Core I7 Upgrade

[TheEpicDuck]

Hello, Im just wondering if it is worth the upgrade from my 3770k @5 GHz to a 7700k. Or should i wait for something even better.

Here is my system https://pcpartpicker.com/user/SultanOfAwesome/saved/swJ9TW

[Droidbot]

3770k still kicks ass, wait for Ryzen.

[Verrierr]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

3770k still kicks ass, wait for Ryzen.

Ryzen is not set out to beating 7700k performance wise as far as I know, but price per performance while still being somewhat high end. Altough even If you end up getting 7700k it's price is likely to drop once Ryzen's out, so waiting might still turn out beneficial.

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, Verrierr said:

Ryzen is not set out to beating 7700k performance wise as far as I know, but price per performance while still being somewhat high end. Altough even If you end up getting 7700k it's price is likely to drop once Ryzen's out, so waiting might still turn out beneficial.

Would i get a boost in games by upgrading. I do make videos as well so i will probably cut down render time.

[Verrierr]

2 minutes ago, TheEpicDuck said:

Would i get a boost in games by upgrading. I do make videos as well so i will probably cut down render time.

Do you need a boost in gaming? I don't know what's you GPU but even if it's 1080 I don't think that CPU is bottlenecking it. Do you experience fps drops?

Also remember that if you're upgrading from gen 3 you will need new ram and mobo for both 7700 and ryzen.

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, Verrierr said:

Do you need a boost in gaming? I don't know what's you GPU but even if it's 1080 I don't think that CPU is bottlenecking it. Do you experience fps drops?

Also remember that if you're upgrading from gen 3 you will need new ram and mobo for both 7700 and ryzen.

I have a gtx 1070 but im thinking of moving to higher resolutions than 1080

[Elehat]

You can still roll with 3xxx cpus fine; It's unlikely a 5Ghz i7 is slowing you down (though maybe if you have a dog of a gpu, a low res monitor and play mostly Total War etc.). If your rendering times are the problem I might go with one of the 8C16T Ryzen cpus that'll come out end of Q1; Willing to guess they'll have better value grunt than a 6800k

[TheEpicDuck]

Thanks for all the info so far guys

[Verrierr]

2 minutes ago, TheEpicDuck said:

I have a gtx 1070 but im thinking of moving to higher resolutions than 1080

Higher resolution doesn't put more strain on CPU (while gaming at least), so you don't have to worry about that.

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, Verrierr said:

Higher resolution doesn't put more strain on CPU (while gaming at least), so you don't have to worry about that.

Okay. I think I'll stick with my system for now then. Thanks for all info really appreciate it

[ybriK]

Nah at 5GHz you should easily surpass a stock clock 6700K/7700K. You should try to run a CPU-Z bench test and see how you do against a 6700K.

 

 

 

 

[Verrierr]

1 minute ago, TheEpicDuck said:

Okay. I think I'll stick with my system for now then. Thanks for all info really appreciate it

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One more thign I should probably add is if you start capturing your videos in higher resolution too then I suppose rendering will take longer.