Worth upgrading to 10700K from 6700K?

[KaptainKloss]

Hi all, 

Have been running a 6700K for the last 4-5 years at 4.2 GHZ, and was wondering if its worth upgrading to the 10700K. My thing is, I am looking to keep my next CPU for another 4-5 years and wondering if this was a good move. I know Rocket Lake is on the horizon, but given new Nvidia cards and the possibility of PCI-E 4 benefits, I wouldn't want to upgrade and then have to do a major rehaul two years down the road to support new standards.

 

I understand the value proposition of Ryzen, but since my PC is primarily for gaming, I'd like the extra frames. Also play at 1440P. I know we don't have benchmarks yet but just wanted some initial thoughts. Thanks.

[ZephCloud]

10700k is pcie3.0...msi did make all z490 board pcie 4.0 ready...but intel did not say will it support 11th gen cpu...they could have a new chipset again..

[Warin]

If you can squeeze another 8-12 months out of your existing rig, I would do that and see what the 11th gen Intel processors look like.  That way you can be a little more future proof regarding PCIe 4.0.

[Enderman]

PCIe 4.0 won't matter as GPUs alredy don't even fully use PCIe 3.0.

[SyedHamed]

8 minutes ago, KaptainKloss said:

Hi all, 

Have been running a 6700K for the last 4-5 years at 4.2 GHZ, and was wondering if its worth upgrading to the 10700K. My thing is, I am looking to keep my next CPU for another 4-5 years and wondering if this was a good move. I know Rocket Lake is on the horizon, but given new Nvidia cards and the possibility of PCI-E 4 benefits, I wouldn't want to upgrade and then have to do a major rehaul two years down the road to support new standards.

 

I understand the value proposition of Ryzen, but since my PC is primarily for gaming, I'd like the extra frames. Also play at 1440P. I know we don't have benchmarks yet but just wanted some initial thoughts. Thanks.

Whatever Intel or Amd launches right now it's a proper waste if you seek long term upgradability and reliability with newer software requirements.10th gen is nothing but 9th gen cpus with smt and more power consumption to put all the juices on the table hence lga1200 with the extra 49 pins from lga1151 for power delivery and that's it. And pci-e gen4 is nothing but a marketing stunt for now cause only some nvme drives take advantage of it but only perform 1-2 sec better than 6gbps sata ssd. And 10th gen intel cpus don't even support gen4, so I'd wait for the 11th fen to frop to see anything worth from intel and longevity of the socket itself. 

And for the AMD section, am4 is gonna die in 2020. So, I wouldn't buy the new x670 motherboards and any new chipset or any existing parts and be a crybaby. 

In short, if you want longevity, upgradability, wait for the 11th gen intel to see what it offers and also for the new socket AMD gonna launch and with their history it'll be around for at least 4 generations and you can be as flexible as you want with your system. 

If you're not that patient like many, you should consider 3700x from amd and a good x570 motherboard and it should get you through with enough muscle power left for at least 5 years from now. Going with intel with the current lineup is nothing but fanboy stuff and waste of money. Btw, i have a 9600k oc at 5ghz and would've gone amd without a doubt if amd had launched zen3 that time. 

 

[GDRRiley]

27 minutes ago, KaptainKloss said:

I understand the value proposition of Ryzen, but since my PC is primarily for gaming, I'd like the extra frames. Also play at 1440P. I know we don't have benchmarks yet but just wanted some initial thoughts. Thanks.

Get a 3900x on x570 given that 1440p you are GPU not CPU bottlenecked or wait till the fall for a 4900x as that should be 10-20% faster.

[Mister Woof]

6700kj is perfectly fine for gaming if that's all you do.

 

look at recent 3300x gaming reviews. its on par with a 7700k, and your 6700k is basically the same.

 

i'd wait.

[Falkentyne]

2 hours ago, KaptainKloss said:

Hi all, 

Have been running a 6700K for the last 4-5 years at 4.2 GHZ, and was wondering if its worth upgrading to the 10700K. My thing is, I am looking to keep my next CPU for another 4-5 years and wondering if this was a good move. I know Rocket Lake is on the horizon, but given new Nvidia cards and the possibility of PCI-E 4 benefits, I wouldn't want to upgrade and then have to do a major rehaul two years down the road to support new standards.

 

I understand the value proposition of Ryzen, but since my PC is primarily for gaming, I'd like the extra frames. Also play at 1440P. I know we don't have benchmarks yet but just wanted some initial thoughts. Thanks.

What's your budget?

Also ask yourself: are you unhappy with your current CPU performance when your video card is being held back by the CPU?

 

That matters.

If you can afford it, a 6700k to 10700k (9900k on Z490) would be a NICE boost, plus it would overclock much better too.  6700k's tended to top out at around 4.7 ghz.

Personally, I would jump all over Z490 if I were on any older 4 core.

[KaptainKloss]

10 hours ago, Falkentyne said:

What's your budget?

Also ask yourself: are you unhappy with your current CPU performance when your video card is being held back by the CPU?

 

That matters.

If you can afford it, a 6700k to 10700k (9900k on Z490) would be a NICE boost, plus it would overclock much better too.  6700k's tended to top out at around 4.7 ghz.

Personally, I would jump all over Z490 if I were on any older 4 core.

I’m not budget constrained, my thing is with new consoles coming out there is going to be a shift towards more threads and cores for AAA titles. Maybe not this year, but quite possibly next. I’m just wondering whether the benefits of waiting for a new chip architecture are worth it. 
 

Or a shift to Ryzen Zen3 not sure anymore.