Mulling over a CPU upgrade

[chowdog13]

Hey guys, I recently upgraded from a GTX 770 to a 980 Ti and am wondering if upgrading my current CPU, an Intel Core i5 4440, would make an appreciable difference. I have been considering upgrading to a i5 6600K which would mean a new CPU, motherboard, and RAM. Or perhaps a devils canyon chip on my current board. Would either of those options boost performance?

As always, I appreciate any and all feedback.

Thank you

[Samfisher]

Hey guys, I recently upgraded from a GTX 770 to a 980 Ti and am wondering if upgrading my current CPU, an Intel Core i5 4440, would make an appreciable difference. I have been considering upgrading to a i5 6600K which would mean a new CPU, motherboard, and RAM. Or perhaps an devils canyon chip on my current board. Would either of those options boost performance?

As always, I appreciate any and all feedback.

Thank you

Wouldn't do as much of a difference as you'd think.  Will be absolutely minimal at best, and that would be cos of the higher clock speeds more than anything else.

[mynameajeff]

Yeah that CPU could totally bottle neck that 980TI in some situations 

 

Go for the 6600k and get a nice cooler and overclock it

 

EDIT: 

Usually 980TI systems have high end I7's 

[angrymoose]

Hey guys, I recently upgraded from a GTX 770 to a 980 Ti and am wondering if upgrading my current CPU, an Intel Core i5 4440, would make an appreciable difference. I have been considering upgrading to a i5 6600K which would mean a new CPU, motherboard, and RAM. Or perhaps an devils canyon chip on my current board. Would either of those options boost performance?

As always, I appreciate any and all feedback.

Thank you

 

 

The difference is a LOT less than you would hope when it comes to actual gaming. A cheaper upgrade would be to find a devils canyon 4670k, as you wouldn't need to change anything else, then you can get your clocks up if that's your game plan.

When you consider the amount of money it'll cost you to get a new mobo, new ram and new cpu, then you compare the ACTUAL results you'll get while gaming, you're going to see why it's a bad use of your money. Even with a 980 Ti.

[Terra]

i have the 980 Ti and an i5-3450, everything works fine!  

 

but i do need to get upgrade my CPU this year... encoding using the i5-3450 is a bit slow to my taste

[chowdog13]

The difference is a LOT less than you would hope when it comes to actual gaming. A cheaper upgrade would be to find a devils canyon 4670k, as you wouldn't need to change anything else, then you can get your clocks up if that's your game plan.

When you consider the amount of money it'll cost you to get a new mobo, new ram and new cpu, then you compare the ACTUAL results you'll get while gaming, you're going to see why it's a bad use of your money. Even with a 980 Ti.

The devil's canyon route is starting to sound like the best option at the moment. Since I built my PC back in 2014 I've been kicking myself for going with a locked processor as I would like to take advantage of overclocking.

[Tytan64]

An i7 4790K might be the best option since they are expected to go down in price in the near future.

If you happen to own a Z97 chipset board you might overclock it.

Otherwise I'd just suggest an i7 4790 without the K

[chowdog13]

An i7 4790K might be the best option since they are expected to go down in price in the near future.

If you happen to own a Z97 chipset board you might overclock it.

Otherwise I'd just suggest an i7 4790 without the K

I'm thinking the i7 4790K too, already have a hyper 212 evo as well so I can overclock right out of the box.

[Tytan64]

I'm thinking the i7 4790K too, already have a hyper 212 evo as well so I can overclock right out of the box.

Devils Canyon is still pretty powerful! I have an i5 4690K OC 4.5GHz and it works perfectly fine. I exprect that i7 to perform even better.

[angrymoose]

I'm thinking the i7 4790K too, already have a hyper 212 evo as well so I can overclock right out of the box.

Go for it. Devils Canyon chips are awesome. I love my 4790K.