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Is it worth upgrading to something like an i5-4690 (I would put an i7 from this generation but they cost more than when they came out now for some reason)

or should I just upgrade the cpu+motherboard+ram?

I guess what I'm really asking is what is the best price to performance upgrade I can make to my current CPU, ideally as cheap as possible while still maintaining a significant performance upgrade (for gaming). 

 

Mobo: MSI H81M-E33

GPU: RX480 Sapphire Nitro+ (Which is being bottle necked pretty bad)

RAM: 8GB ddr3 gskill

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I wouldn't go with any i5 from 7th gen and under for a serious upgrade. Look for any used i7 you can, if you can't find any at a decent price, it's time for a platform upgrade, which you definitely should go with a R5 2600 or even a R5 1600 used to save some money.

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You will need to look on the used market.  If you are looking for new theres no surprise that a new 4th gen i7 is more expensive than when launched.

Used 4770k's are going for 135-> 170 US on ebay.

You get a cheap upgrade to keep your system running and can build new later.

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Go Ryzen!

The i7 has not that much more single core perf. Therefore it won't help much and is not worth the $$

like the others already said R5 1700 used or R5 2600. Perfect gaming CPU, wich supports more than the 480

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Checking eBay, a 4770 is $140 and a 4790 is $150. An i5-4690 costs $110. The K-SKU chips are significantly more, but with an H81 motherboard you don't need a K. Are you in the US, or abroad? If you're US, I'd suggest saving up a little bit more until you can get to a 4770 or 4790.

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1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

Checking eBay, a 4770 is $140 and a 4790 is $150. An i5-4690 costs $110. The K-SKU chips are significantly more, but with an H81 motherboard you don't need a K. Are you in the US, or abroad? If you're US, I'd suggest saving up a little bit more until you can get to a 4770 or 4790.

price wise ok... but this is no sigificant perf. improve 

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4 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

price wise ok... but this is no sigificant perf. improve 

Its quite a huge performance improvement compared to the i3.  And cheaper than a rebuild which would require DDR4 RAM.

By your logic jumping from an i3 to a 1st gen Ryzen 5 has no significant performance improvement.

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2 minutes ago, Snipergod87 said:

Its quite a huge performance improvement compared to the i3.  And cheaper than a rebuild which would require DDR4 RAM.

By your logic jumping from an i3 to a 1st gen Ryzen 5 has no significant performance improvement.

yeah but keep price/pef in mind 

both will be enough power but there are Manny cheapass B350+R5 1700 combs available 

at least in Europe. This +selling i3+ mobo will be much better price/perf and perf in general 

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7 minutes ago, Snipergod87 said:

Its quite a huge performance improvement compared to the i3.  And cheaper than a rebuild which would require DDR4 RAM.

Yeah this is my main issue. Like is the performance of a new Motherboard + ram + cpu worth the higher price instead of a use 7th gen cpu?

 

I get that new stuff is going to be better longevity wise, but is the price difference equal to the performance increase?

USA btw.

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hm best price/perf might actually be selling the i3 and getting a i7 used. the rest of the system is ok. Do you have single or dual channel ram? for streaming dual Chanel helps

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1 minute ago, Metallus97 said:

hm best price/perf might actually be selling the i3 and getting a i7 used. the rest of the system is ok. Do you have single or dual channel ram? for streaming dual Chanel helps

I just have the one stick. If I go used I will probably get another.

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27 minutes ago, The Zaad said:

Is it worth upgrading to something like an i5-4690 (I would put an i7 from this generation but they cost more than when they came out now for some reason)

or should I just upgrade the cpu+motherboard+ram?

I guess what I'm really asking is what is the best price to performance upgrade I can make to my current CPU, ideally as cheap as possible while still maintaining a significant performance upgrade (for gaming). 

 

Mobo: MSI H81M-E33

GPU: RX480 Sapphire Nitro+ (Which is being bottle necked pretty bad)

RAM: 8GB ddr3 gskill

bro, I had an i5-4670k (basically same thing as the i5-4690k, but an OEM chip) for a while. I upgraded about 2 months ago because it was falling behind (and shaming my 1070 with its presence). I went with the Ryzen 5 2600x, solid CPU for a decent price. Leagues better than my aging i5. 

 

Only downside is RAM costs right now, but since you've been scraping by with 8GB already, continuing to do so with a stick of DDR4 won't be nearly as bad as going higher than 8GB. Though 16GB is a nice pseudo-standard to get behind

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1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

bro, I had an i5-4670k (basically same thing as the i5-4690k, but an OEM chip) for a while. I upgraded about 2 months ago because it was falling behind (and shaming my 1070 with its presence). I went with the Ryzen 5 2600x, solid CPU for a decent price. Leagues better than my aging i5. 

 

Only downside is RAM costs right now, but since you've been scraping by with 8GB already, continuing to do so with a stick of DDR4 won't be nearly as bad as going higher than 8GB. Though 16GB is a nice pseudo-standard to get behind

yes that's my opinion to. btw: I am stuck on 4670k now, heavy oc but I still NED to move to ryzen...

But in teams of price to performance gained Tham intel wins 

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Just now, Metallus97 said:

yes that's my opinion to. btw: I am stuck on 4670k now, heavy oc but I still NED to move to ryzen...

But in teams of price to performance gained Tham intel wins 

my i5 wouldn't OC and was performing sub-par, which didn't help its case. RIP Haswell.

I've gone through 2 Haswell chips now, dam

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1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

my i5 wouldn't OC and was performing sub-par, which didn't help its case. RIP Haswell.

I've gone through 2 Haswell chips now, dam

I guess after this month mine will be dead to

running a heavy OC 24/7 for the folding month 

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Just now, Metallus97 said:

I guess after this month mine will be dead to

running a heavy OC 24/7 for the folding month 

RIP. Start saving for a Ryzen dude

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HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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19 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

yeah but keep price/pef in mind 

both will be enough power but there are Manny cheapass B350+R5 1700 combs available 

at least in Europe. This +selling i3+ mobo will be much better price/perf and perf in general 

Dude, the H81 board and i3 are worth a combined $100 right now, and that's being generous. 8GB of DDR4 RAM still costs north of $70 by itself. There is no way on God's green earth that a complete system change from Haswell to Ryzen is more cost-effective than replacing a Haswell i3 with an i7 and doubling the RAM. There is no way.

I enjoy buying junk and sinking more money than it's worth into it to make it less junk.

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