CPU Upgrade path help

[MatthewJ]

So I currently have an i7 4790k to which everyone says - Top Dog mate.

 

But with games asking for i7 3XXX i see a logical reason to upgrade CPU. I Stream alot and play many AAA games at 144hz but I have no idea where to upgrade to.

 

I thought about the new i7 6700k but I was told "You wont notice the difference man" and I know if I leave this current platform I need to buy new RAM and Motherboard. My current set-up is

 

144HZ Monitor (want to get those high framerates)

R9 390x

16GB Corsair vengeance
i7 4790K

 

Any ideas guys. Im selling my CPU to a friend for £200 so that should save me some money.

[Enderman]

But the 4790k is better than all i7 3xxx..............

[Stardar1]

2 minutes ago, MatthewJ said:

So I currently have an i7 4790k to which everyone says - Top Dog mate.

 

But with games asking for i7 3XXX i see a logical reason to upgrade CPU. I Stream alot and play many AAA games at 144hz but I have no idea where to upgrade to.

 

I thought about the new i7 6700k but I was told "You wont notice the difference man" and I know if I leave this current platform I need to buy new RAM and Motherboard. My current set-up is

 

144HZ Monitor (want to get those high framerates)

R9 390x

16GB Corsair vengeance
i7 4790K

 

Any ideas guys. Im selling my CPU to a friend for £200 so that should save me some money.

You won't see a performance increase in the 6700k unless you get lucky in the silicon lottery and OC the living crap out of it. 

 

The 6800k 6 core may offer better streaming, but probably not worth it. 

 

If anything, I'd focus on the GPU. 

[MatthewJ]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

But the 4790k is better than all i7 3xxx..............

Tis and i will not lie but soon games will ask for the i7 4xxx

 

See Fallout 4

[EPPHO]

That i7 will be enough for next few years.

[MatthewJ]

2 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

You won't see a performance increase in the 6700k unless you get lucky in the silicon lottery and OC the living crap out of it. 

 

The 6800k 6 core may offer better streaming, but probably not worth it. 

 

If anything, I'd focus on the GPU. 

You mean running 2x Crossfire?

[Stardar1]

2 minutes ago, MatthewJ said:

You mean running 2x Crossfire?

Or replacing it with a GTX 1070 or 1080. (Or AMD equivalents when they exist)

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, MatthewJ said:

Tis and i will not lie but soon games will ask for the i7 4xxx

 

See Fallout 4

So how does a game asking for a i7 4xxx change the performance of your CPU???

Your CPU will perform the same whether a game asks for i7 9000000 or i7 22.

If you get good fps in your games, there is no need to upgrade.

Save your money because there is new stuff coming out every few months, so when you DO need to upgrade, then you can buy something newer.

[MatthewJ]

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

Or replacing it with a GTX 1070 or 1080. (Or AMD equivalents when they exist)

I am very much against nVidia and the planned redundancy that they sport - Plus I like not having to turn the radiator in my room on

 

I doubt I would need to upgrade my PSU (Corsair RM 850) to 2X 390x cards

[SLAYR]

14 minutes ago, MatthewJ said:

Tis and i will not lie but soon games will ask for the i7 4xxx

 

See Fallout 4

Game devs always overestimate the recommended specs, and minimum specs so if you can't play the game properly they will say that a computer doesn't meet them and that it is then your issue, and not the devs.

[MatthewJ]

2 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Game devs always overestimate the recommended specs, and minimum specs so if you can't play the game properly they will say that a computer doesn't meet them and that it is then your issue, and not the devs.

Oh no my PC runs it fine 

 

The reason I went from my 290x to my 390x was because games required 280s at the time and I didn't wanna be on the baseline for some games - I like to have some wiggle room so I know I am safe (for lack of a better term) for a few years

[Stardar1]

11 minutes ago, MatthewJ said:

I am very much against nVidia and the planned redundancy that they sport - Plus I like not having to turn the radiator in my room on

 

I doubt I would need to upgrade my PSU (Corsair RM 850) to 2X 390x cards

I have found that AMD runs hotter, but that does not matter. I still would not recommend XFire, I would wait for better cards to come out. 

[MatthewJ]

Just now, Stardar1 said:

I have found that AMD runs hotter, but that does not matter. I still would not recommend XFire, I would wait for better cards to come out. 

I never seen the benefits of doing Xfire - Spend an extra £200 for an extra 20FPS?

 

I think Xfire is more aesthetics than practicality - hell some games won't even support Xfire or actually perform worse 

[SLAYR]

Just now, MatthewJ said:

Oh no my PC runs it fine 

 

The reason I went from my 290x to my 390x was because games required 280s at the time and I didn't wanna be on the baseline for some games - I like to have some wiggle room so I know I am safe (for lack of a better term) for a few years

A 390x is a rebadged 290x there is literally no performance gain, if you really want to be one step above the devs get a 6950x, and SLI 1080s.

 

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

I have found that AMD runs hotter, but that does not matter. I still would not recommend XFire, I would wait for better cards to come out. 

For hawaii on the reference cooler they run hotter, they got a lot better with thermals on the rx 400 series, but even quad SLI titan Xs will see cards thermal throttling, and multigpu setup will have temp issues.

[MatthewJ]

2 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

A 390x is a rebadged 290x there is literally no performance gain, if you really want to be one step above the devs get a 6950x, and SLI 1080s.

 

For hawaii on the reference cooler they run hotter, they got a lot better with thermals on the rx 400 series, but even quad SLI titan Xs will see cards thermal throttling, and multigpu setup will have temp issues.

To be fair a 4790K is basically a rebadged 4770k but with less issues and a little bit extra tacked on to make it more appealing.