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Currently I own an intel core i7 6800k CPU, a GTX 1080 GPU and 16 gigs of RAM. I've been thinking about upgrading the CPU for an intel core i7 7700k or possibly an i7 7740x. My question is, does it make sense? Is it worth upgrading? I built my computer based on the $1500 Computer Build on this site and it said i7 6800k. However, on internet many people say that the i7 7700k is the better option for gaming. I understand that they are on a different socket. I mostly use my computer for gaming (currently I run Battlefield 1 on a stable 90 fps on ultra settings). Thank you for the answers!
 
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i wouldn't bother 'upgrading' to those CPU's. You have a very capable gaming chip, and with a bit of an OC will last another few years. You've 6c/12t cpu, so you won't be going resource hungry, thats for sure. Along with ddr4 2400 ram and the 1080, your pushing FPS where one would expect.
If you are enjoying the experience of gaming on your system, then why change. Because the latest and greatest is out, and pushes another 10-20% above what you have, or because someone advises you?

Stick with what you have. Wait a while (another year or two) and see whats out then! With Coffee Lake around the corner, and AMD bringing it to Intel a little, there will for sure be better options in the next 6-24 months, which will be a worthy upgrade...
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i wouldn't bother 'upgrading' to those CPU's. You have a very capable gaming chip, and with a bit of an OC will last another few years. You've 6c/12t cpu, so you won't be going resource hungry, thats for sure. Along with ddr4 2400 ram and the 1080, your pushing FPS where one would expect.
If you are enjoying the experience of gaming on your system, then why change. Because the latest and greatest is out, and pushes another 10-20% above what you have, or because someone advises you?

Stick with what you have. Wait a while (another year or two) and see whats out then! With Coffee Lake around the corner, and AMD bringing it to Intel a little, there will for sure be better options in the next 6-24 months, which will be a worthy upgrade from what you have already.
 
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its a downgrade imho, and checking at PassMark they tend to agree with me....

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This is interesting. As far as I see things the i7-7700k excels the i7-6800k in almost every part. How is it rated higher then?
 
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well, thats just one test, and a spec comparison being CPU mark, so the 6800 with more cores and threads will win. Spec wise, although there are differences, it doesn't impact general day to day usage. In gaming though it's a different story. For pure FPS max, the 7700k wins. It's a great gaming chip. The difference wit the 6800 and 7700 is you can do more at the same time with the 6800. Streaming, rendering etc. But if you you look at pure gaming results the 7700k wins out. But if your gaming at 100+fps, and the 7700k gets 10-15 more FPS than the 6800k, will you notice the difference. No you most likely won't. Its too fast to see the difference with the naked eye. Only benchmarks show the difference.
 
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"This is interesting. As far as I see things the i7-7700k excels the i7-6800k in almost every part. How is it rated higher then? "

sure I agree and here is userbench real world spec comparing both but below shows clearly what you state... 11% increase on performance.not worth the cost involved to order mobo, and cpu and new ram just to get that tiny amount of "gaming performance increase. I would suggest the O.P to consider overclocking his/her CPU and close that difference to a lot less . (add SSD and a better video card will close that gap further.

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