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Kukuified
By Kukuified
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Wait for it to come out to say for sure. If your CPU is bottlenecking though sure, you might want to upgrade. Otherwise I see no reason to

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12 minutes ago, Kukuified said:

Hi LTT Community! 

 

I need some advice on whether I should upgrade my i5-3570k to the new coming 9th gen processor. Mostly playing AAA games. 

 

My current specs:

CPU:i5-3570k @ 4.5ghz

MOBO:ASUS Maximus V Formula

GPU: Gtx 1080

Monitor: BenQ 1080p @ 144hz

 

Thanks! 

You might wanna wait a bit longer tbh, its not honorably slow yet... Its just not all that fast either. And if you do upgrade then just keep to an i7 unless money isnt an issue at all, then yeet it

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25 minutes ago, Kukuified said:

 

Probably but intel isn't releasing an 8700K replacement for the 9th gen, so you lose out on hyperthreading unless you pay for $499

 

Should just grab an R5 2600 on the cheap...

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

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10 hours ago, Kukuified said:

Hi LTT Community! 

 

I need some advice on whether I should upgrade my i5-3570k to the new coming 9th gen processor. Mostly playing AAA games. 

 

My current specs:

CPU:i5-3570k @ 4.5ghz

MOBO:ASUS Maximus V Formula

GPU: Gtx 1080

Monitor: BenQ 1080p @ 144hz

 

Thanks! 

Might want to check this video out: 

Might give you an idea on what you want to do. :)

 

 

 

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