[SOLVED] I7-4790k, upgrading or rebuilding from motherboard up?

[mattynheather]

So I am currently looking to upgrade my computer and have recently bought a RTX 2080 aorus extreme edition, but I did not see much improvement on my frame rate. This leads me to believe I am getting bottlenecked by either my cpu (I7-4790k not over clocked or anything stock out of the box) or my ddr3 ram(24 gigs 4 sticks not sure on speed). Which when I tested was the only thing that showed was not performing up to par. Any suggestions any the best cost effective way to upgrade.

I believe I have a z 390 pro motherboard but don't quote me on that. I have done a little research and read that this cpu only supports DDR3 and Only 2 slots. But again I'm not a computer guru so I'm not sure.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[jojesa]

Yes, the I7-4790k is a little weak for the RTX 2080.
To be able to take advantage of the new GPU performance you will have to move up to a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and maybe a new PSU.
Do you have a budget in mind?

 

[mattynheather]

Yes, the I7-4790k is a little weak for the RTX 2080.
To be able to take advantage of the new GPU performance you will have to move up to a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and maybe a new PSU.
Do you have a budget in mind?

I want to keep it as cheap as I can while still utilizing my system because I use it to stream and play games. I was looking at a I7-8700k and some 16 GB 3200 ram with whatever motherboard I could find for cheap that would work. Any suggestions. I guess the budget would be around 450? Maybe 500
I have a 750 wattpsu

 

[13thmonkey]

24GB of ram indicates 2x8 + 2x4, you may not be working in dual channel properly, you may be slowing down some of the ram, the 2x8 might work better on their own as you'll rarely go beyond 16GB.

 

[jojesa]

I want to keep it as cheap as I can while still utilizing my system because I use it to stream and play games. I was looking at a I7-8700k and some 16 GB 3200 ram with whatever motherboard I could find for cheap that would work. Any suggestions. I guess the budget would be around 450? Maybe 500
I have a 750 wattpsu

If you go with the K series CPU, then it will be wise to select Z series motherboard (Z370 or Z390 chipset) and if you do that you will be above your budget...just with CPU and motherboard

I would suggest you go with the i7 8700 and the H370 motherboard to remain withing your budget.
ASRock H370 Pro4 ATX / ASRock H370M Pro4

 

[mattynheather]

I want to keep it as cheap as I can while still utilizing my system because I use it to stream and play games. I was looking at a I7-8700k and some 16 GB 3200 ram with whatever motherboard I could find for cheap that would work. Any suggestions. I guess the budget would be around 450? Maybe 500
I have a 750 wattpsu

If you go with the K series CPU, then it will be wise to select Z series motherboard (Z370 or Z390 chipset) and if you do that you will be above your budget...just with CPU and motherboard

I would suggest you go with the i7 8700 and the H370 motherboard to remain withing your budget.
ASRock H370 Pro4 ATX / ASRock H370M Pro4

But I want to upgrade to where I'm not going to have to spend another 300 to 400 a few years from now. So if I have to spend an extra 2 to 300 it would be worth it. Assuming the performance makes up for it.

 

[jojesa]

But I want to upgrade to where I'm not going to have to spend another 300 to 400 a few years from now.

That will be hard to predict, since I do not know what the future holds.
Depending on task you will be performing in few years your system might be up to par or it might not.

So if I have to spend an extra 2 to 300 it would be worth it. Assuming the performance makes up for it.

So what's the difference in spending extra now than spending extra in a few years?
I prefer getting a system with the specs I need at the moment, and when I need more I would upgrade accordingly.

Have you consider AMD Ryzen?

 

[mattynheather]

But I want to upgrade to where I'm not going to have to spend another 300 to 400 a few years from now.

That will be hard to predict, since I do not know what the future holds.
Depending on task you will be performing in few years your system might be up to par or it might not.

So if I have to spend an extra 2 to 300 it would be worth it. Assuming the performance makes up for it.

So what's the difference in spending extra now than spending extra in a few years?
I prefer getting a system with the specs I need at the moment, and when I need more I would upgrade accordingly.

Have you consider AMD Ryzen?

I have but I don't know how well they compare in to Intel vs gaming.

 

[13thmonkey]

But I want to upgrade to where I'm not going to have to spend another 300 to 400 a few years from now.

That will be hard to predict, since I do not know what the future holds.
Depending on task you will be performing in few years your system might be up to par or it might not.

So if I have to spend an extra 2 to 300 it would be worth it. Assuming the performance makes up for it.

So what's the difference in spending extra now than spending extra in a few years?
I prefer getting a system with the specs I need at the moment, and when I need more I would upgrade accordingly.

Have you consider AMD Ryzen?

I have but I don't know how well they compare in to Intel vs gaming.

There's shedloads of reviews out there. And did you consider that your ram is slowing you down?

 

[jojesa]

I have but I don't know how well they compare in to Intel vs gaming.

Check these videos about AMD vs Intel.
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToyjqZ6cFJs
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyaqSAotL3w

Read
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ryzen_2-vs-intel-9th_gen-core,38000.html


Also try the suggestion below, dual channel (2x 8GB=16GB) configuration, which could help you achieving better performance.

24GB of ram indicates 2x8 + 2x4, you may not be working in dual channel properly, you may be slowing down some of the ram, the 2x8 might work better on their own as you'll rarely go beyond 16GB.