8700k Is it time to upgrade my 8700k?

[w1nger1]

Currently using 8700k with 3080.

Have a 1440 GSync 144hz monitor.

 

I play all kind of AAA games and occasionally edit some drones footage on Davinci. 

 

Should I even consider the new AMD CPU?

 

Any comments will be appreciated, thanks. 

[porina]

From a pure gaming perspective the gains will not be significant. It could be argued more for the video editing side it might be worth going for a much higher core count, but you'll have to decide if the performance difference is worth the cost.

 

BTW I'm running an 8086k and also using it for gaming 1440p/144 + video editing (Vegas), so very similar use case. I have a "spare" Intel 12 core I want to move to for video editing if I ever get organised enough, leaving the 6 core for pure gaming.

[Mateyyy]

Do you find that your 8700K is lacking the performance you need?

[w1nger1]

4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Do you find that your 8700K is lacking the performance you need?

I think I'm leaning more a want more than need.

I am not too familiar with AMD, so I think I need to do more research before I can make an educated decision. 

[porina]

2 minutes ago, w1nger1 said:

I think I'm leaning more a want more than need.

I am not too familiar with AMD, so I think I need to do more research before I can make an educated decision. 

As an additional thought, video editing can make use of GPU acceleration, and I have no idea how much the CPU and GPU figure into that balance. So that should also be an area of investigation. Getting 2x more core CPU might not result in 2x faster rendering speed.

[homeap5]

46 minutes ago, w1nger1 said:

Should I even consider the new AMD CPU?

IMO - no. Stay with very good and powerful processor you already have.