Intel i7 4790k - Worth replacing?

[Katie]

So I've had a 4790k for just under 3 years, and I haven't noticed a single case of slowdown or bottleneck caused by the CPU. Not that I would expect this from a high-end CPU from 3 years ago, but with the many new offerings from both Intel and AMD, I'm wondering if there is a benefit to upgrading other than power efficiency improvements.

 

Basically, I'm looking at building a new system or upgrading my current one, and I would like to get a better motherboard - which means a new socket (joy ). My question is then - what are the benefits to the new architecture that I may be missing (if any)? I would rather continue to use my current motherboard without the expense of replacing the CPU, if there are no benefits to be had.

 

Thanks!

[WereCat]

Not worth it unless you go for X299 or X399.

[gbergeron]

2 minutes ago, Katie said:

So I've had a 4790k for just under 3 years, and I haven't noticed a single case of slowdown or bottleneck caused by the CPU. Not that I would expect this from a high-end CPU from 3 years ago, but with the many new offerings from both Intel and AMD, I'm wondering if there is a benefit to upgrading other than power efficiency improvements.

 

Basically, I'm looking at building a new system or upgrading my current one, and I would like to get a better motherboard - which means a new socket (joy ). My question is then - what are the benefits to the new architecture that I may be missing (if any)? I would rather continue to use my current motherboard without the expense of replacing the CPU, if there are no benefits to be had.

 

Thanks!

4790K is still pretty decent and do the job perfectly, no need to change cpu, you won't see big difference.

 

Keep it

[gbergeron]

 

 

As you can see, 4790k still deliver super good performance  

[Raggou]

I also have a 4790k I would say keep it for at least another generation. I see no reason to upgrade right now 

[TVwazhere]

4 minutes ago, Katie said:

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4790K owner (also for just under three years)

 

I see no reason for me to upgrade yet. Probably not even for covfefe coffee lake (definitely not skylake or kabylake)

Only reason I'd consider upgrading would be if I needed more cores, in which case I'd consider Ryzen 7

[Katie]

1 minute ago, gbergeron said:

 

 

As you can see, 4790k still deliver super good performance  

Wow! This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for - I can see slightly lower framerates on newer titles, but that's to be expected. I can see that upgrading my CPU would be a waste of money, at least for the time being.

 

Thanks for the quick response. 

[Evolution.]

1 minute ago, Katie said:

Wow! This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for - I can see slightly lower framerates on newer titles, but that's to be expected. I can see that upgrading my CPU would be a waste of money, at least for the time being.

 

Thanks for the quick response. 

upgrade to the ryzen 7 4790k is slow and old

[W-L]

8 minutes ago, Katie said:

So I've had a 4790k for just under 3 years, and I haven't noticed a single case of slowdown or bottleneck caused by the CPU. Not that I would expect this from a high-end CPU from 3 years ago, but with the many new offerings from both Intel and AMD, I'm wondering if there is a benefit to upgrading other than power efficiency improvements.

 

Basically, I'm looking at building a new system or upgrading my current one, and I would like to get a better motherboard - which means a new socket (joy ). My question is then - what are the benefits to the new architecture that I may be missing (if any)? I would rather continue to use my current motherboard without the expense of replacing the CPU, if there are no benefits to be had.

 

Thanks!

Personally I would say no unless your really doing CPU intensive tasks and it's becoming a hamper on performance. If you haven't already overclock it to get a little more out of it. 

[Katie]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

4790K owner (also for just under three years)

 

I see no reason for me to upgrade yet. Probably not even for covfefe coffee lake (definitely not skylake or kabylake)

Only reason I'd consider upgrading would be if I needed more cores, in which case I'd consider Ryzen 7

Yeah, I should probably add that for me at least, this system is mostly for gaming. I hardly touch Premiere.

 

Ryzen does look very enticing in that regard though.

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Katie said:

Yeah, I should probably add that for me at least, this system is mostly for gaming. I hardly touch Premiere.

 

Ryzen does look very enticing in that regard though.

I do "some" premier work, mostly on the side as a hobby for a "youtube channel", nothing serious by any means, and the 4790K does more than a good enough job at rendering in an acceptable time frame. If I was getting more serious into it, wanted to stream (which I might do one day) or for some reason my Company switched CAD programs to something more CPU multi threaded AND wanted me to have my own copy at home, thats when I'd consider the jump. (Right now streaming is the most likely reason but still very far off in the future)

[Evolution.]

3 minutes ago, Katie said:

Ryzen does look very enticing

I told u 

4 minutes ago, VenomZ_ said:

upgrade to the ryzen 7 4790k is slow and old

 

[gbergeron]

4 minutes ago, VenomZ_ said:

upgrade to the ryzen 7 4790k is slow and old

This is stupid comment lol.. 4790k probably have better IPC than ryzen

[Katie]

Just now, VenomZ_ said:

I told u 

 

If I was to upgrade, Ryzen would be my choice for sure.

 

Though from the countless responses, it seems that it would offer little to no benefit for now.

[Evolution.]

1 minute ago, gbergeron said:

This is stupid comment lol.. 4790k probably have better IPC than ryzen

no Ryzen 7 is king fuk intel 

[tp95112]

16 minutes ago, Katie said:

I haven't noticed a single case of slowdown or bottleneck caused by the CPU

 

You basically answered yourself. There is no need and no power efficiency that would warrant a replacement of a cpu motherboard and ram.

[gbergeron]

1 minute ago, VenomZ_ said:

no Ryzen 7 is king fuk intel 

Again, stupid and immature comment

[gbergeron]

4 minutes ago, VenomZ_ said:

no Ryzen 7 is king fuk intel 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Katie said:

If I was to upgrade, Ryzen would be my choice for sure.

 

Though from the countless responses, it seems that it would offer little to no benefit for now.

 

[Katie]

Just now, gbergeron said:

 

 

 

I should probably clarify that I meant Threadripper. That is Ryzen, right?

[Evolution.]

Just now, gbergeron said:

 

 

 

obv im just bustin ur balls bruv I have the 4790k lol look at my sig

[Evolution.]

1 minute ago, Katie said:

I should probably clarify that I meant Threadripper. That is Ryzen, right?

no threadripper is their more high teir expensive cpus

[gbergeron]

16 minutes ago, Katie said:

I should probably clarify that I meant Threadripper. That is Ryzen, right?

Don't think threadripper will have better IPC or single core performance than ryzen so probably will be the same gaming performance.

Threadripper is more for workstation tasks

[Drak3]

50 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

This is stupid comment lol.. 4790k probably have better IPC than ryzen

Roughly the same. Ryzen snipes the gap between Haswell and Broadwell. Haswell has a clockspeed advantage though.