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First off i am planning to upgrade to a new CPU but i was wondering if it is worth buying a i5 4690K or just waiting a bit longer to save up for a i7 4790K or something like that my current core parts of my rig are:

 

CPU: AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0

GPU: Nvidia GTX 980ti EVGA SC

 

I would also wanna make the most of my GPU as it isn't using all of the power.

I use my PC for Gaming and some light video editing every now and again.

Any advise would be most great full 

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2 minutes ago, zScrxtch said:

First off i am planning to upgrade to a new CPU but i was wondering if it is worth buying a i5 4690K or just waiting a bit longer to save up for a i7 4790K or something like that my current core parts of my rig are:

 

CPU: AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0

GPU: Nvidia GTX 980ti EVGA SC

Personally, yes. Just because the bottleneck is real. What would you do with your old mobo. and CPU?

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4 minutes ago, zScrxtch said:

i was thinking of just making a second computer.

Rest of specs? And no... You just need a new Mobo and CPU and maybe RAM. If you want, you can get a new case and go to like MiniITX, now is the chance.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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5 minutes ago, zScrxtch said:

i was thinking of just making a second computer.

In that case, jump straight to skylake. Not much reason to invest into an older platform.

 

Get a 6600k and you'll be golden.

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5 minutes ago, zScrxtch said:

I was thinking of the i5 6600K but i didn't think their was much of a difference between the i5 4690K

It's good enough of a difference to justify it. Besides, you get more features, better OCing and possibly even an upgrade path to a Kaby i7... maybe.

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