upgrades

[MorganO]

so currently i have a i7-3930k at 4.63ghgz, asus P9x79 pro motherboard and 16gb 4*4gb 2400mhz dominator platinums + gtx 770 2gb(dont want to upgrade it yet)

i want to upgrade soon, i would preferably like to still have 6+ cores and 40 pcie lanes, because why the fuck not, i have compared having 4c/8t and 6c/12t and there isnt much visual difference

i include screenshots of cinebench r15 with single and multicore scores

and fps comparison in bioshock infinite(it was easist to bench) where i compared 4c/8t vs 6c12t

 

so i would prefer the latest and greatest, but i dont mind waiting 

all im upgrading would be cpu,mobo,ram

i dont necessarily need to upgrade, its just theres quirks to having 5 year old hardware

 

 

my questions are:

1. what should i upgrade to

 

2.should i upgrade soon

 

3.should i wait till the end of the year ( i had planned to upgrade cpu,ram,mobo at the end of the year) would prefer sooner

 

looking at 4c/8t+ only

[Moress]

Is this a workstation or gaming build?

[MorganO]

Just now, Moress said:

Is this a workstation or gaming build?

well long story i had £500 to get a new pc, some dude has a pc for sale is the pc in my description, checks on this forum if its good deal, confirmed, yes, buys it

 

i do video editing and game

[Moress]

3 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

well long story i had £500 to get a new pc, some dude has a pc for sale is the pc in my description, checks on this forum if its good deal, confirmed, yes, buys it

 

i do video editing and game

Well at the moment you would benefit the most by upgrading the GPU. The cost of getting a new X99 rig to replace the 6/12 you have right now isnt worth it. You're talking maybe MAYBE a 15-20% IPC improvement, and even then theres a low likelihood youll get a chip that hits 4.6ghz. Also, unless youre running 2+ gpus you need nowhere near 40 pcie lanes

[MorganO]

1 minute ago, Moress said:

Well at the moment you would benefit the most by upgrading the GPU. The cost of getting a new X99 rig to replace the 6/12 you have right now isnt worth it. You're talking maybe MAYBE a 15-20% IPC improvement, and even then theres a low likelihood youll get a chip that hits 4.6ghz. Also, unless youre running 2+ gpus you need nowhere near 40 pcie lanes

i did say prefer lol, but idk what to upgrade to , wether 7700k or 6800k 

[MorganO]

Bump

 

[Moress]

16 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

Bump

 

The short answer is that your GPU is the main part you need to upgrade. Spending the money on a new X99 platform right now is a waste. Especially with AMD potentially upsetting that market this quarter.