i5 4670k + 8gb ram, enough to game at 4k? Should I upgrade?

[Toto123456]

Hi everybody,

So recently I built myself a first high-end gaming pc. I am quite happy with the performance as of now. but I planned to upgrade this pc in about a year (or whenever the r9 290x come down in price). My questions are

1. Will Intel's i5-4670k bottleneck 2 x R9 290x when gaming at 1440p or 4K resolution? (keep in mind that my IPS 1440p only has 100Hz refresh rate and even if I game at 4k resolution I will not be aiming for anything above 60fps anyway)

2. Should I upgrade 8Gb ram to 16 Gb ram to play all games at @ultra settings ,1440p, 4k res? ( I would also love to 4 x sticks as it looks better but if I won't be seeing any performance increase then I probably will not gonna upgrade them)

3. If the above answers are no (4670k will not bottle neck and no 8gb ram is enough) then why do most peoples who game at 4k resolution has i7 4770k, 4930k and 16, 32gb ram. Wouldn't that be better to spend that money on PS4?, TV? when the performance increase is VERY MINIMAL.

Here is my specs:
CPU: i5 4670K @4.2GHz 1.2v (I think I am so unlucky that I have a bad chip from intel, it will need 1.3v to get to 4.3 stable 70c but its not a big deal anyway)
mobo: MSI z87-g45
CPU cooler: corsair h105
Ram: kingston fury hyperx 1866mhz 2x4gb
SSD: wd 2tb + samsung evo 128gb
GPU: 1x Sapphire TriX R9 290x
Case: NZXT h440
PSU: corsair RM 1000w
Monitor: Qnix QX2710 OC@100Hz

thanks

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Yup, very much enough, it's down to the Graphics card, and the 290X is great choice 

[Enderman]

It depends on the graphics card. You want at least 2 290s or 290xs for 4k

The CPU will not bottleneck, and 8GB of ram will not affect fps at all.

The reason people have better PCs is because of the PC masterrace obviously, and many people also do video editing which requires more cores (4770k) and more ram (32-64gb)

Also some people can afford it.

[i_build_nanosuits]

CPU and RAM has NOTHING to do with the resolution at wich you play your games...the GPU(s) that you are using are the only concerns you should have with 4K gaming.

[loccilucas]

yes 4k gaming should be fine for you. also next time could you not use that black on white text please its abit annoying.

[Toto123456]

Good to hear that I have made the right choice for my pc : ) , nearly spend £140 for something that won't be good to me last night lol

[Izaya Orihara]

The reason people have better PCs is because of the PC masterrace obviously, and many people also do video editing which requires more cores (4770k) and more ram (32-64gb)

Also some people can afford it.

Sounds like me  

[MegaDave91]

A single graphics card for 4k isn't going to give a satisfactory experience, for me anyway.

[i_build_nanosuits]

A single graphics card for 4k isn't going to give a satisfactory experience, for me anyway.

...unless it's a DUAL gpu card like the R9 295X2 wich cost way more than 2x R9 290 (wich is what i would recommand for 4K Gaming BTW, since they have 4GB of VRAM on a 512bits memory bus)

[Toto123456]

A single graphics card for 4k isn't going to give a satisfactory experience, for me anyway.

 

...unless it's a DUAL gpu card like the R9 295X2 wich cost way more than 2x R9 290 (wich is what i would recommand for 4K Gaming BTW, since they have 4GB of VRAM on a 512bits memory bus)

 

 

Well as I said in my post, I will add another r9 290x into my pc once the price comes down and a decent 4k 30'+ IPS panel monitor. I will be playing games at 1440p as of now.