Hi guys,
So, I'm running a really nice personally built system (back in 4Q of 2016). However, I can see that it's beginning to struggle (very little of course) but my main issue is that I've got a 1440p $500 monitor, and that res is killing my fps. Seeing the upcoming titles like Cyberpunk, I feel like it's time to start planning.
Basically I'm probably looking at an upgrade from my air-cooled i5-6600K to something much better. But what is better? I've studied the market for a while now, and I can see that the Ryzen's are a pretty good option, however, I'm not an AMD guy, and I've read that Intel works much better with 1440p monitors. So the question remains unsolved, and I'm really stuck. Should I wait for the 9XXX? or should I just water-cool the 66K and overclock the crap out of it. Please help, looking forward to professional answers, I don't want this to become a blue vs orange thread.
Budget: ~$650
My setup:
27", 1440p, 144mhz Iiyama
Air-cooled i5-6600K, OC'd to around 4.2-3
GTX1070OC STRIX
16GB DDR4 HPX Predator
Z170 MSI Tomahawk
2x250SSD, 1x500GB HDD
So, I'm running a really nice personally built system (back in 4Q of 2016). However, I can see that it's beginning to struggle (very little of course) but my main issue is that I've got a 1440p $500 monitor, and that res is killing my fps. Seeing the upcoming titles like Cyberpunk, I feel like it's time to start planning.
Basically I'm probably looking at an upgrade from my air-cooled i5-6600K to something much better. But what is better? I've studied the market for a while now, and I can see that the Ryzen's are a pretty good option, however, I'm not an AMD guy, and I've read that Intel works much better with 1440p monitors. So the question remains unsolved, and I'm really stuck. Should I wait for the 9XXX? or should I just water-cool the 66K and overclock the crap out of it. Please help, looking forward to professional answers, I don't want this to become a blue vs orange thread.
Budget: ~$650
My setup:
27", 1440p, 144mhz Iiyama
Air-cooled i5-6600K, OC'd to around 4.2-3
GTX1070OC STRIX
16GB DDR4 HPX Predator
Z170 MSI Tomahawk
2x250SSD, 1x500GB HDD