Question Is Upgrading a i5-11600K Worth it?

[sansnom11]

As the title says.

I have a i5-11600K and an RTX 4070 GPU. And I was wondering whether upgrading the CPU to something like a i5-13400F would provide any benefits for gaming at 1440P or 4K with a 60 Hz monitor (TV).

Thanks

 

[Eximo]

At high resolutions all the burden will be on the GPU, CPU shouldn't matter too much.

You could maybe look for a used 11700K and gain the two cores, that might help some games.

 

[Zerk2012]

As the title says.

I have a i5-11600K and an RTX 4070 GPU. And I was wondering whether upgrading the CPU to something like a i5-13400F would provide any benefits for gaming at 1440P or 4K with a 60 Hz monitor (TV).

I was looking at the Avatar game requirements and noticed the minimum and recommended CPU requirements are what I currently have.

Just got the 4070 so I want to make sure I won't have to worry about upgrading for the next 4 years and rather make the jump now if the current CPU won't keep up that long.

Thanks

You have the recommended processor already.
Wait till you play the game before buying something new.

 

[punkncat]

I have both an 11600K as well as an 11900K that I upgraded to when the i9 went on a clear out sale. The bargain price that it was cleared out for was really the only reason. If I had to have paid retail for it, I would not have been particularly pleased about it. In my own experience with the two CPU, the i9 is a bit more powerful for sure. Not only in clock speed but the extra cores help in some games. I think most of the difference comes down to the (stock) boost clock where the i9 is ~300mhz faster than the i5.

I am using the i5 as the HTPC and alongside a 3070 am able to play almost every game I have at 1080/120 on high or even extreme settings. My personal opinion about the 12-14th gen haven't offered an uplift to price that I care about upgrading yet. Even with the i9 on a 7800 XT it is able to match the 1440/144 monitor I have with almost all my titles as well.

There are two titles that give my system fits: CP77 and Starfield. BG3 is pretty good workout for the CPU's but framerate is high for both systems.

If I were going to purchase anything, today, I would probably go AMD. The only reason I say that is that 14th gen has been a bit of a disappointment to many, much like 11th gen was. That release was supposedly the end of life for that socket, so going Intel now is a waiting game again. AMD has promised a very similar support structure on AM5 as they did with AM4. I have not been crazy about the power draw, heat, or issues but at the very least there is hope that the next gen AM5 will be a worthwhile update to keep that platform desirable.

As Eximo mentions above, a used 11700K could be worthwhile. In particular if you found a good deal and have a motherboard that you could attempt to OC it. If you can get it comfortably stable at 5.1 you basically have the i9 at that point minus the thermal overclocking thing you can unlock with the i9. I have not found that particular feature to be worthwhile aside from the dead of winter here. Even with an AIO and heavily ventilated case it refuses to stay stable when the temps are warm out where ambient inside is ~73. In the winter when I keep the house 67 it does well enough and works decently as a space heater to boot.