I7 3770 still relevant?

[JesterJason]

Hello guys, sorry if this seems like a pretty stupid thing to be asking, but I'm relatively new to the Pc community and looking for some advice.

I have an I7 3770 (not unlocked but boosted up its max potential of 3.9ghz) with 8gb of low spec RAM and a few low end SSDs. I know this CPU is starting to get older and I've had it few years myself.

My question is, when will the 3770 still be a decent and relevant CPU & if I upgraded what new sockets are decent and still have a long life. I know a few new tiers of chips have come out, and I'd love to upgrade, but upgrading will be costly, with a new mobo, cpu, and ram all at the same time.

Many thanks in advance.

Jason.

 

[jollypirate]

Your cpu is still very good, especially for gaming, you can still wait a generation or two before upgrading , maybe even more.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Yeah no point in changing for a few years.

 

[JesterJason]

I'll just start saving now and I'll pick up a upgrade in a few years, really would like more ram though but using a micro atx and have no more ram slots, struggling to find a better replacement with the same chipset (so hopefully I can avoid a complete reboot) with 4 ram slots.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Why not go for a 2x 8 GB set

 

[ShadyHamster]

There is little point in upgrading to the newer platforms unless you really want some of the new features.
In terms of gaming performance, nothing much has changed, you will see very minimal gains, if any, in terms of fps.
The same goes for productivity, you would be far better off upgrading to LGA2011-3 if you want more performance here.