Intel or amd upgrade

[djsy100]

Hi guys!

I am currently rocking an i5 4690k overclocked to 4.6ghz with a aio cooler and 16gb of ram and gtx 1070 ftw, but was wondering if I should upgrade the cpu to a 2nd hand i7 4790k? They on average go for around £150 to £190 on eBay here in the uk, or should I wait for the b550 motherboards to come out and get a 3300x new ram and new motherboard. I’m only playing various games including triple A new titles on my 1080p tv and have no plans to upgrade to 4K yet.

cheers for any input

 

[bmx6454]

4 minutes ago, djsy100 said:

Hi guys!

I am currently rocking an i5 4690k overclocked to 4.6ghz with a aio cooler and 16gb of ram and gtx 1070 ftw, but was wondering if I should upgrade the cpu to a 2nd hand i7 4790k? They on average go for around £150 to £190 on eBay here in the uk, or should I wait for the b550 motherboards to come out and get a 3300x new ram and new motherboard. I’m only playing various games including triple A new titles on my 1080p tv and have no plans to upgrade to 4K yet.

cheers for any input

 

i would go with amd, more power for the $ imo. you can also get a 450 board for cheap, just make sure it ships with the bios update for 3000.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Putting down my Titan bubble in preparation of the eventual nonstop AMD comments 

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9 minutes ago, djsy100 said:

Hi guys!

I am currently rocking an i5 4690k overclocked to 4.6ghz with a aio cooler and 16gb of ram and gtx 1070 ftw, but was wondering if I should upgrade the cpu to a 2nd hand i7 4790k? They on average go for around £150 to £190 on eBay here in the uk, or should I wait for the b550 motherboards to come out and get a 3300x new ram and new motherboard. I’m only playing various games including triple A new titles on my 1080p tv and have no plans to upgrade to 4K yet.

cheers for any input

On a serious note, your 4690k should still be good enough for 1080P gaming for the next while. So I wouldn't even be thinking about a platform upgrade if I were you. Though... I'm still rocking a platform that's a decade old by now so... what I do know. 

[Dutch_Master]

Depends on how heavy you load your games and what else you do on the machine. If you're just gaming and browsing, get the 2nd hand Intel proc, otherwise, wait for the B550 boards to become available.

[Sakkura]

5 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Back on the serious note. Your 4690k should still be good enough for 1080P gaming for the next while. So I wouldn't even be thinking about a platform upgrade if I were you. Though... I'm still rocking a platform that's a decade old by now so... what I do know. 

Screen resolution doesn't really affect the required CPU performance. If anything, a lower resolution lets the GPU draw more frames per second, shifting the bottleneck to the CPU (but at a higher framerate, so it's less critical).

[djsy100]

So maybe try to pick up a 2nd hand i7 4790k if I get one at a good price and maybe hold out till ddr 5 and new platforms in the process 

[Brooksie359]

I would definitely go with amd as you get ddr4 and a new platform that support an actual upgrade if and when you need more horsepower. I mean you could drop a 12 cores easy later down the road of you needed to. 

[GDRRiley]

if you can get one for under 150-175 it is worth it. moving to am4 and a 3300x is going to be 225-250 and for a real upgrade a 3600 is going to be like 300-325

[djsy100]

Managed to pick up i7 4790k for £130 plus £5 p&p, only 1 owner and he has had it for 3 years and it’s never been overclocked. I think I got a bit of a bargain with that as well as picking up a 2tb ssd for another £145 brand new (Kingston a400).

My 1tb hdd game drive is running out of room so I thought I would upgrade that too.