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Looking at CPU upgrades, I'm currently running a i5 3330. To upgrade to a skylake chip (or wait for kaby lake) would require a motherboard and RAM upgrade also. Would it be worth considering purchasing an older gen cpu (i7 3770k?) instead of a costly upgrade? Would the big increase in cost be worth the performance increase from newer generation parts? Any advice appreciated.

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    i5- 7500
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    16GB DDR4 Crucial Balistix Sport
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    MSI 980TI 6GB gaming edition
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    NZXT
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    Corsair cm600x
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1 minute ago, stebucko360 said:

Looking at CPU upgrades, I'm currently running a i5 3330. To upgrade to a skylake chip (or wait for kaby lake) would require a motherboard and RAM upgrade also. Would it be worth considering purchasing an older gen cpu (i7 3770k?) instead of a costly upgrade? Would the big increase in cost be worth the performance increase from newer generation parts? Any advice appreciated.

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3770k is still a great CPU I would be a big step up from your current i5. If you're currently on a budget grab the 3770k (is your board Z77?) and upgrade in a year or so

 

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Feel the current CPU may be bottlenecking my GPU (980ti) on games. Machine is mainly used as a gaming PC.

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    i5- 7500
  • RAM
    16GB DDR4 Crucial Balistix Sport
  • GPU
    MSI 980TI 6GB gaming edition
  • Case
    NZXT
  • PSU
    Corsair cm600x
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master Seidon 240mm
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    Corsair K70
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6 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

3770k is still a great CPU I would be a big step up from your current i5. If you're currently on a budget grab the 3770k (is your board Z77?) and upgrade in a year or so

Motherboard is a LGA1155 chipset

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  • CPU
    i5- 7500
  • RAM
    16GB DDR4 Crucial Balistix Sport
  • GPU
    MSI 980TI 6GB gaming edition
  • Case
    NZXT
  • PSU
    Corsair cm600x
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master Seidon 240mm
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K70
  • Mouse
    Corsair schimitar
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Wait for zen at this point

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2 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Wait for zen at this point

No idea why would he wait for Zen if he uses his PC for gaming. Upgrading to i7 3xxx would be way more reasonable. First Zen CPUs will be 8 core ones which are not needed for gaming. Total waste of money.

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4 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Wait for zen at this point

Looking to stick with intel especially that I want to avoid a change of motherboard and RAM if not necessary for a performance increase

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    i5- 7500
  • RAM
    16GB DDR4 Crucial Balistix Sport
  • GPU
    MSI 980TI 6GB gaming edition
  • Case
    NZXT
  • PSU
    Corsair cm600x
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master Seidon 240mm
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K70
  • Mouse
    Corsair schimitar
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