2ND 1080 TI OR UPGRADE CPU/RAM/MoBo

SaintSe7en · Mar 8, 2017

I am currently running a 4790K, Z97-AR, and 16GB DDR3. I have a GTX 1080 Ti on preorder. I'm wondering what's best right now and for the future. I can go to a 7700K, New Mobo (Maximus most likely), DDR4 or I can get a second 1080 Ti for basically the same price (Ti may be more). I believe my current CPU/RAM/MOBO, as great as they've been for me, are going to be bottlenecking me in the near future (6 mo. to a year). On the other hand, a second 1080 Ti sounds pretty great for 60 fps 4K gaming. I am realizing there is a small chance a single 1080 Ti would be enough for that, and if thats the case, I'll return it (sell it) and do the other upgrade.

What do you guys think?

TechyInAZ · Mar 8, 2017

The 4790K to 7700K is roughly 10% increase in performance (remember, Kaby Lake is just Skylake with higher clock speeds). So if you can get your 4790K to 4.5,4.7, or 4.9ghz dual 1080 Tis will run great on that chip!

SaintSe7en · Mar 8, 2017

czar357 :

Definitely game at 4K/2K depending on the game lol. Way too much money spent for 1080P. I'm thirsty for those 144Hz 4K monitors tho.

SaintSe7en · Mar 8, 2017

TechyInAZ :

Thanks for the info on the CPU, am I not going to see an increase in RAM performance? Also, I imagine the newer boards will be better for overclocking, does that make it any more worth it vs a second card. (I'm leaning second card, just playing devil's advocate. (Also, I'm running the 4790K at 4.6)

SaintSe7en · Mar 8, 2017

czar357 :

yeah, I legit buy nothing else (that's how I convinced my wife). I budget around $1,500 per year on upgrades. Didn't do anything last year, so I'm going ham on the Ti. Side Note: Since you prefer AMD GPUs, are you looking at Vega? Did Ryzen tempt you to switch up your CPU?

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