Is it time to upgrade my i7 3700k?

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Biggen

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Hi Guys,

Would like to ask the community their opinion on upgrading my i7 3770k processor. Had this process for 4 years now, and it's been fantastic, but I now have the itch to upgrade. Please see my current setup below.

i7 3770k processor.
Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1
6GB Corsair Vengeance Ram
Corsair H80 water cooler.


 
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Justiceinacan
Unless you're thinking X99 / more cores (which doesn't always mean better game performance) I don't think you really gotta. Every generation is a marginal improvement over the last and considering how little CPU games actually use, I don't think it's totally needed.

Anywho if you wanna upgrade CPU you need an LGA1151 motherboard and DDR4 RAM. You might enjoy having a full 16 GB kit but 8's fine too. Regular DDR3 ram doesn't work though.
For CPU's I'd get a 7700k and your choice of a Z270 motherboard really. I dunno your form factor but I personally am enjoying my Z270MX-Gaming 5
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Unless you're thinking X99 / more cores (which doesn't always mean better game performance) I don't think you really gotta. Every generation is a marginal improvement over the last and considering how little CPU games actually use, I don't think it's totally needed.

Anywho if you wanna upgrade CPU you need an LGA1151 motherboard and DDR4 RAM. You might enjoy having a full 16 GB kit but 8's fine too. Regular DDR3 ram doesn't work though.
For CPU's I'd get a 7700k and your choice of a Z270 motherboard really. I dunno your form factor but I personally am enjoying my Z270MX-Gaming 5
 
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Unless your system is older than Sandy Bridge (when they added USB 3.0 support), there's little reason to upgrade. The speed improvements are marginal. The only compelling reasons to upgrade are:

  • ■reduced power consumption (if this is a system running at high CPU usage 24/7)
    ■higher temp threshold (more overclock capability)
    ■USB C / Thunderbolt support introduced in Skylake (though you could always just add a PCIe card)
    ■SATA Express support introduced in Skylake (though again you can just add a PCIe card)
    ■a better integrated GPU, notably 10-bit video decode introduced with Broadwell, and 4k @ 60 Hz video introduced with Kaby Lake (but you can just buy a video card)
    ■Hollywood obnoxiously requiring Kaby Lake to support encrypted 4k video streams (just buy a 4k Roku or Chromecast and watch on your TV instead of your computer)
If you're planning to buy a big memory upgrade, you may want to upgrade to Skylake or newer. That way you can buy DDR4 RAM, so it will be compatible with future systems in case you decide to upgrade again soon. But this requires buying a motherboard as well.
 
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Devroolz

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Hi mate!

I have the same cpu as you and a Titan X (Maxwell), and I ask myself the same question everytime I see an offer. If you take a look to this video, you will realize that it is not necessary to upgrade our 3770K:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0

As you can see, the differences are minimal. All you need to do is overclock the cpu, add some ram and you will be fine for a long time.
 
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