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Depends on your primary usage scenario, pretty much what the others already said - rendering go 4790K or even x99 and i7 6-core, if you are mostly gaming, there will be no compeling justification from upgrading, especially to a 4790K, since it only adds hyperthreading. Some games do benefit a bit from two extra cores, but an entire platform change and paying the premium for DDR4 is not worth it for the less than 5 extra FPS.

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For gaming? No. For video editing maybe. 4790K would be the best choice, the 4960X would require a mobo change.

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Not worth it. Don't bother spending cash if you're not going to utilize it. 

 

video editing: 4790K

 

3D, heavy rendering: 4960X

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No, you should be good with the i5 if all you do is game. If you do extreme productivity it *might* be worth an upgrade but..

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Depends on your primary usage scenario, pretty much what the others already said - rendering go 4790K or even x99 and i7 6-core, if you are mostly gaming, there will be no compeling justification from upgrading, especially to a 4790K, since it only adds hyperthreading. Some games do benefit a bit from two extra cores, but an entire platform change and paying the premium for DDR4 is not worth it for the less than 5 extra FPS.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 - 3900x @ 4.4GHz with a Custom Loop | MBO: ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme | RAM: 4x4GB Apacer 2666MHz overclocked to 3933MHz with OCZ Reaper HPC Heatsinks | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT | SSDs: Intel 660P 512GB SSD and Intel 660P 1TB SSD | HDD: 2x WD Black 6TB and Seagate Backup Plus 8TB External Drive | PSU: Corsair RM1000i | Case: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition | Build Log: here

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