Is it worth upgrading from 4790k to ryzen 1700x or 1800x

[1vilixz]

Hi I'm debating upgrading my 4790k to one of the ryzens , either 1700x or 1800x but was wondering is this worth it? Thanks

 

[dark_lord69]

"wondering is this worth it?"
No

 

[CRO5513Y]

In short it depends what you are intending to use it for.

For Gaming or general desktop apps > Definitely not.

For intense workstation software and rendering > Could be beneficial but possibly not worth the money.

 

[captaincharisma]

the benchmarks show that AMD ryzen chips are close to or on par with the CPU you have so all you would be spending money on is an updated CPU that has the same performance. there are also reports out that they have less L2 and L3 cache then Intel CPU's too

 

[CRO5513Y]

the benchmarks show that AMD ryzen chips are close to or on par with the CPU you have so all you would be spending money on is an updated CPU that has the same performance. there are also reports out that they have less L2 and L3 cache then Intel CPU's too

What Ryzen are you talking about? The 1700X/1800X have loads more Cache than the Intel mainstream i5/i7 and the workstation performance is leagues ahead of the 4790K. Only problem they suffer with at the moment is gaming performance in which they usually hover around the i5 7600K's performance most the time except 1 or 2 Vulkan games it was neck and neck with the i7-7700K.

Need in-depth benchmarks/review? > http://www.anandtech.com/show/11170/the-amd-zen-and-ryzen-7-review-a-deep-dive-on-1800x-1700x-and-1700/18

4790K vs 1800X (Specs) notice the 1800X has double the L3 Cache (16MB vs 8MB) > http://hwbench.com/cpus/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-vs-intel-core-i7-4790k

 

[gillhooley]

It depends on what you are using the PC for. If you are doing highly threaded tasks it might be worth it, although for $600 to get to the 1800x, it wuld b hard to justify IMO. Have you Overclocked your 4790? It really is still a high end processor.

 

[1vilixz]

I mostly game on it, I was thinking either to buy a ryzen or just go for a new GPU mines currently the r9 280

 

[gillhooley]

You will see a far bigger gain from a new GPU

 

[dewjustin]

Agreed you'd be much better off getting a better gpu, way more performance gain over getting ryzen

 

[Renegade1]

Recent gaming benchmarks show 1600x beating 4790K about 2 to 3 fps in some titles. I myself want to build myself a new rig, and was thinking about Ryzen 1600x.

 

[angry-merchant]

The 4790k is a extremely powerful CPU. Get the most out of yours or sell it and upgrade. I sold mine for $250.00