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Upgrade to 6 cores or stick with just 4?

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Hello all, I currently have an i7 4770k OCed at 4.4Ghz. I use my PC not just for gaming, but for video editing and other Adobe software required stuff. I was wondering if upgrading to either a better 4 cored CPU (7700k) or switching to a 6 cored CPU (6800k or 6850k) would help with my performance? Also, I hear that there are some other intel CPU(s) coming out this year? If so, what are they and should I get them when they release?

 

GPU: GTX 780 (upgrading to 1080 ti upon release)

RAM: 16gb 1866 (upgrading to 32gb later)

2x 21" monitors (upgrading 1 to 27" with 2k & g-sync)

 

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wait for ryzen for some cheap 6-8 cores

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

wait for ryzen for some cheap 6-8 cores

Have to agree with you.

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I saw that floating around everywhere. Those are the new AMD processors coming out right? I might check them out, but I'm more of an Intel fanboy myself. So I was hoping to still with them.

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3 minutes ago, DuelRevolvers said:

I saw that floating around everywhere. Those are the new AMD processors coming out right? I might check them out, but I'm more of an Intel fanboy myself. So I was hoping to still with them.

they should be equal for less

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

they should be equal for less

Cool. I'll definitely keep my eye out for them, then.

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3 minutes ago, DuelRevolvers said:

Cool. I'll definitely keep my eye out for them, then.

late February in 10 days is the date. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

late February in 10 days is the date. 

Thanks, man. Is it just AMD releasing new processors, or is Intel gonna try and compete with their own releases?

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1 minute ago, DuelRevolvers said:

Thanks, man. Is it just AMD releasing new processors, or is Intel gonna try and compete with their own releases?

just amd but intel may make some new some high clocked cpus to try and compete 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

just amd but intel may make some new some high clocked cpus to try and compete 

That'll be interesting to see.

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1 minute ago, DuelRevolvers said:

is Intel gonna try and compete with their own releases?

Be sure Intel will respond, but it depends on the Ryzen's performance. If, and only if, the Ryzen will perform as advertised, Intel will respond with a good alternative. It will be a bit more expensive, but Intel will throw a 'new' feature that will help you with.. something.. If not, then Intel will keep going on with their line-up. Keep in mind that this is only my opinion on the Ryzen hype and Intel response topic. Have a great day!

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14 minutes ago, DuelRevolvers said:

I'm more of an Intel fanboy myself

Haha. You've kinda answered the question for the Ryzen vs Intel hype. If you like Intel more than you like AMD, and you think that the Ryzen will be not that good as it is advertised, then sure, upgrade to a 6-core. To my knowledge, the Adobe suite is very hungry for multi-core workloads, which will help you in the long run if you upgrade to a 6-core. Also, you may want to look for cheap, second-hand, Intel Xeon processor. You can find good deals for 8-core processor, as well as 12-core ones.

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13 minutes ago, DuelRevolvers said:

That'll be interesting to see.

Even though I use a 4460 and I believe (as do most people) that AMD has not been competitive in many years, I really hate Intel. I want Ryzen to succeed even though I probably won't get it. If AMD fails this time, it is likely that the CPU market will become a complete monopoly so Intel can drive their prices even higher than now. Also Intel barely improved anything from Sandy Bridge to now. Skylake and Kaby Lake IPC is about the same, and Haswell is about 9/10 the performance of Kaby Lake even though it is from 4 years ago. I think that I am done my Intel rant. P.S. I am planning to OC my non-k CPU with my H97 motherboard just to spite Intel. (yes it is possible) 

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