Time to upgrade the old faithful i7 4790k

[predator397]

Hi guys firstly happy new year everyone!

I currently have a i7 4790k with a rtx 2070 super, the processor has been running with a stable overclock at 4.7ghz for what seems like an eternity and still going but im starting to notice its bottlenecking on some titles that use a lot of processer power, im also using triples not sure if that would put more strain on the processor or not,

My question is im looking to upgrade with around a £600 budget which is the best motherboard,ram and processor bundle to go for from this spec to see a decent jump in performance or the logical way to go,

Many thanks in advance guys

 

[ebilcake]

Hold off for a while longer if you can, not a good time to be buying hardware, stock issues for AMD's 5000 series, prices are inflated right now for almost everything.

Intel also launching Rocket Lake 11th Gen CPU's in the next few months.

i7 4790K isn't awful, a little slower than a Ryzen 3600x for games.

EDIT: If you have too then maybe a Ryzen 7 5800x Bundle, will struggle to keep it below £700 right now... But it's doable with a B550 motherboard, £630-£650.

 

[pc-guy]

definitely not a good time to upgrade.

but if you have to i think intel 10th gen is probably better value than Zen3.

alternatively you can grab a AMD zen2 bundle.

but all of them are not as good value as they can be. ram prices will go down tbh

there is a bundle with 3600 & B550 Strix F - £350 all in. it is not a bad deal but again not great.

 

[rexehuk]

Not sure I'd agree.

Right now availability of 5600/5800 are sound. I'm in same boat as you (4790k) and been looking to move for few months to 5900x.

Over the next few weeks it should stabilise even more judging from stocks flowing in. Look at reviews and then consider what you want. Also consider the prices cause you can easily find them about for RRP right now.

People going to shout to wait for rocket lake, by then zen 4 will be out so not much point comparing a now CPU vs one one 8 months cause there's no flipside of comparing zen 3 to 4...

 

[pc-guy]

5600/5800 avaulable are expensive - they are above MSRP and the gouging effect not been fully taken off yet

 

[ebilcake]

Not sure I'd agree.

Right now availability of 5600/5800 are sound. .

Yep, I take that back, they're just expensive / overpriced.

 

[rexehuk]

Yep, I take that back, they're just expensive / overpriced.

Available for RRP as I stated. Obviously cannot say where. The only thing not is 5900x and that's across the board unfortunately.

 

[neo-omega]

I was tempted to upgrade, but I am going to hold off for Zen4 as Zen3 is the final chip on AM4. I don't really want to upgrade to an end-of-life socket and RAM.

 

[LeMson]

welcome to the dumpster fire OP, order shiny shiny and enjoy the queue

 

[greatash]

10700f would be the chip I'd be buying if I had to get a new mobo, it's going for around 300

Ryzen 5000 only makes sense if you already have an am4 board imo

 

[predator397]

Thanks for the replys everyone!

Definitely plenty to think on, think i may wait a couple of months and check prices again.I was kind of thinking that the ram prices may come down

 

[Tinkers2004]

I would go with something like

Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Stock Code MB-58F-GI

Intel Core i7-10700K Avengers Edition 3.8GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail

Stock Code CP-68R-IN

Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-32000C19 4000MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G400C9K)

Stock Code MY-102-PA

total £659.53
You will probably need another CPU cooler as well

 

[denigor777]

I was tempted to upgrade, but I am going to hold off for Zen4 as Zen3 is the final chip on AM4. I don't really want to upgrade to an end-of-life socket and RAM.

But, when Zen 4 arrives you may need to wait 4 months to find one in stock too. Life and time are short, don't spend your life waiting.

(so speaks the little devil on your shoulder!)

 

[Tinkers2004]

to be fair whenever you upgrade a newer system is out within a 6 months that is quicker, it doesn't mean what you have is bad just the newer one generally does it quicker. Rocket lake will be released in march but new chipset and CPU alderlake likely to be released in October. I upgraded from 6700K to 10700K and I personally noticed a massive difference in performance.