Would it be worth upgrading?

[Wrenn123]

I currently have a i7-3770 cpu and was thinking of upgrading to a 7700k. Would it be worth it? I'm pretty sure the answer will be yes and I was wondering if there are any compatibility issues with the newer CPU's on an old motherboard like I have.

[Damascus]

Well...

A) 7700k is not a huge upgrade over 3770, IMO not worth the investment. 

 

B) Even if it was a worthwhile upgrade you will need new RAM and mobo with the 7700k.

[Akinfenwa]

 It depends on what you want to do ie Sli/Crossfire, More Productivity, Streaming etc but I'd say no for gaming and even light workloads. 

[chris76816]

How about the Ryzen 7 1700

[dellOptiplex4Life]

Whilst not being an annoying "You should get Ryzen - all intel is terrible" kind of post - I would want to say that you would need a new Mobo + Ram set to upgrade to 7700k - if you were willing to upgrade those things then you might as well go for Ryzen as you can get more threads even with a Ryzen 5 1600 - and that would be cheaper - even including the cost of a B350 mobo and possibly some Ram - than the 7700k only. Add in a Z270 motherboard and the intel platform would cost way more. Intel platform also has no upgrade path - whereas Ryzen 5 1600/7 1700 can still be upgraded on the same motherboard.

[Guest]

If you strictly game and do nothing else including streaming then i'd say you would see an improvement from your current CPU is that a non K 3770 if so then YES for sure you will see a decent upgrade. 

 

If however you have the K version and have it OC to 4.5-4.7Ghz then perhaps when it comes to pure gaming you won't see a massive return for your money spent. 

 

Now lets say you do more then gaming like encoding videos or doing production work or gaming+streaming while having even more things in the background. Then Ryzen will be your best bet. 

 

If again you have that CPU OC perhaps just buy a SSD but don't put more money into the platform that you can't switch over to a newer platform in a few years that would be a waste. 

[Guest]

Also like others have said you would need a new CPU+Ram+board.