upgrade How to increase performance???

[kieran_Austin]

Hello, 

 

Looking to upgrade my current Rig/Set up. If it was you what would you change? Im from the UK and budget is £600+. The use is a general gaming/streaming rig.

 

Current PC SPECS:

Xeon E3-1231 v3

Gigabyte Z97P-D3

16GB Hyperx DDR3 Ram

MSI RX480 8GB 

480GB SSD

3TB HHD Storage

Hyper Evo 212 Cooler

550W Corsair PSU

 

Peripherals:

Mionix Zibal 60 Black Cherry Mechanical Keyboard

Steel Series Rival 300 Fade

Perixx DX-1000XL 

QX2710 1440P Monitor (Primary)

Benq VW2245(Second)

HyperX Cload Headset.

 

Thanks! 

[3 Lions]

Because you've got a Z97 board look for a second hand 4790K, if you want to change the motherboard look at the 7700K or look at Ryzen 7.  

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, kieran_Austin said:

Hello, 

 

Looking to upgrade my current Rig/Set up. If it was you what would you change? Im from the UK and budget is £600+. The use is a general gaming/streaming rig.

 

Current PC SPECS:

Xeon E3-1231 v3

Gigabyte Z97P-D3

16GB Hyperx DDR3 Ram

MSI RX480 8GB 

480GB SSD

3TB HHD Storage

Hyper Evo 212 Cooler

550W Corsair PSU

 

Peripherals:

Mionix Zibal 60 Black Cherry Mechanical Keyboard

Steel Series Rival 300 Fade

Perixx DX-1000XL 

QX2710 1440P Monitor (Primary)

Benq VW2245(Second)

HyperX Cload Headset.

 

Thanks! 

Get an i7 4790k for the best gaming performance. You shouldnt have any problems with streaming with it either. Then you should upgrade your cooling solution and Overclock it to the moon and back  Unsure what case you have but would recommend a Kraken X62, or if you cant fit 280mm then a Kraken X52 for the 240mm rads. 

[kieran_Austin]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

Get an i7 4790k for the best gaming performance. You shouldnt have any problems with streaming with it either. Then you should upgrade your cooling solution and Overclock it to the moon and back  Unsure what case you have but would recommend a Kraken X62, or if you cant fit 280mm then a Kraken X52 for the 240mm rads. 

 

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Because you've got a Z97 board look for a second hand 4790K, if you want to change the motherboard look at the 7700K or look at Ryzen 7.  

Would Upgrading to a i7 4790k give me much more performance over the xeon? and if a 7700K a big jump with the better CPU and DDR4 ram?? 

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, kieran_Austin said:

 

Would Upgrading to a i7 4790k give me much more performance over the xeon? and if a 7700K a big jump with the better CPU and DDR4 ram?? 

You will see a benefit in gaming yes because you can overclock. Games take advantage of higher core clocks much much more than physical amount of cores. You will see a performance gain in going to a 7700k over a 4790k as it is 2 generations newer, but its a 100% new platform so you would need Chip, Ram, and Board and would likely have no room to upgrade your cooling solution to really push the chip for overclocking. 

[3 Lions]

Just now, kieran_Austin said:

Would Upgrading to a i7 4790k give me much more performance over the xeon? and if a 7700K a big jump with the better CPU and DDR4 ram?? 

The 4790K is still one of the best gaming CPU'S on the market right up their with 7700K and 6700K. The 7700K is basically a 4790K on a smaller node and supports DDR4 but in reality the performance gain isn't that much over the 4790K. If you pick either of these CPU'S you'll have a cracking gaming rig trust me.

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, kieran_Austin said:

 

Would Upgrading to a i7 4790k give me much more performance over the xeon? and if a 7700K a big jump with the better CPU and DDR4 ram?? 

you'd be better off shelling out for a ryzen 1700 if you do streaming often than the i7, you're just getting a cpu with the same architecture and cores with a slightly higher boost clock. if you're just gaming i'd go for a gtx 1080.