Is it worth it to upgrade?

[Arjesh]

Hello there,

I'm wondering if it's worth it to upgrade my i5-4670K CPU to an i7-4790K, keeping in mind that there are 0 to no differences regarding gaming in comparison with the i7-6700K. Plus, they both cost almost the same in my country.

The reason I'm wondering about that is:
1-I don't want to upgrade my motherboard and my RAM for Skylake,
2-as I said, they cost almost the same
3-I want to get more performance in conjunction with getting a new graphics card (probably the new AMD Vega card, or the 1080, or what comes after the 1080 if it's affordable for me)
4-Upgrading to Skylake would hold me from getting a new monitor (I currently have the Asus VG248QE and want to add Dell S2716DG to the setup)

Current motherboard: Asus Z97 Gamer Pro
CPU cooler: Cooler Master 120XL
Power Supply: Cooler Master 750W


Thanks in advance.

 

[G-star93]

Well if we're honest there is a lil difference between 4790K and 6700K in gaming(I know I had them both, as also i5 4th gen) So yeah it is worth the upgrade. You will be more future proof with 4790k than with i5.

 

[SgtScream]

There really is no difference in performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhuC8Tf9i3I&t=6s
I don't think you should upgrade.

 

[G-star93]

he's talking about 4790k not 4770k, and it's a difference between i5 and i7 lol

 

[SgtScream]

he's talking about 4790k not 4770k, and it's a difference between i5 and i7 lol

Yes, I did misread the original post.
No, there's not really a difference between an i5 and an i7 when it comes to gaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_VmV8NM_M
The only difference is hyper threading and doesn't justify spending an additional $300 on an intel core i7, just to get a few extra frames.
I still don't think you should upgrade.

 

[G-star93]

he's talking about 4790k not 4770k, and it's a difference between i5 and i7 lol

Yes, I did misread the original post.
No, there's not really a difference between an i5 and an i7 when it comes to gaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_VmV8NM_M
The only difference is hyper threading and doesn't justify spending an additional $300 on an intel core i7, just to get a few extra frames.
I still don't think you should upgrade.

and what CPU do you have, if may I ask? I had c2d, amd fx 8 core, i5, 4 i7's one of them 6c/12t and I can tell you that if the budget is big enough, it doesnt hurt to throw extra 100$ for an i7, especialy if you have some powerfull GPU because I had problems with i5 4460 and gtx 1070 it was bottlenecking as hell, and games like bf1 also benefit from i7 because i5's are bottlenecking. You can't imagine the difference, in some games i7 also pulls 30fps ahead of i5 even tho they are both running on the same clock. If you didn't have i5 and i7 you can't really say that he shouldn't upgrade.

 

[SgtScream]

he's talking about 4790k not 4770k, and it's a difference between i5 and i7 lol

Yes, I did misread the original post.
No, there's not really a difference between an i5 and an i7 when it comes to gaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_VmV8NM_M
The only difference is hyper threading and doesn't justify spending an additional $300 on an intel core i7, just to get a few extra frames.
I still don't think you should upgrade.

and what CPU do you have, if may I ask? I had c2d, amd fx 8 core, i5, 4 i7's one of them 6c/12t and I can tell you that if the budget is big enough, it doesnt hurt to throw extra 100$ for an i7, especialy if you have some powerfull GPU because I had problems with i5 4460 and gtx 1070 it was bottlenecking as hell, and games like bf1 also benefit from i7 because i5's are bottlenecking. You can't imagine the difference, in some games i7 also pulls 30fps ahead of i5 even tho they are both running on the same clock. If you didn't have i5 and i7 you can't really say that he shouldn't upgrade.

He wouldn't "throw an extra $100 for an i7", it would be an additional $300 to purchase one, and he wouldn't get that much of an increase in performance to justify the cost. If budget wasn't a concern, he wouldn't upgrade his cpu, he'd purchase a new system. Also if he's running one graphics card with a 4th gen i5 that's overclockable, there's not going to be bottlkneck in any graphics card out on the market today. The only difference hes going to have is hyperthreading. Can you justify spending an extra $300 just to get hyperthreading? Game performance depends on single core performance. If he was purchasing a NEW system that he'd want to keep for an additional 3-5 years, id say yes go for the i7, as game demand and system requirements will most likely change in the future. This upgrade, plain and simple isn't going to justify the cost. I'm currently running a second gen intel core i5 2500k clocked at 5ghz paired with a gtx 1070. I'm getting over 100 fps steady in games like gta v & doom and have not felt the need to upgrade due to lack in performance.
Save your money:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2371753/4670k-5ghz-4790k-gaming.html

 

[G-star93]

he's talking about 4790k not 4770k, and it's a difference between i5 and i7 lol

Yes, I did misread the original post.
No, there's not really a difference between an i5 and an i7 when it comes to gaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_VmV8NM_M
The only difference is hyper threading and doesn't justify spending an additional $300 on an intel core i7, just to get a few extra frames.
I still don't think you should upgrade.

and what CPU do you have, if may I ask? I had c2d, amd fx 8 core, i5, 4 i7's one of them 6c/12t and I can tell you that if the budget is big enough, it doesnt hurt to throw extra 100$ for an i7, especialy if you have some powerfull GPU because I had problems with i5 4460 and gtx 1070 it was bottlenecking as hell, and games like bf1 also benefit from i7 because i5's are bottlenecking. You can't imagine the difference, in some games i7 also pulls 30fps ahead of i5 even tho they are both running on the same clock. If you didn't have i5 and i7 you can't really say that he shouldn't upgrade.

He wouldn't "throw an extra $100 for an i7", it would be an additional $300 to purchase one, and he wouldn't get that much of an increase in performance to justify the cost. If budget wasn't a concern, he wouldn't upgrade his cpu, he'd purchase a new system. Also if he's running one graphics card with a 4th gen i5 that's overclockable, there's not going to be bottlkneck in any graphics card out on the market today. The only difference hes going to have is hyperthreading. Can you justify spending an extra $300 just to get hyperthreading? Game performance depends on single core performance. If he was purchasing a NEW system that he'd want to keep for an additional 3-5 years, id say yes go for the i7, as game demand and system requirements will most likely change in the future. This upgrade, plain and simple isn't going to justify the cost. I'm currently running a second gen intel core i5 2500k clocked at 5ghz paired with a gtx 1070. I'm getting over 100 fps steady in games like gta v & doom and have not felt the need to upgrade due to lack in performance.
Save your money:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2371753/4670k-5ghz-4790k-gaming.html

let's say his cpu costs 250$ and i7 is 350$ that's just 100$ more. He can sell his i5 and get i7 so it will be just 100-150$ more, plus if he wants to get 1080 or even something stronger, you need i7.

 

[Arjesh]

he's talking about 4790k not 4770k, and it's a difference between i5 and i7 lol

Yes, I did misread the original post.
No, there's not really a difference between an i5 and an i7 when it comes to gaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_VmV8NM_M
The only difference is hyper threading and doesn't justify spending an additional $300 on an intel core i7, just to get a few extra frames.
I still don't think you should upgrade.

Please keep in mind that gaming might also include recording what you're playing, that is, using programs such as OBS, Bandicam, PlaysTv...etc, and as far as my research shows, most of these programs downgrade performance by at least 30%, which might explain why I have 10-ish frame drops on games like Black Ops 3