Is the i7-7700 worth it right now?

[cj09beira]

by then you will be very close to the ryzen 2 launch which should move the prices of current cpus down a good bunch.

only having 8gb of ram and only being single channel is probably also reducing your performance adding another stick might be a good way of making that pc last a bit longer 

[Exvy]

Just now, Taf the Ghost said:

I'd also recommend, after you upgrade to a new mobo + CPU, seeing if you can sell the old ones and upgrade that RAM. Maybe even a full combo for enough for a 2x 8 Gb set.

Getting a Z370 is quite hard since the price starts at 90€ and the RAM at the moment is really really expensive, 40€ for 4GB

[Exvy]

1 minute ago, cj09beira said:

by then you will be very close to the ryzen 2 launch which should move the prices of current cpus down a good bunch.

only having 8gb of ram and only being single channel is probably also reducing your performance adding another stick might be a good way of making that pc last a bit longer 

Yeah, I know that I would benefit but RAM is expensive at the moment

[cj09beira]

1 minute ago, Exvy said:

Yeah, I know that I would benefit but RAM is expensive at the moment

you could try too look for a deal during black friday, i have done the same to get myself some ram while waiting for the rest of the parts

[Taf the Ghost]

6 minutes ago, Exvy said:

Getting a Z370 is quite hard since the price starts at 90€ and the RAM at the moment is really really expensive, 40€ for 4GB

If you aren't overclocking, then the B360 boards would work as well. RAM can come later, if you stay on Intel, but it would definitely help your minimum frame rates.

 

Though I would try to see if the BIOS will let you at least kick that up to 2400. Might not be stable, but it's worth a shot.

[Jurrunio]

31 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

Have you not looked at userbenchmark's scoring at all?

Do you know how userbenchmark works, or even what does 'average' mean? That score represents every benchmark runs on that CPU, overclocked or not, averaged out.

 

Dont believe me? Check 8700 and 8700k's score. Their turbo clocks are exactly the same, so any difference (margin of error taken out) will come from overclocking. Not enough proof? Check 8086k vs 8700, excluding the single core score. Their turbo clocks with 1 core is different, but those with 2-6 cores are the same

 

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, Exvy said:

Thinking of getting it in a few months(december/january), it's an easier option since my motherboard (skylake) supports it

Do you guys think it's a bad idea? Should I get a newer processor like i5-8xxx and a new motherboard?

No, its not worth it.

 

And why are you only thinking about Intel when there are alternatives with, what some claim is an important metric, like power consumption. Intel is behind in this metric right now.

 

And also you only have, at most, 2 Generation per Socket, even if that makes 0 Sense like Skylake <-> Coffee Lake.

 

Both use LGA1151 Socket and both are totally incompatible to each other. And that for no appareant reason whatsoever.

The one I have right now is a i5-6400. The 7700 goes for 284€. The i5 8400 goes for 177€

And that is the Problem, the 7700 is just way too expensive.

Then you have a rather shitty Board as well.

 

to be honest:
Start with Upgrading the Memory to dual Channel DDR4-2666-3000
That should give you something.

 

And the money saved on the 4GiB Version of your Card was something you shouldn't have done because its gona bite you when you run out of memory...

So you have to reduce texture details to keep it under 4GiB...