What should I upgrade?

[Trashcan]

Should I upgrade my 3770K to a 6700K when it comes out? Or upgrade to a Fury X? Im leaning more towards a 6700K. What do you guys think?

[alexhelvetica]

if you upgrade the cpu, you will also need to upgrade the motherboard because it has a different socket.

[Sam Z Man]

Why would you upgrade anything, your build is perfect, you could get another 970 and SLI though.

[Trashcan]

if you upgrade the cpu, you will also need to upgrade the motherboard because it has a different socket.

Yes im aware. 

[Dabasepc]

6700 = socket 1151 = you will need a new Mobo.

 

Upgrade to 980ti.

[Trashcan]

Why would you upgrade anything, your build is perfect, you could get another 970 and SLI though.

Because I have the money. And Ive had my 3770K for 3 years now.

[Btappin]

If you keep the processor you have now; there won't be much of a bottleneck on the GPU that you would be upgrading to. If you would like to sacrifice a little bit of GPU performance for the sake of upgrading your processor and ram - that's not a bad idea either. The new 6700k will have a much improved clock speed over the 3770k and it will have the ability to support amazing DDR4 ram.

[mroz10]

980Ti

[Sam Z Man]

Because I have the money. And Ive had my 3770K for 3 years now.

 

And it's still an amazing CPU that will max out a 970 on easy mode, hell you could underclock the thing and max out a 970.

 

I'm still suggesting just getting another 970 and SLI though.

[Trashcan]

And it's still an amazing CPU that will max out a 970 on easy mode, hell you could underclock the thing and max out a 970.

 

I'm still suggesting just getting another 970 and SLI though.

Im not a fan of SLI

[Sam Z Man]

Im not a fan of SLI

 

Well in that case sell the 970 and buy a 980ti or FuryX, I was suggesting sli because you wont have to sell your current gpu so it would cost less in the long run.

[adithyay328]

Well in that case sell the 970 and buy a 980ti or FuryX, I was suggesting sli because you wont have to sell your current gpu so it would cost less in the long run.

I agree with you. 3700K is already pretty good.

[Tazberry]

I'd just upgrade your memory+gpu if you really need more horsepower.

[adithyay328]

I'd just upgrade your memory+gpu if you really need more horsepower.

The part about the memory is true, but unless you're obsessed with every FPS, you won't need to upgrade that 970.

[rtpb5642]

Well in that case sell the 970 and buy a 980ti or FuryX, I was suggesting sli because you wont have to sell your current gpu so it would cost less in the long run.

I second this and the Fury x needs driver updates before id even consider buying it from what ive been reading. 980ti all the way

[dizmo]

Don't bother upgrading your CPU unless you're looking for other features that the motherboard will give you. DDR4, m.2 SSD's, better on board audio, etc.

Right now DDR4 is still quite young and honestly you won't see much of an improvement. So I wouldn't factor that in.

If you just use you rig for gaming and light to medium video editing, just keep what you've got. You don't need to upgrade, no need to waste the money on a basically lateral "upgrade".

 

If it was my rig, I'd upgrade to 16gb of RAM and throw in a second monitor. Or upgrade your monitor to something better.

I'd also switch over to an entirely SSD based system but that's just me.

 

 

Because I have the money. And Ive had my 3770K for 3 years now.

It's a lateral upgrade...just because you have the money, doesn't make it smart or needed

 

If you keep the processor you have now; there won't be much of a bottleneck on the GPU that you would be upgrading to. If you would like to sacrifice a little bit of GPU performance for the sake of upgrading your processor and ram - that's not a bad idea either. The new 6700k will have a much improved clock speed over the 3770k and it will have the ability to support amazing DDR4 ram.

DDR4 RAM is still pretty young. You won't really see much of an improvement.

[Sam Z Man]

Actually scratch my previous suggestion, pocket the money and spend it on something that's not PC hardware, you don't need to upgrade anything in your current build, save the money.

 

Here are my suggestions for better things to spend money on.

-Take your significant other on a night out.

-Put it in a savings account for a rainy day.

-Buy Ice Cream.

-Publish the world's largest cookbook on how to cook turnips.