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Upgrade from Intel I5 4690K DDR3

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Hey, I’m planning on upgrading both my and my gfs computer, we’re both rocking a Intel i5 4690K 16GB DDR3 RAM. She has 2x GTX970 Sli, planned to upgrade to RTX3070 whenever they come back in stock and I got ahold of one RTX3070 for myself.

 

I’m originally planning to wait for DDR5 to come in stock and down in price to upgrade my setup to a i7 12700K or i5 12600k I use my pc for CAD, programming and AAA titles. Any pointers/ recommendations about my plan as well would be perfect. But what I’m really wondering about today is the upgrade to my gfs pc. She plays mostly FPS AAA titles (eks. Battlefield, Ghost Reckon Wildlands, Overwatch), WoW, and it takes two atm.

 

I have 2 builds I’ve looked at for her:

Ryzen 5 5600X

ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming

Kingston Fury Beast DDR 4 3200MHz 32GB

NZXT Kraken X53

Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD

or

Intel i5 12600K

ASUS Prime Z690-P DDR4

Kingston Fury Beast DDR 4 3200MHz 32GB

Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360R with alderlake bracket

Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD

 

The Ryzen setup is about 813EUR (925USD or 1 150 Canadian Dollar)

The Intel setup is about 1000EUR (1 150USD or 1 440 Canadian Dollar)

 

Which one is a better value both for right now and going forward? Should I wait for DDR5 for her as well? Is DDR5 even worth the wait? I can upgrade the Ryzen 5 to a Ryzen 7 5800X for 80 EUR more if that would be even more bang for your buck. Any thoughts about the subject would be appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance!

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39 minutes ago, Woffnog said:

Which one is a better value both for right now and going forward?

Go with the Intel build. The 12600K is pretty impressive.

39 minutes ago, Woffnog said:

Should I wait for DDR5 for her as well? Is DDR5 even worth the wait?

No and No. It will be better at some point in the future. But for now, the performance is not better, and the cost and low stock is prohibitive, so DDR4 is the better option for most people.

42 minutes ago, Woffnog said:

I can upgrade the Ryzen 5 to a Ryzen 7 5800X for 80 EUR more if that would be even more bang for your buck.

12600K is still the better buy ATM.

BabyBlu (Primary): 

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero
  • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM
  • Motherboard: Asus Z97A
  • RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair AX760
  • Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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Thank you for replying! I decided to go with your suggestion the I5 12600K 😊

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