Worth an upgrade?

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

My system is currently running an i5-4690k with 8gb of Corsair DDR3 RAM. Is it worth upgrading in the near future, or should I wait a year or so for another processor generation?

[3 Lions]

Depends on what you want to do...

 

1) Keep your current motherboard and buy a used 4790K and buy another stick of 8GB RAM.

 

Or

 

2) Build on an entirely new platform. 

Edited January 13, 2018 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Depends what you want to do...

 

1) Keep your current motherboard and buy a 4790K & buy another stick of 8GB RAM.

 

2) Build on an entirely new platform. 

Sorry should've been more specific. I don't really stream that often, and when I do I offload to another system. Never really edit video or anything like that, so an i7 or similar is overkill.

 

Therefore, a complete new platform is basically my only option, if I do.

[3 Lions]

4 minutes ago, I_AcCIdentA11Y said:

I don't really stream that often, and when I do I offload to another system. Never really edit video or anything like that, so an i7 or similar is overkill.

The single core speed on the 4790K is faster so it's still a viable upgrade for you. 

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690K/2384vs2432

Edited January 13, 2018 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[Mira Yurizaki]

I'd wait to see what this year's processors bring you. Or at the very least, what Ryzen+ brings. The upgrade path on your system would provide minimal benefits at best unless you regularly run things that are multithreaded (and even then, it probably wouldn't be worth it)

 

2 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

The single core speed on the 4790K is faster so it's still a viable upgrade for you. 

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690K/2384vs2432

Only by way of the stock clock speeds being faster on the i7-4790K, which OP can overclock the i5-4690K to anyway.

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

3 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

The single core speed on the 4790K is faster so it's still a viable upgrade for you. 

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690K/2384vs2432

True, but will the 4790k still hold its own for the next few years, or would it be worth a bit of "future-proofing" by upgrading the platform to something like Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake?

[ethebigd]

12 minutes ago, I_AcCIdentA11Y said:

My system is currently running an i5-4690k with 8gb of Corsair DDR3 RAM. Is it worth upgrading in the near future, or should I wait a year or so for another processor generation?

overclock that CPU until it creates a new sun ! if it still bottlenecks you then, at least you can heat your house without any other heating device  

 

Honestly ive got a 6600k and is quickly having trouble on open world title... it depends on what you do with it .. I do 144hz on light game (R6, BF4, BF1 (100fps))... always depends on your needs... for the moment my 6600k is okay.. I might change it this summer or next winter tho !

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

3 minutes ago, ethebigd said:

overclock that CPU until it creates a new sun ! if it still bottlenecks you then, at least you can heat your house without any other heating device  

 

Honestly ive got a 6600k and is quickly having trouble on open world title... it depends on what you do with it .. I do 144hz on light game (R6, BF4, BF1 (100fps))... always depends on your needs... for the moment my 6600k is okay.. I might change it this summer or next winter tho !

That's just it, I've overclocked it to a stable 4.7GHz with a H100i GTX, and it is struggling with a few newer games (AC: Origins, mainly), and I don't want to waste money on the 4790k if I have to replace it anyway sooner than the investment would warrant.

[BleakMaker]

I would just wait for the next die shrink a.k.a. cannon-lake should not be too long now then you have your pc futureproof for at least 5 years and with some overclocking even way longer. at least that is how I am thinking right now.

[Alexzz_]

if you decide to build change to a new architecture, wait at least till ryzen 2 has come out and see how much of a performance boost it gives. even if the performance is not that great intel cpus will drop in price because there is more competition.