[SOLVED] Is it worth it to upgrade from an i7 4790K to an 9700k?

[samwaz]

I do mainly photo editing and gaming

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

What kind of gaming and what is your pc setup currently?

 

[tennis2]

That all hinges on your financial situation and how many hours per week you're gaming (and what kind of games). You'd be looking at a 30+% improvement in frame rates for CPU-heavy games.

For hobbyist photo editing, your current CPU is fine.

 

[TechyInAZ]

As said above, what is your current workload?

If you do a good amount of gaming and photo editing (I'm also a photo editor in Lightroom), the 9700K will definitely be a serious upgrade for you. it will be well worth it if the price is right. If it's way overpriced, perhaps consider AMD Ryzen.

 

[samwaz]

What kind of gaming and what is your pc setup currently?

All AAA titles with low to medium settings , my current setup is LG 4K 27 UK650, i7 4790K paired with Rog hero motherboard , 16Gb of Ram , 128 Gigs SSD and NVIDIA GTX 660 , which I will upgrade to GTX 2060 Super.

 

[tennis2]

Here's some benchmarks

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Without even going into details you will get a night and day difference stepping up to that level. The only thing I can't advise you on is photo editing, the 9700k does not have Hyper-threading and I don't know if photo editing benefits from Hyper-threading.

 

[samwaz]

As said above, what is your current workload?

If you do a good amount of gaming and photo editing (I'm also a photo editor in Lightroom), the 9700K will definitely be a serious upgrade for you. it will be well worth it if the price is right. If it's way overpriced, perhaps consider AMD Ryzen.

I edit in photoshop with a lot of adjustment layers and also high resolution RAW files with camera raw , with multiple images and tabs open and also moderate multi tasking . Do you think Ryzen 7 will be a better choice for me over intel?

 

[SgtScream]

You would see a performance difference yes, but you're in a position where the i7 4790k, though it may be pushing 5 years, it's still a relevant processor by today's standards. If I were in your position, i'd wait for Intel to counter. It may be 1-2 years, but the fact that you have to spend $500 on a hyper-threaded 8 core chip is ridiculous. I say give Intel a chance to respond/counter to Ryzen 3rd gen because you'll likely get more cores/threads at a higher frequency for the money when it's time. If you must upgrade now, go Ryzen 3rd gen. The i7 9700k is the future i5. Games like Battlefield V peg i5 hex core processors at 100% load already.

 

[geofelt]

Worth is something only YOU can determine.
a 4790K to a 9700K is a very big jump and is as good as it gets for gaming.

For photo editing you might want to read this article on best configurations for photoshop.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomm...obe-Photoshop-CC-139/Hardware-Recommendations
There may be a later version which includes ryzen 3000 processors.
Here is one with less detail:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1529/#BenchmarkResults