CPU for Workstation/Gaming Hybrid System

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Hello everyone,
New to the forums, and first post (so hope I don't break any rules). Looking to finally refresh my 2500k system. It's been a solid friend of mine over the last 4-5 years, but I'm finally running out of compute.

I use my PC for 2 primary functions: Workstation for working from home and Weekend Gamer (ARK and CIV are my favs atm). I recently picked up a 4k 60hz monitor (mostly for work real estate, but also for gaming). Not looking for high refresh rates here (60FPS gaming is fine with me) I just want it to be smooth. While gaming, I'm also hosting my own local ARK server (play with friends and family) so it's a competitive CPU/memory tax while playing ARK at the same time.

While my 2500k handled this to being with, it's struggling recently between server hosting, gaming and workstation processing (sometimes all in parallel!). My CPU will usually stay +95% all day at times @4.5Ghz. Giving I'm currently achieving this with a 4C 4.5Ghz non-HT CPU from 5 years ago, I'm sure either AMD or Intel will be a good step up. I guess the big question is; which is going to provide the most sustainable solution over time?

Side note for other consideration. Currently rolling with a EVGA GTX970 SSC; one of the few upgrades over time for my 2500k. Is it work upgrading the CPU along with this build, or will the 970 hold up to the new 4k demands?

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For fully multithreaded workstation software the AMD Ryzen 8 core R7 1700 is an absolute monster for its price, the R7 1800 is a bit faster but also more expensive, either should be a massive upgrade, but be aware this won't come cheap: it's a full MB/CPU/RAM swap and you may need to purchase another Windows license as well.

Unless you turn the settings down a long way a GTX970 is going to struggle at 4K, you'll really want to be looking at a GtX1070 as minimum for that kind of resolution, although you could try setting lower resolutions ingame to see how it looks and performs on the '970.

Something along these lines: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/coozie7/saved/#view=dhwWZL
I've included a GTX1070 and a massive 32Gb of RAM so it's a...
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For fully multithreaded workstation software the AMD Ryzen 8 core R7 1700 is an absolute monster for its price, the R7 1800 is a bit faster but also more expensive, either should be a massive upgrade, but be aware this won't come cheap: it's a full MB/CPU/RAM swap and you may need to purchase another Windows license as well.

Unless you turn the settings down a long way a GTX970 is going to struggle at 4K, you'll really want to be looking at a GtX1070 as minimum for that kind of resolution, although you could try setting lower resolutions ingame to see how it looks and performs on the '970.

Something along these lines: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/coozie7/saved/#view=dhwWZL
I've included a GTX1070 and a massive 32Gb of RAM so it's a bit steep on price.

No GPU and 16GB of RAM makes the pill a little easier to swallow: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/coozie7/saved/#view=TLg999
 
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