CPU upgrade

[CruxYo]

Is it recommended to upgrade to an I7 4790k now. I have a amd 8350 and I usually record,game, render, and stream. 

[The Official Czex]

I would recommend going for Skylake, but a 4790K or 6700K is a great upgrade.

[tbroadwater2010]

I would recommend going for Skylake, but a 4790K or 6700K is a great upgrade.

I agree. I would say the bump to skylake is worth going for, even for the extra money. Both are suitable upgrades.

[G27Racer_188]

Depending on the budget, maybe even an 5820K and X99.

[CruxYo]

I agree. I would say the bump to skylake is worth going for, even for the extra money. Both are suitable upgrades.

I also need to get a motherboard 

[runit3]

X99/5820k would be the better platform for your specific uses.

[CruxYo]

https://gyazo.com/8f51741a6f4428374d76284c8ed8ae39 these are the deals at microcenter, anyone know better ones?

[CruxYo]

X99/5820k would be the better platform for your specific uses.

What type of power consumption should I expect with this?

[Analog]

What type of power consumption should I expect with this?

 

More than Skylake of course,but not by much. If you start overclocking the 5820K then you might see +100W of power used over the mainstream platform, not that this is going to break the bank... the two extra cores of the 5820K will definitely do you better when you are rendering. For gaming and streaming the difference will not be that much. 

[runit3]

What type of power consumption should I expect with this?

Depends on your OC and C-State settings. At stock it'll pull roughly the same power from the wall as your current FX setup (140w vs 125w tdp) Although I'm 95% confident in saying the Intel power management settings will keep your idle loads significantly lower than anything from the FX line.

 

If you go nuts OCing the 5820k you can expect 430-550w from the wall for the total system and one GTX 970. I'm not sure what card you're currently running so that value can vary significantly. I was pulling 475w full CPU load with 1 GTX 970 at 1.36v with my 5960X. CPU alone is pulling over 250w but I can't get an accurate measurement because all of my reporting software shows it as 1w power draw, which is obviously borked. At idle I used to sit comfortably at 230w.

 

Since then I've added another GTX 970 and replaced the 5960X with another one, at a higher clock, so I can't get anything useful for you ATM unless I tore the system down. There should be some benchmarks out there with X99 chips and various GPU's for full system loads.

 

HA!!! I've found them-> http://www.anandtech.com/show/8557/x99-motherboard-roundup-asus-x99-deluxe-gigabyte-x99-ud7-ud5-asrock-x99-ws-msi-x99s-sli-plus-intel-haswell-e/12

 

They also have various gaming/system benchmarks if you hit the drop-down menu near the bottom of that report.

[CruxYo]

Depends on your OC and C-State settings. At stock it'll pull roughly the same power from the wall as your current FX setup (140w vs 125w tdp) Although I'm 95% confident in saying the Intel power management settings will keep your idle loads significantly lower than anything from the FX line.

 

If you go nuts OCing the 5820k you can expect 430-550w from the wall for the total system and one GTX 970. I'm not sure what card you're currently running so that value can vary significantly. I was pulling 475w full CPU load with 1 GTX 970 at 1.36v with my 5960X. CPU alone is pulling over 250w but I can't get an accurate measurement because all of my reporting software shows it as 1w power draw, which is obviously borked. At idle I used to sit comfortably at 230w.

 

Since then I've added another GTX 970 and replaced the 5960X with another one, at a higher clock, so I can't get anything useful for you ATM unless I tore the system down. There should be some benchmarks out there with X99 chips and various GPU's for full system loads.

 

HA!!! I've found them-> http://www.anandtech.com/show/8557/x99-motherboard-roundup-asus-x99-deluxe-gigabyte-x99-ud7-ud5-asrock-x99-ws-msi-x99s-sli-plus-intel-haswell-e/12

 

They also have various gaming/system benchmarks if you hit the drop-down menu near the bottom of that report.

 

More than Skylake of course,but not by much. If you start overclocking the 5820K then you might see +100W of power used over the mainstream platform, not that this is going to break the bank... the two extra cores of the 5820K will definitely do you better when you are rendering. For gaming and streaming the difference will not be that much. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K7kjD3

[runit3]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K7kjD3

You would be perfectly fine re-using the case, PSU, GPU, and even the cooler if you kept the Intel 2011 mounting brackets.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/v4Hxpg

 

Total cost of upgrade for CPU, MOBO, and RAM = $689.98

If you live near a Micro Center the 5820k is $300 in-store, given their black friday/cyber monday sales last year you might be able to swing the total upgrade cost to lower than $600 fairly easily. Other vendors may be doing X99 CPU/MOBO combo sales as well. There are also other MOBO's under $200 for X99, I just chose one with a decent amount of expansion capability.

[CruxYo]

You would be perfectly fine re-using the case, PSU, GPU, and even the cooler if you kept the Intel 2011 mounting brackets.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/v4Hxpg

 

Total cost of upgrade for CPU, MOBO, and RAM = $689.98

If you live near a Micro Center the 5820k is $300 in-store, given their black friday/cyber monday sales last year you might be able to swing the total upgrade cost to lower than $600 fairly easily. Other vendors may be doing X99 CPU/MOBO combo sales as well. There are also other MOBO's under $200 for X99, I just chose one with a decent amount of expansion capability.

I think I might have to go for the 4790k

[CruxYo]

You would be perfectly fine re-using the case, PSU, GPU, and even the cooler if you kept the Intel 2011 mounting brackets.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/v4Hxpg

 

Total cost of upgrade for CPU, MOBO, and RAM = $689.98

If you live near a Micro Center the 5820k is $300 in-store, given their black friday/cyber monday sales last year you might be able to swing the total upgrade cost to lower than $600 fairly easily. Other vendors may be doing X99 CPU/MOBO combo sales as well. There are also other MOBO's under $200 for X99, I just chose one with a decent amount of expansion capability.

I think I will have to go with the 4970k due to my budget

[runit3]

I think I will have to go with the 4970k due to my budget

4790k isn't going to be significantly cheaper. Keep in mind that the 5820k build is with 16gb of RAM, you can make due with a 8GB kit and then upgrade later. DDR4 is almost at price parity with DDR3, and a decent Z97 board is going to be within $40 of a lower end X99 board.

 

Processors are equal in price, given an in-store discount from Micro Center, or if you can find a local retailer that would price match the $300. Even if the 4790k is on sale I highly doubt it's going to get any lower than the $250 i5 area.

[CruxYo]

4790k isn't going to be significantly cheaper. Keep in mind that the 5820k build is with 16gb of RAM, you can make due with a 8GB kit and then upgrade later. DDR4 is almost at price parity with DDR3, and a decent Z97 board is going to be within $40 of a lower end X99 board.

 

Processors are equal in price, given an in-store discount from Micro Center, or if you can find a local retailer that would price match the $300. Even if the 4790k is on sale I highly doubt it's going to get any lower than the $250 i5 area.

I already have ram on my build