cpu platform upgrade

[Wackojacko]

1 minute ago, Litargirio said:

Yes.

 

Nonsense.

 

A used 4790K can be acquired for $200 if you are patient and find a good deal.

OP's 4690 can be sold for $175.

 

Meaning that CPU upgrade would cost $25, not $350.

i have 4460 cpu and i haven't seen a 4790 below like 270(used) anywhere around here so i dont know, the 4790 seemed like a really good option but i dont know anymore with kaby lake being kinda close it might be better to wait it out, i will have the latest cpu hardware and i would be able to get a 1070 pretty much now

[DunePilot]

3 minutes ago, Litargirio said:

Yes.

 

Nonsense.

 

A used 4790K can be acquired for $200 if you are patient and find a good deal.

OP's 4690 can be sold for $175.

 

Meaning that CPU upgrade would cost $25, not $350.

Nonsense.

 

 

He said he has a 4460. 3.4GHz max turbo... and resells for much less.

[Litargirio]

1 hour ago, DunePilot said:

In gaming the new GPU will definitely give you the bigger boost, but a 7700k would be nice too if you end up wanting to upgrade both.... gaining twice as many threads,  a ~10% IPC boost clock to clock, plus much higher clock speeds, you are limited to now what... 3.4GHz... if you overclock your 7700k to 5GHz thats almost a 50% increase (5.1GHz would be a 50% increase) in clock speed... don't forget the IPC increase too.

Don't be ridiculous. 7700k can't be overclocked to 5Ghz unless you get super lucky and win the silicon lottery.

[DunePilot]

2 minutes ago, Litargirio said:

Don't be ridiculous. 7700k can't be overclocked to 5Ghz unless you get super lucky and win the silicon lottery.

4.7-4.8GHz is possible on a 6700k so the supposed 200-300MHz extra OC headroom on Kaby is 4.9-5GHz even if you say 4.8GHz the jump from his current 3.4GHz CPU and a 10% IPC improvement and twice as many threads is a pretty big jump.

[Litargirio]

1 hour ago, DunePilot said:

4.7-4.8GHz is possible on a 6700k so the supposed 200-300MHz extra OC headroom on Kaby is 4.9-5GHz even if you say 4.8GHz the jump from his current 3.4GHz CPU and a 10% IPC improvement and twice as many threads is a pretty big jump.

Hey, I'm not saying he shouldn't get Kabylake. But 90% he won't get 5 gigahertz on that CPU.

[Wackojacko]

45 minutes ago, Litargirio said:

Hey, I'm not saying he shouldn't get Kabylake. But 90% he won't get 5 gigahertz on that CPU.

both of you make very good arguments, and i have never overclocked anything in my life before, but hearing more and more about 4790(k) and kaby lake and if i should wait or not, and the resell value of what i currently have if i make the jump just got me thinking that waiting for kaby lake sounds better to me, being on the newest platform would just feel a lot better to me too, and i know that might sound a bit silly. i might go for a gtx 1070 now and then save up for kaby lake, i have only been recently thinnking about switching cpu's or anything in my system really and this thread was just to come up with some ideas. i think kaby lake sounds better to me

[Litargirio]

Yes Kabylake will be awesome, I 100% agree with you.

 

Though if you are going to wait for Kabylake you might as well wait for Zen too, just in case it lives up to the hype.

[Wackojacko]

5 minutes ago, Litargirio said:

Yes Kabylake will be awesome, I 100% agree with you.

 

Though if you are going to wait for Kabylake you might as well wait for Zen too, just in case it lives up to the hype.

this is true i guess, the never ending new new in pc stuff

[Wackojacko]

first thing i will do is get a new GPU, because out of different places and different people say that that will bring a bigger boost to anything then a new cpu will ever do right now. after that i will just save up money for a complete platform upgrade, wether that be kaby lake or zen, i dont know yet, never had any amd hardware but we will see, thanks for your answers anyway guys, its been really helpful