I am thinking of upgrading my system but have been shocked at how prices, especially for mother boards have risen and the issues around DDR5 ram, (unavailability and needing a mortgage to get some).
So my current system is
ROG Maximus X Hero. 32 GB ram. i5 8600. Asus duel geforce 3gb GDDR5 graphics. It is mainly used for photo editing in Lightroom.
I was thinking of building a new system with the following Asus ROG Strix Z690A Gaming B4, Corsair vengeance 64 ram 3200 DDR4, and an i5 12600K. No change to the graphic card.
I settled on the i5 as everywhere states it is the best bang for your buck and it very good. The £100 difference between that and the i7 for the small increase performance doesn’t seem worth it.
My question is does this sound a good idea or am I not going to notice much difference? Is the money better spent on a new graphic card or extra ram for the existing system maybe?
So my current system is
ROG Maximus X Hero. 32 GB ram. i5 8600. Asus duel geforce 3gb GDDR5 graphics. It is mainly used for photo editing in Lightroom.
I was thinking of building a new system with the following Asus ROG Strix Z690A Gaming B4, Corsair vengeance 64 ram 3200 DDR4, and an i5 12600K. No change to the graphic card.
I settled on the i5 as everywhere states it is the best bang for your buck and it very good. The £100 difference between that and the i7 for the small increase performance doesn’t seem worth it.
My question is does this sound a good idea or am I not going to notice much difference? Is the money better spent on a new graphic card or extra ram for the existing system maybe?