i7 upgrade

[spellmanuk]

hey,

 

so I currently have an i5 4690k in my PC i was thinking of maybe upgrading to the i7 4790k since from what I can tell there really isn't that much difference in performance but my only problem is i would of thought that since its now there or four years old i would of thought it was cheaper than skylake but on amazon its currently £340 ish and the 6700k is £315 my only problem is that its a different socket so that would mean new mobo and new ram since I'm on ddr3 still and i might end up sacrificing my m.2 slot which isn't cool  (i don't like PCIe adapter)

 

any advice? maybe somewhere i can get the 4790k cheaper?

[Skiiwee29]

Ebay... local craiglist or similar listing services... check with local hardware shops, universities etc... 

[spellmanuk]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

Ebay... local craiglist or similar listing services... check with local hardware shops, universities etc... 

id prefer new tbh 

[Blackhole890]

3 minutes ago, peej said:

hey,

 

so I currently have an i5 4690k in my PC i was thinking of maybe upgrading to the i7 4790k since from what I can tell there really isn't that much difference in performance but my only problem is i would of thought that since its now there or four years old i would of thought it was cheaper than skylake but on amazon its currently £340 ish and the 6700k is £315 my only problem is that its a different socket so that would mean new mobo and new ram since I'm on ddr3 still and i might end up sacrificing my m.2 slot which isn't cool  (i don't like PCIe adapter)

 

any advice? maybe somewhere i can get the 4790k cheaper?

why are you upgrading? you can try to find from ebay or used one...

[Blackhole890]

Just now, peej said:

id prefer new tbh 

then dont ask if you want it cheaper...

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, peej said:

id prefer new tbh 

Well even though its 2 generations old now, CPUs hold their prices fairly solid and really dont depreciate that much honestly. 

[spellmanuk]

Just now, Blackhole890 said:

why are you upgrading? you can try to find from ebay or used one...

im starting to do some more cpu intensive work with my computer when it comes to things like after effects also my two favorite games cities skylines and planet coaster two very cpu intensive games 

[Blackhole890]

1 minute ago, peej said:

im starting to do some more cpu intensive work with my computer when it comes to things like after effects also my two favorite games cities skylines and planet coaster two very cpu intensive games 

then go for it... you can always try to sell your i5 for extra bucks and get your desired cpu

[spellmanuk]

2 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

then go for it... you can always try to sell your i5 for extra bucks and get your desired cpu

don't tend to sell old machines instead I normally end up reusing them in personal servers ans NAS boxes and such 

[Gonio]

Just OC a bit further. Saves you the money that imo is not worth the upgrade, or better spend it then on a decent cooler (not sure what you have). Would even go as far that the upgrade to new platform is not actually worth it.

 

If you need a good but affordable high end aircooler go for the Scythe Fuma. Trading blows with the top Noctua's.

[spellmanuk]

2 minutes ago, Gonio said:

Just OC a bit further. Saves you the money that imo is not worth the upgrade, or better spend it then on a decent cooler (not sure what you have). Would even go as far that the upgrade to new platform is not actually worth it.

 

If you need a good but affordable high end aircooler go for the Scythe Fuma. Trading blows with the top Noctua's.

 

i have a coolermaster 212 evo like every other scrub lol  how much OC do you recon id get out of it with that its currently at the base clock of 3.5GHz 

[desertcomputer]

6 minutes ago, peej said:

don't tend to sell old machines instead I normally end up reusing them in personal servers ans NAS boxes and such 

^

If you can sell it for a good price go for it but usually you can't get much money from your old system. better of using it a NAS / HTPC / Overkill Router / Game server. I still think you should hold off upgrading and wait a few month. 

[spellmanuk]

5 minutes ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

^

If you can sell it for a good price go for it but usually you can't get much money from your old system. better of using it a NAS / HTPC / Overkill Router / Game server. I still think you should hold off upgrading and wait a few month. 

 

think im going to do what @Gonio suggested and just OC my i5 and bung an extra 8gb of ram in since i only have 8gb total right now 

[Kaose]

19 minutes ago, peej said:

 

im pretty sure the 6700K supports 1150 socket but would only use DDR3 ram

 

1 minute ago, peej said:

think im going to do what @Gonio suggested and just OC my i5 and bung an extra 8gb of ram in since i only have 8gb total right now 

 

[grimreeper132]

if you're planning an upgrade to skylake, or kaby lake, wait for Ryzen as it might offer similar value for a cheaper price, so I suggest waiting for that before you buy anything as it's only a month or two away at the moment, and even if Ryzen isn't as good as intels line up, intel might still lower prices slightly to compete better

[spellmanuk]

3 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

if you're planning an upgrade to skylake, or kaby lake, wait for Ryzen as it might offer similar value for a cheaper price, so I suggest waiting for that before you buy anything as it's only a month or two away at the moment, and even if Ryzen isn't as good as intels line up, intel might still lower prices slightly to compete better

 

never been interested in amd hardware i think ive concluded that im just going to stick with my current cpu and OC it 

[spellmanuk]

7 minutes ago, Cryosis said:

im pretty sure the 6700K supports 1150 socket but would only use DDR3 ram

 

 

 

6700k is 1151 socket 

[grimreeper132]

3 minutes ago, peej said:

never been interested in amd hardware i think ive concluded that im just going to stick with my current cpu and OC it 

that's fair enough, I don't prefer either side personally and just go with who ever has the best CPU/GPU I can afford

[spellmanuk]

5 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

that's fair enough, I don't prefer either side personally and just go with who ever has the best CPU/GPU I can afford

 

just found amd stuff to be not as good qauilty as intel or nvidia stuff also base clocks on amd stuff ive always found to be dreadful i mean they're still making a6 laptops with 1ghz clock speeds 

[grimreeper132]

Just now, peej said:

just found amd stuff to be not as good qauilty as intel or nvidia stuff also base clocks on amd stuff ive always found to be dreadful i mean they're still making a6 laptops with 1ghz clock speeds 

that's mainly because they haven't had a big CPU launch for years now, so all of their CPUs are outdated and crap. and GPU side they are currently competing in the value end rather than the high end enthusiast grade level

[spellmanuk]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

that's mainly because they haven't had a big CPU launch for years now, so all of their CPUs are outdated and crap. and GPU side they are currently competing in the value end rather than the high end enthusiast grade level

 

yeah i mean i think they waited a bit to long for zen though tbh although it beats intel taking a not out of apples book and releasing very small incremental updates year upon year 

[grimreeper132]

1 minute ago, peej said:

yeah i mean i think they waited a bit to long for zen though tbh although it beats intel taking a not out of apples book and releasing very small incremental updates year upon year 

the latest CPU launch practically nothing has changed at all, especially if you overclock

[spellmanuk]

2 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

the latest CPU launch practically nothing has changed at all, especially if you overclock

the only cool thing is the 4k netflix thing which is probably more benificial for things like the new dell xps 13 and 15 and such 

[grimreeper132]

1 minute ago, peej said:

the only cool thing is the 4k netflix thing which is probably more benificial for things like the new dell xps 13 and 15 and such 

true but at the same time, meh, I mean very few internet connections, especially here in Scotland, will be good enough anyways to stream 4K anyways.

[spellmanuk]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

true but at the same time, meh, I mean very few internet connections, especially here in Scotland, will be good enough anyways to stream 4K anyways.

 

mine can just about handle it when bt get there act together and the internet actually works and im in the middle of Birmingham! im guessing your internet is like my friends about 5Mb/s?