Hello, I recently decided to finally upgrade from my 4th gen i3 setup which has done me considerably well so far, but I wanted to upgrade to something that could achieve 4k gaming for a budget price, something similar to xbox one x quality maybe. My current build:
CPU: Intel Core i3 4160 @ 3.60GHz
MOBO: ASRock Z97 Extreme4
RAM: G.Skill 8GB DDR3 ( 2x 4GB 1600MHz)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X (Recently purchased to replace a GTX 760).
Now I already have the 1080 Ti which would be ideal for 4k gaming, I just can't decide if I should simply upgrade my i3 4160 to an i7 4790k and OC it, or if I should invest in a "future proof" setup with a i7 8700k with DDR4 ram. On newegg, both of these processors can be found for around $380-390 new, which brings into question if I should get the i7 4790k used or a new 8700k + mobo + ram setup.
CPU: Intel Core i3 4160 @ 3.60GHz
MOBO: ASRock Z97 Extreme4
RAM: G.Skill 8GB DDR3 ( 2x 4GB 1600MHz)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X (Recently purchased to replace a GTX 760).
Now I already have the 1080 Ti which would be ideal for 4k gaming, I just can't decide if I should simply upgrade my i3 4160 to an i7 4790k and OC it, or if I should invest in a "future proof" setup with a i7 8700k with DDR4 ram. On newegg, both of these processors can be found for around $380-390 new, which brings into question if I should get the i7 4790k used or a new 8700k + mobo + ram setup.