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I’m looking to upgrade my current pc because of my heavy use of adobe programs. My current rig is i5 7600k with a gtx 1070 ti and 16 gigs of ram. I want to upgrade my cpu and mother board so I can overclock (current mobo can’t) and I’m not sure what would get me the best value. I’m looking at i7 7700k, i5 8600k, or i7 8700k. The mobo would be Asus prime Z270 or z370 (respectively). Thoughts anyone?

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2 minutes ago, J_Chrome said:

I’m looking to upgrade my current pc because of my heavy use of adobe programs. My current rig is i5 7600k with a gtx 1070 ti and 16 gigs of ram. I want to upgrade my cpu and mother board so I can overclock (current mobo can’t) and I’m not sure what would get me the best value. I’m looking at i7 7700k, i5 8600k, or i7 8700k. The mobo would be Asus prime Z270 or z370 (respectively). Thoughts anyone?

Well ryzen cpu's are better at running programs and such because they have more threads, so you might wanna look into that

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Either use Ryzen or just wait for the 9700k which is coming in the near future.

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adobe programs are more single thread dependent than multi-thread dependent. What are you doing with it exactly?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

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Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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6 minutes ago, J_Chrome said:

I want to upgrade my cpu and mother board so I can overclock (current mobo can’t) and I’m not sure what would get me the best value. I’m looking at i7 7700k, i5 8600k, or i7 8700k.

Since you have to upgrade your motherboard anyway, there's no point sticking with the 7th gen Core Intels.

 

7 minutes ago, J_Chrome said:

I’m looking to upgrade my current pc because of my heavy use of adobe programs.

Look in to a Ryzen 2700/2700x with an X470 AM4 motherboard or an i7 8700k with a Z370 motherboard.

 

As mentioned the 9th gen Intels are set to release within a few weeks with the 9700k (8c/8t) and 9900k (8c/16t), so since you've still got a fairly decent 7600k it might be worth waiting a few weeks to see what the 9th gen brings with (along with a Z390 motherboard) if you are intending on sticking with Intel.

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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