Upgrade or nah?

[JabroniBaloney]

I'm currently rocking an I5-4590 16GB of RAM and a GTX1080 and a 1440 144hz monitor. 

 

 

Would it REALLY be worth it to upgrade to an R5 1600 (or maybe 8600k)?

 

Yes I know Ryzen+ is coming,however Microcenter has a great price on the 

1600.

[Princess Luna]

4 minutes ago, JabroniBaloney said:

R5 1600

obviously not since single thread wise it performs on pair with the i5 4590 meaning your raw fps on gaming would be the same, at best your minimums could improve thanks to the extra threads.

 

For gaming it makes no sense and it isn't an upgrade but a side grade.

[Ashleyyyy]

ryzen single core performance is quite bad. about on par with 4/5th gen intel. 

 

so when playing games that don't ever utilize more than 4 cores/threads, it'll make no difference. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

it'll help to reduce stuttering and fps drops since the i5's 4 cores can't keep up with a gtx 1080, but tbh i'd recommend you go for a haswell i7 instead.

[Sat1600]

What is your rig not doing, that you would like it to do?

[JabroniBaloney]

14 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

What is your rig not doing, that you would like it to do?

It's a case of wanting to upgrade, having a nicer looking rig and money flaming away in my pocket. Hence wondering if it is truly worth it. 

It's fairly irrational and illogical.

[Sat1600]

40 minutes ago, JabroniBaloney said:

It's a case of wanting to upgrade, having a nicer looking rig and money flaming away in my pocket. Hence wondering if it is truly worth it. 

It's fairly irrational and illogical.

 Get a savings account. Every time you get that feeling put the money you would habe spent in that account. When your rig stops doing what you want it to, buy a new one. 

[JabroniBaloney]

6 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

 Get a savings account. Every time you get that feeling put the money you would habe spent in that account. When your rig stops doing what you want it to, buy a new one. 

Stop it now! This is no place for reasonable ideas!

[Leonius]

1 hour ago, JabroniBaloney said:

Stop it now! This is no place for reasonable ideas!

i have a 4690k and a 1080ti, i also considered upgreading the cpu, but honesly i get almost no botlenecks and my system runs just fine. Also consider that the current intel cpus are still suceptible to both spectre and meltdown. Also consider that ddr4 ram is stupid expencive. 

[JabroniBaloney]

11 minutes ago, Leonius said:

i have a 4690k and a 1080ti, i also considered upgreading the cpu, but honesly i get almost no botlenecks and my system runs just fine. Also consider that the current intel cpus are still suceptible to both spectre and meltdown. Also consider that ddr4 ram is stupid expencive. 

The ddr4 prices suck a little less now, not by much but at least less. 

I'll have to see my CPU usage in games besides PUBG because unoptimized dumpster fire. 

 

Though this is mostly due to wanting a purdy case and not an mATX mobo. Because I'm an ass.

[Sat1600]

52 minutes ago, JabroniBaloney said:

The ddr4 prices suck a little less now, not by much but at least less. 

I'll have to see my CPU usage in games besides PUBG because unoptimized dumpster fire. 

 

Though this is mostly due to wanting a purdy case and not an mATX mobo. Because I'm an ass.

You might just have builder's itch. You haven't built a PC in a while and you need a fix. 

[JabroniBaloney]

6 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

You might just have builder's itch. You haven't built a PC in a while and you need a fix. 

You're probably right. 

[Biggerboot]

1 hour ago, JabroniBaloney said:

The ddr4 prices suck a little less now, not by much but at least less. 

I'll have to see my CPU usage in games besides PUBG because unoptimized dumpster fire. 

 

Though this is mostly due to wanting a purdy case and not an mATX mobo. Because I'm an ass.

Nothing wrong with just going for a mobo/case change - at least to me.

Haswell is still plenty good if you can find a used i7 for it too.  But maybe it would be better to wait for RAM prices to come down.