[SOLVED] Upgrading to an i7 4790

[zakicandra81]

Hello,
I am using an i5 4460 for my main rig and i was thinking to upgrade it to an i7 4790 which cost around 117 $ in my country, is it still worth upgrading now?

 

[Deleted member 1272431]

I don't know.
I personally would not do that. You are upgrading an OLD CPU (Q2 2014) with an OLD (and slightly better) CPU). But still, 6 vs 8MB of cache and, sure, different baseline frequency... but 120 bucks?
It really depends on what is worth to YOU.
Do you get an improvement in performance worth 120 bucks? If so, go ahead. If you save 10 mins in time in a week and you get paid 680 bucks by the hour, then do it.
Just going by means of an example here, but you get the point.

 

[InvalidError]

If you use heavily multi-threaded stuff or multiple non-idle things at once, you can expect 30-40% more performance. For games, you will likely run against single-threaded performance limitations and your overall experience may feel less than 20% better.

Personally, I wouldn't bother and set the $120 aside for a more substantial MoBo+CPU+RAM upgrade along the lines of Ryzen 3600, B550 motherboard and 16GB of DDR4-3200 for a total of about $400.

 

[zakicandra81]

I don't know.
I personally would not do that. You are upgrading an OLD CPU (Q2 2014) with an OLD (and slightly better) CPU). But still, 6 vs 8MB of cache and, sure, different baseline frequency... but 120 bucks?
It really depends on what is worth to YOU.
Do you get an improvement in performance worth 120 bucks? If so, go ahead. If you save 10 mins in time in a week and you get paid 680 bucks by the hour, then do it.
Just going by means of an example here, but you get the point.

Okay, thank you for the advice
Do you have any cpu reccomendation ?

 

[zakicandra81]

If you use heavily multi-threaded stuff or multiple non-idle things at once, you can expect 30-40% more performance. For games, you will likely run against single-threaded performance limitations and your overall experience may feel less than 20% better.

Personally, I wouldn't bother and set the $120 aside for a more substantial MoBo+CPU+RAM upgrade along the lines of Ryzen 3600, B550 motherboard and 16GB of DDR4-3200 for a total of about $400.

Thanks for the reccomendation
400$ is a lot of money for me
Do you have a 200-300$ upgrade reccomendation? I was thinking of buying ryzen 3300x

 

[Deleted member 1272431]

Okay, thank you for the advice
Do you have any cpu reccomendation ?

Not really, as @InvalidError suggested, I would wait for a more substantial upgrade. It would not be worth it now I believe, as you'll find soon enough upgrading all the rest and you'll be limited tomorrow by the coiches you make now

 

[Blitz Blitz]

I'll upgrade to i7-4790k if you have z motherboard, that will give you overclock cpu. Also buy better cpu cooler if you don't have it yet. Sell i5-4460. If you have h board, then save for new platform.

 

[InvalidError]

Thanks for the reccomendation
400$ is a lot of money for me
Do you have a 200-300$ upgrade reccomendation? I was thinking of buying ryzen 3300x

A Ryzen 3300X would only be marginally faster than the i7-4790, not really worth the added costs of motherboard and RAM upgrades if you really cannot afford to wait until you have ~$400 to spend on a proper platform upgrade.

 

[zakicandra81]

I'll upgrade to i7-4790k if you have z motherboard, that will give you overclock cpu. Also buy better cpu cooler if you don't have it yet. Sell i5-4460. If you have h board, then save for new platform.

Okay thanks for the advice, sadly my mobo isn't a Z 😂. So buying a k would render useless for me. Still very good advice

 

[InvalidError]

Okay thanks for the advice, sadly my mobo isn't a Z 😂. So buying a k would render useless for me. Still very good advice

Not having a Z-series motherboard only means you cannot OC. You can still use a 4790k up to its stock frequencies.