CPU upgrade?

[Tenadisic]

so I have a i5 4570 and I want to upgrade my cpu, is it worth it to upgrade to a 4790k or should I save more and upgrade to the r5 1600. I already have a z97 board and 16GB of ddr3.

[argyle]

I have a 4570k which overclocked really well for me. I decided the price to upgrade to a 4970k was too expensive for it to be worthwhile and built a completely new system with a 7700k since i wanted a processor with hyperthreadng.

[johnukguy]

You will need a new board and RAM for an R5 1600 and RAM prices won't fall until towards the end of next year. The good news though is that, if you are in the US, near a Staples, you can buy a Ryzen 7 1700X right now for $209, or, Frys are doing a Black Friday deal for a Ryzen 1600 with a B350 motherboard for $189, which is less than some paid for the CPU alone just yesterday. Either CPU will be a significant upgrade in terms of all around performance.

[Tenadisic]

6 minutes ago, johnukguy said:

You will need a new board and RAM for an R5 1600 and RAM prices won't fall until towards the end of next year. The good news though is that, if you are in the US, near a Staples, you can buy a Ryzen 7 1700X right now for $209, or, Frys are doing a Black Friday deal for a Ryzen 1600 with a B350 motherboard for $189, which is less than some paid for the CPU alone just yesterday. Either CPU will be a significant upgrade in terms of all around performance.

do you have links for these?

 

[johnukguy]

I'd recommend the Micro Center deal - a Ryzen 7 1700X for $230, which is on it's website, as it seems that the Staples one has already sold out. The Frys deal is in their Black Friday flier:

http://images.frys.com/art/email/112417_fri082tvr_BF1/BF1_web.html#set1

[asand1]

4970K

[davyre89]

4 hours ago, Tenadisic said:

so I have a i5 4570 and I want to upgrade my cpu, is it worth it to upgrade to a 4790k or should I save more and upgrade to the r5 1600. I already have a z97 board and 16GB of ddr3.

Upgrade to 4790K and sell your 4570.