMD: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=99692cd0-19f4-4209-9916-b7410577c3cb

 

This is my current system:
 

• CPU
  Intel Core i5-4690K
• Motherboard
  MSI Z97 Gaming 3
• RAM
  Corsair Vengeance 16 Gb 1600 Mhz
• GPU
  EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB FTW3
• Case
  Fractal Design - Define S
• Storage
  128Gb Samsung 840, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO, 1Tb WD Black
• PSU
  Corsair RM650
• Cooling
  Noctua - NH-D15S

   

   

  Any opinios, suggestions and/or thoughts? Thank you in advance!

[Juular]

For gaming ? For the same-ish price, comparing i9 9900k and AMD R9 3900X, Intel will be way ahead. But you don't need neither motherboard so expensive, get Gigabyte Pro WiFi, nor 32GB RAM for gaming. But i'm actually not sure if it worth it, i'd suggest getting i7 4770k\4790k on eBay and OC'ing the shit out of it, it will be maybe 15-20% slower than i9 9900k in games but costs way less. Also, delidding it would help with thermals.

[Noah0302]

Well,

do you want all out 1080p high refresh gaming or do you want to sacrifice a couple of FPS for more cores so you can do stuff like video editing better?

[leo1798]

 

Your CPU is currently a huge bottleneck and will only get worse as applications and games require more and more threads. Depending on your budget, you can either snag an i7 for the same platform as a short-term band-aid, or you could pony up and get one of the platforms that you have selected. I'd reccomend going with the 3900x because it's within 5% of the 9900k when tested across a wide variety of games and you can close the gap even further by using the Ryzen DRAM calculator (source: Hardware Unboxed). In everything else, excluding photoshop and a few older applications, it will stomp all over the 9900k. I'd also recommend going with a 32GB Crucial Ballistix kit instead of the Corsair one as it uses Micron E-Die and overclocks better (Or a kit of G.Skill Flare X which uses Samsung B-Die). Or you could just get the 3700x and save a bit because 12 cores is a bit excessive and you don't lose much gaming performance.

[boozerc]

13 minutes ago, Juular said:

For gaming ? For the same-ish price, comparing i9 9900k and AMD R9 3900X, Intel will be way ahead. But you don't need neither motherboard so expensive, get Gigabyte Pro WiFi, nor 32GB RAM for gaming. But i'm actually not sure if it worth it, i'd suggest getting i7 4770k\4790k on eBay and OC'ing the shit out of it, it will be maybe 15-20% slower than i9 9900k in games but costs way less. Also, delidding it would help with thermals.

Mainly for gaming. Maybe a few simulation tools here and there for work: Xilinx and OrCAD. 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Noah0302 said:

Well,

do you want all out 1080p high refresh gaming or do you want to sacrifice a couple of FPS for more cores so you can do stuff like video editing better?

Currently gaming on 3440x1440 120Hz. 

 

 

1 minute ago, leo1798 said:

 

Your CPU is currently a huge bottleneck and will only get worse as applications and games require more and more threads. Depending on your budget, you can either snag an i7 for the same platform as a short-term band-aid, or you could pony up and get one of the platforms that you have selected. I'd reccomend going with the 3900x because it's within 5% of the 9900k when tested across a wide variety of games and you can close the gap even further by using the Ryzen DRAM calculator (source: Hardware Unboxed). In everything else, excluding photoshop and a few older applications, it will stomp all over the 9900k. I'd also recommend going with a 32GB Crucial Ballistix kit instead of the Corsair one as it uses Micron E-Die and overclocks better.

Thank you for the RAM recommendation. I also thought about getting a 4790k as Juular said above, but I might as well get on the newer platforms.  

[leo1798]

1 minute ago, boozerc said:

Mainly for gaming. Maybe a few simulation tools here and there for work: Xilinx and OrCAD. 

 

 

Currently gaming on 3440x1440 120Hz. 

 

 

Thank you for the RAM recommendation. I also thought about getting a 4790k as Juular said above, but I might as well get on the newer platforms.  

Yeah I'd definitely go with Ryzen because you don't need the 9900k for the niche 1080p 240Hz gaming use-case. I'd also recommend just doing a full platform upgrade because older i7's are overpriced anyways because people know that they can charge more and still have it be cheaper than a full platform upgrade.