Upgrade a i5 4670k rig or get a new one?

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nivlac12

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Currently, i'm running a i5 4670k at stock speeds (3.4 GHz) with a 212 evo cooler, 8GB ram and a GTX 770, had it for just over 2 years now, and everything is in pretty perfect condition. I use it for gaming while doing work/ watch a video on a dual monitor setup, and this is giving me a little bit of lag in the game as well as slowing down other programs that i'm also running, so I'm planning on upgrading to something that should last me the next 2-3 years at least.


So my options are:

I could either sell my current rig and build a new one with an i7 5820k that I want, use stock speeds and reuse my 212 evo. (And then get a liquid cooler and overclock it later if needed) as well as getting a new GPU like a GTX 1070/ 1080.
Also, i want to ask; should i stick with the GTX 770 and wait for something like the GTX 1080ti, or upgrade straight away?

OR

My second option is to keep my existing rig, buy a water cooler and overclock the CPU to something closer to 4GHz, upgrade my RAM to 16GB and even get a 2nd GTX 770. My concerns is that the power consumption with dual GTX 770s is going to be a bit high, and do you reckon i need a 2nd one, or should i replace it altogether? And my other concern is that I'm worried that some of the major hardware may fail as it's already 2 years old, so is this worth the risk and would you expect this to last me another 2-3 years?

Or I could buy a liquid cooler
 
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Main components and quality components apart from maybe cheap cooler or case fans should easily last more than a couple of years. That aside, for the kind of multitasking you want to do it's going to likely cut into your gaming performance some regardless since it's only 4 cores without ht. If the 770 isn't handling games as you'd like I'd probably replace it with a better single card like a 1060 or 1070 depending what your budget is like. Not all games play well with sli and vram doesn't stack so you won't sli 2 770's and have 4gb of ram if using 2gb cards. You'll still have 2gb vram and some newer games are benefiting from more than that.

The 5820k might be a nice option if it's within your budget. The other option would be to...
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timeconsumer

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There is no need to upgrade your CPU.

If you want better performance in games you can upgrade to 16gb of ram and upgrade your GPU. I would not run SLI, I would sell the 770 and get something like a 1070, depending on what resolution you play your games at. You can attempt to overclock your CPU as well, you won't need a better cooler for a small overclock under 4Ghz most likely. But really your lag is probably only caused by the ram if you are trying to game on one monitor and watch a movie on the other.

Lastly, 2 years old is not old for silicon. There is no need for concern that you will have a major failure. CPUs can easily last 10+ years, same with motherboards and memory. PSUs, hard drives, and GPUs a little less so, but still you have a ton of life left on that machine.
 
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Main components and quality components apart from maybe cheap cooler or case fans should easily last more than a couple of years. That aside, for the kind of multitasking you want to do it's going to likely cut into your gaming performance some regardless since it's only 4 cores without ht. If the 770 isn't handling games as you'd like I'd probably replace it with a better single card like a 1060 or 1070 depending what your budget is like. Not all games play well with sli and vram doesn't stack so you won't sli 2 770's and have 4gb of ram if using 2gb cards. You'll still have 2gb vram and some newer games are benefiting from more than that.

The 5820k might be a nice option if it's within your budget. The other option would be to consider a 4790k for your existing setup. It sounds like you may benefit from the extra cores though if running multiple active applications. If running a browser or something on one monitor while gaming on the other and one program is idling then falls more to ram than it does the cpu. Hard to say without knowing what other programs you're running at the same time.
 
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Saud6700

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4670k is fine. Just add more RAM and a new Graphics card.
Rather than SLI'ing or Crossfiring cards, go for a better single gpu (like the 1070) because games don't seem to support multiple cards very well or sometimes at all.
 
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