i7 4790k with GTX 1070

[RHurbungs]

Heey,

So I have a question about the socket 1150 (i7 4790k) and the new GTX 1070.
I am going to upgrade soon and really wanna know if the i7 4790k will cause any problems for the future. With everything updating each year I wanna know sure that I won't have to upgrade for another 5 years. I do render (not pro like) and game alot. But I do wanna get the most out of my computer. I was also looking at the i7 6700k but when buying that I also need to upgrade my RAM (which is still good). So what you guys suggest? going for a bit older i7 4790k or i7 6700k?

 

[TJ Hooker]

What's your current setup?

The 4790k is a great CPU. It will work great with the 1070 and will last you for years. The 6700k is a little better, but if it's going to cost you a bunch more money then the 4790k should be more than enough.

 

[RHurbungs]

What's your current setup?

The 4790k is a great CPU. It will work great with the 1070 and will last you for years. The 6700k is a little better, but if it's going to cost you a bunch more money then the 4790k should be more than enough.

My current setup:

Asrock B75 series
i5 2500k
Kingston hyperX 16Gb ram
GTX 970

I know it's not a bad setup at all for gaming however I wanna get the most out of my setup now (money wise) because everything will get cheaper. Money isnt actually a big problem BUT I do not wanna waste any money for things that are not worth it. So if the i7 4790k with DDR3 ram will be fine with the GTX 1070 than ofcourse I will buy the i7 4790k. But if the performance of the i7 6700k with DDR4 ram is much and much better than I will go for the i7 6700k

 

[PuperHacker]

An i7 4790k if you oc it (and if you don't) will hold up for at least 5 years. I think it might assist you for 7 years before it "dies".
Imagine that even an i5 4670k would last really long.

Now as 4 the 6700k it would be worth to buy if you have money for mobo above 100$ and ram. Mostly because the 1551 socket is active while 1550 is starting to sink.

 

[Murissokah]

It really comes down to the price difference you would have to pay for Skylake. I would go for Skylake, but then again I don't know your budget.

Performance-wise, the difference is small (under 10% in most cases). You do get the opportunity of upgrading in the future, considering the 6700k runs in a new platform, but that too may not be a factor if you don't intend to upgrade it. If your budget is expected to increase in the near future (if you are graduating, for instance), the possibility of an upgrade becomes more interesting.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

The 2600k is 5+ years old and still a viable CPU.... GFX card performance has far outpaced CPU performance increases and this year it exploded. The 4970k will take you to 2020 w/o issue as far as gaming is concerned, unless something changes in Intel's roadmap and game development advances accordingly.

 

[RHurbungs]

It really comes down to the price difference you would have to pay for Skylake. I would go for Skylake, but then again I don't know your budget.

Performance-wise, the difference is small (under 10% in most cases). You do get the opportunity of upgrading in the future, considering the 6700k runs in a new platform, but that too may not be a factor if you don't intend to upgrade it. If your budget is expected to increase in the near future (if you are graduating, for instance), the possibility of an upgrade becomes more interesting.

Money is not a big of a problem. The difference is almost €200 with the i7 4790k being the cheapest because I do not have to buy new RAM. Price is only based on: Motherboard, CPU (ram only for i7 6700) and new PSU

 

[elfergos]

I just upgraded to a 4790k, its an awesome CPU, stock 4 GHZ and overclockable to around 4.5 GHZ should you need to. The performance difference is tiny compared to the skylake, this isn't a case of a difference between a 980 and 1080 GPU, its good to go for years and imagine the choice of CPU's in 4 or 5 years time....

 

[photonboy]

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2182-fallout-4-cpu-benchmark-huge-performance-difference

An i5-2500K at default frequency sits in between the FX-9590 and i5-6600K in this graph.

This represents one of the worst CPU bottlenecks you will encounter. New game but crappy, old game engine for the most part.

*Most of the time you will likely see less than 10% improvement by going with a modern Skylake or Haswell CPU, though others you'll get higher. Much of that time you can easily achieve 60FPS anyway.

So I wouldn't personally upgrade the CPU yet.

 

[Murissokah]

Money is not a big of a problem. The difference is almost €200 with the i7 4790k being the cheapest because I do not have to buy new RAM. Price is only based on: Motherboard, CPU (ram only for i7 6700) and new PSU

The I can see points in favor of a Skylake platform are:

+Additional PCI-E 3.0 lanes. The Z170 offers 20 PCI-E 3.0 lanes, as opposed to 8 PCI-E 2.0 lanes in Z97. These are the PCH lanes, you still 16 PCI-E 3.0 lanes from the CPU. These additional PCH lanes are useful for NVME/PCI-E SSDs and other USB 3.0 devices.

+Newer connectivity standards. SATA Express, USB 3.1

+Minor performance improvement (<10%)

+DDR4 support (very minor advantage)

Is this worth €200? I don't think so, but if those €200 don't mean a lot to you, might as well bite the bullet.