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So as the title suggests, I am planning on upgrading my CPU because a buddy of mine wants to buy my current CPU/Motherboard.

 

 

My question is what would be the biggest performance jump from what I have now.

 

 

My budget for the CPU, Motherboard and new RAM (if needed) would be a max of around $800-$1000.

 

 

Current CPU is the I7-4790K on the Asus Maximus Hero VII with 16GB of DDR3 1600Mhz

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If all you do is game, then there isn't any performance gain really, going to Skylake or X99 for that matter. So if you MUST change to something new, then yes the i7 6700k or the 5820k will do just fine. I went with skylake because it usually overclocks higher than X99 chips and has better IPC, and seeing as quad cores are all you need in games at the moment it was the wiser choice for me. 

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If all you do is game, then there isn't any performance gain really, going to Skylake or X99 for that matter. So if you MUST change to something new, then yes the i77 6700k or the 5820k will do just fine. I went with skylake because it usually overclocks higher than X99 chips and has better IPC, and seeing as quad cores are all you need in games at the moment it was the wiser choice for me. 

WOah. An i77? Haha. May want to fix that typo! LMAO. if there was such thing as an i77 i would buy one! :)

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WOah. An i77? Haha. May want to fix that typo! LMAO. if there was such thing as an i77 i would buy one! :)

 

oh god damn it.... blame iphones

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So as the title suggests, I am planning on upgrading my CPU because a buddy of mine wants to buy my current CPU/Motherboard.

 

 

My question is what would be the biggest performance jump from what I have now.

 

 

My budget for the CPU, Motherboard and new RAM (if needed) would be a max of around $800-$1000.

 

 

Current CPU is the I7-4790K on the Asus Maximus Hero VII with 16GB of DDR3 1600Mhz

Just get a i7 6700K or even just a i5 skylake is perfectly fine

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You look like an idiot saying LMAO.

 

He's lying, look at my post it's perfectly fine and states i7 not i77 :P and no i did not edit it .... *runs*

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