AMD to Intel?

[el Magnifico]

I'm looking for some advice on possibly changing my processor from the AMD fx-9590 to an Intel chip. I'm building a new PC for my brother and originally I was going to give him the graphics card in my current build (r9-380) and upgrade my own to the gtx 1070, but as I did a little bit more research it seems that the 9590 would bottleneck that card. So I'm trying to get a few opinions on whether or not it would be worth it in the long run for me to make the switch over to Intel, especially after this processor has given me numerous headaches already. (First I had problems with it overheating and now I think it's causing too much strain on my PSU.)

Since I was looking at getting the gtx 1070 originally I would like to try to keep the processor and mobo in the same price range as that, I don't really want to go over $450. I was looking at the i7-4790k devils canyon as well as the i7-6700k skylake which are the same price but I don't know what the difference between these are. The 6700k says it supports ddr4 and ddr3l which means maybe it's not compatible with the RAM I have currently which is ddr3. I also want to make sure that whatever I do end up getting it will be able to support a card like the gtx 1070 if I still want to upgrade to that in the future. Or would it be better to maybe add a second r9-380 which is what I have currently in my system.

If my post isn't blatantly obvious I'm not the most knowledgeable about all the different components out there so I'm just looking for opinions and advice on what might be the best for me to change to or maybe I should just stick with what I have now and upgrade my PSU. Also as a side note if someone can recommend me a cheap card to get for my brother since I will be keeping my r9-380 for awhile now to pair with his i5-4460 that would be helpful to.

 

[xFeaRDom]

Well the difference between the 6700K and 4790K are the sockets that are used for the processors.

Upgrading to a 4790K would be much cheaper, and would save you money, as for one, the motherboards aren't as high in price due to the socket being transferred to the 1151 instead of 1150, and for two, you can re-use your RAM.

The 4790K would allow you to overclock if you wanted, even on an aftermarket air cooler, but this would require a more expensive motherboard (A Z79 Motherboard, which is probably around $80).

The 6700k would be more expensive, but more future proof, the motherboards for overclocking needing to be a z170, you also need to buy DDR4 RAM, which is quite expensive at the moment, with 16GB being around $70+ for a decent kit.

Both of those processors will be able to run a 1070, with bottlenecking, yes, but noticeable? No. I know people have different opinions on this, but no matter what there'll be bottlenecking, just different amounts, bad bottlenecking where you run 20fps as the CPU isn't powerful enough, or bottlenecking as both of the components aren't optimised and (Basically) run at a really slight different speed for there to be no bottlenecking. In basic, there'll be no bottlenecking (Noticeable at least).

And if possible, can you state what PSU you have? As that could need with an upgrade if it isn't suitable for the 1070 and CPU.

 

[el Magnifico]

Thanks for the reply, alot of good info in there. It seems like my best bet would be to get the 4790k and overclock it, I already have a liquid cooler so I shouldn't have any problems there. I really don't feel like buying a new set of RAM on top of the other components being more expensive. My PSU is a corsair 750 watt so I don't think there will be any issues there.

But I'm also wondering because you said there will be a slight and probably unnoticeable amount of bottle necking with either one of those processors but would it be the same with my current 9590 or would it be worse for that processor than it would be for the other 2? I don't want to have to change over unless I have to if it's going to be similar performance but if changing over to Intel would be worth it then I'm all for it.