i7-8700k to AMD R9 3900x?

[Maihym]

Title pretty much says it all, should I upgrade?

[SkilledRebuilds]

1 minute ago, Maihym said:

Title pretty much says it all, should I upgrade?

What isn't happening that you want to happen?

 

iE - What's troubling YOUR CPU now?

Or are you just hit by the upgrade bug...?

[AntiTrust]

I wonder this sometimes when I run my huge excel sheets and they chug away saying calculating... 12 threads... 

[Maihym]

12 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

What isn't happening that you want to happen?

 

iE - What's troubling YOUR CPU now?

Or are you just hit by the upgrade bug...?

Upgrade bug pretty much

[Mister Woof]

Gaming will be a downgrade.

Most other things will be imperceptible.

Some heavy CPU stuff like rendering/etc. will be greatly improved.

[Mister Woof]

15 minutes ago, Maihym said:

Upgrade bug pretty much

If you have the upgrade bug, consider other things.

 

I was considering upgrading, but ended up just spending the money on peripherals and displays.

[Oswin]

14 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

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thats a nice chart @zeusthemoose!

 

what's your use case of your pc?

would recommend waiting for zen 3 if you must upgrade.

[SkilledRebuilds]

I'm in the same boat too..

4790K 4.7Ghz has some strong IPC, but the amount of cores is lacking for the smoothest experience.
Luckily... GTX1070 not a 2080Ti but the Nv3000 series has me eying 3900X (video project boosts) and ample CPU for years to come.

But 2nd Gen wasn't enough, 3rd Gen gets there,.. but without a GPU to worry about yet,.. I'm not phased until the end of the year.

[Maihym]

4 hours ago, Oswin said:

thats a nice chart @zeusthemoose!

 

what's your use case of your pc?

would recommend waiting for zen 3 if you must upgrade.

Why do you recommend zen 3? What's better about zen 3?

[Maihym]

4 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

If you have the upgrade bug, consider other things.

 

I was considering upgrading, but ended up just spending the money on peripherals and displays.

I mean I dont really know what else to get though. I'm fine with my monitor and everything else. I have a 4k monitor, wireless headset, wireless/wired keyboard, and a decent mouse that I have no issues with. My motherboard has built in wifi so it's not like I need a wifi card or something. I currently have 1tb of SSD and 2tb of HDD so I'm good on storage. I kinda feel like I could get a better CPU for better performance. Here's my current build though https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VThyRk

[xg32]

3 minutes ago, Maihym said:

I mean I dont really know what else to get though. I'm fine with my monitor and everything else. I have a 4k monitor, wireless headset, wireless/wired keyboard, and a decent mouse that I have no issues with. My motherboard has built in wifi so it's not like I need a wifi card or something. I currently have 1tb of SSD and 2tb of HDD so I'm good on storage. I kinda feel like I could get a better CPU for better performance. Here's my current build though https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VThyRk

if u have an upgrade bug and go from 8700k to 3900x ull be disappointed of the single core performance difference, wait for zen 3.

 

IMCs have improved dramatically in the last 2 gens, so remember to get the best ram u can afford and have some fun (just ram alone can have a 5-10% diff), u can uhh even do that now since u have a hero 

[Haro]

14 hours ago, Maihym said:

should I upgrade?

no unless you need the 12 core, the 8700k is still good, what made you want to upgrade? 

if you really want an upgrade wait for zen 3 and then decide if you want to switch to a different platform.

[Maihym]

28 minutes ago, xg32 said:

if u have an upgrade bug and go from 8700k to 3900x ull be disappointed of the single core performance difference, wait for zen 3.

 

IMCs have improved dramatically in the last 2 gens, so remember to get the best ram u can afford and have some fun (just ram alone can have a 5-10% diff), u can uhh even do that now since u have a hero 

Yeah I'm sure my ram could use an upgrade haha but will zen 3 support ddr4? I have no problem with waiting if it's gonna be more bang for my buck.

25 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

no unless you need the 12 core, the 8700k is still good, what made you want to upgrade? 

if you really want an upgrade wait for zen 3 and then decide if you want to switch to a different platform.

Well I've definetly noticed a really high cpu usage when playing warzone and trying to and the same thing with star citizen but my biggest thing is that I want a smaller build that looks nice and clean. I don't really need rgb or anything fancy like that as I kinda planned for the parts to be hidden and to not have a see thru case

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Maihym said:

Well I've definetly noticed a really high cpu usage when playing warzone

yea that's normal lol. 

 

10 hours ago, Maihym said:

use an upgrade haha but will zen 3 support ddr4?

it will yes. and dont worry abour ddr5 as it will take a long while until it becomes widely available for consumers.

 

10 hours ago, Maihym said:

build that looks nice and clean.

as i said, just wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer and then decide if you want to switch to a different platform.

[Maihym]

49 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

yea that's normal lol. 

 

it will yes. and dont worry abour ddr5 as it will take a long while until it becomes widely available for consumers.

 

as i said, just wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer and then decide if you want to switch to a different platform.

Yeah I think that's what I'm gonna do, I have no problem waiting for zen3 and seeing if that's what I want

[zeusthemoose]

6 hours ago, Oswin said:

thats a nice chart @zeusthemoose!

Thank you! It’s from a Linus live stream