An upgrade conundrum

[hmminteresting]

So I have an interesting problem. I built my PC 3 years ago. At the time of building i equipped my PC with 8GB or RAM and an i5 4690k. At a later date I upgraded to 16GB of RAM from klevv (llike its really good RAM at 2400MHz). However nowadays I need an i7 for running simulations and for battlefield 1. I seem to be getting fps drops in that and often when running simulations for businesses i experience hangs. I was gifted an MSI phantom laptop equpped with an i7 so I've been using that but I would like to use my pc for more than word proccessing and simple stuff. The problem I have is I need an i7 but should I:

a) get an i7 4790k which is still priced at £300 in the UK for a new one or around £250 for a second hand one that I trust

b) get an i7 6700k which is around £280 and will require me to buy a new mobo for around £90 (I'm looking at the Gigabyte GA z170 HD3 DDR3) with DDR3 support which will mean reduced features compared to my MSI z97 gaming 7. Or get one with DDR4 at a higher cost for new RAM as well

c) get an i7 7700k which is £329 and a new mobo and new RAM also I'm running windows 8 and apparently kaby lake doesnt support that so.... I'll need windows 10 which is something I dont want. Like AT ALL

 

options b) and and c) will cost more, but is more worth it in the long run. Also I have windows 10 on my laptop I HATE IT!!!!

Also theres the issue of all of this extra hardware I'll have lying around. I still have the original 8GB of RAM that I replaced. I do want to build something like a media PC but thats nowhere in the near future

[Mr. Swede]

1 hour ago, hmminteresting said:

I'm running windows 8 and apparently kaby lake doesnt support that so.... I'll need windows 10 which is something I dont want. Like AT ALL

If you so happen to upgrade to kabylake and needs to buy windows 10, don't buy a license that costs closer to 100£. The website I myself bought from was from kinguin.net

 

Not trying to put a add in this post, just informing that you will get the same thing but for a quarter of the price.

 

Can't comment on the other things though

[Moress]

Ugh.. People hating on the newest windows because its cool to do again. Ive been hearing this since Vista came out "Oh, 95 was so much better! Windows 8 sucks, 7 was so much better!"
Windows 10 is a just as good as 7 or 8. Upgrade regardless of what you do with your hardware, it has the most security support and newest features.. rant over.

but, as far as hardware goes.. Get the 4790k second hand, theyre still really good CPUs since Sky/Kaby lake only have a %10 IPC increase over Haswell.

[DnFx91]

2 minutes ago, Moress said:

Ugh.. People hating on the newest windows because its cool to do again. Ive been hearing this since Vista came out "Oh, 95 was so much better! Windows 8 sucks, 7 was so much better!"
Windows 10 is a just as good as 7 or 8. Upgrade regardless of what you do with your hardware, it has the most security support and newest features.. rant over.

but, as far as hardware goes.. Get the 4790k second hand, theyre still really good CPUs since Sky/Kaby lake only have a %10 IPC increase over Haswell.

yeah man, still running my 4790s now, it's still pulling its weight enough that i can wait for Ryzen to be optimised before i go full red team

[Moress]

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

full red team

Never thought Id see that phrase again

[DnFx91]

Just now, Moress said:

Never thought Id see that phrase again

i know right, if you had told me last year that i would be tempted by a fully AMD powered PC i would not have believed it

[hmminteresting]

5 hours ago, Moress said:

Ugh.. People hating on the newest windows because its cool to do again. Ive been hearing this since Vista came out "Oh, 95 was so much better! Windows 8 sucks, 7 was so much better!"
Windows 10 is a just as good as 7 or 8. Upgrade regardless of what you do with your hardware, it has the most security support and newest features.. rant over.

but, as far as hardware goes.. Get the 4790k second hand, theyre still really good CPUs since Sky/Kaby lake only have a %10 IPC increase over Haswell.

See the problem is I have windows 10 on my laptop like I said.Its not about just hating on the new windows I just dont like it. The UI, the update wierdness which I fixed by disabling it in the services and the pop ups are so annoying and the whole xbox app or whatever being forced down my throat urgh. I've been using windows 10 for the past year now and I'm still not used to it. In contrast I was probably one of the first people to get windows 8 and it took me like a couple of months to accept it flaws and all 

 

Also thanks most people seem to want option a so I'll go for it