What would you do?

[bowtechguy]

I want to upgrade my rig and I'm not sure which route to take. As of now I'm using an AMD 8350 with a GTX 780. I want to add another 780 to SLI. But I also want to switch to an Intel 4790k. Will the 8350 bottleneck the sli 780s? Would you guys get the Intel or add in the second gpu? Eventually I'll probably just end up doing both.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Go Intel.

 

[4745454b]

What does your entire system look like?

 

[FoxVoxDK]

Specs?

 

[bowtechguy]

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
Amd 8350
Evga gtx 780 SC
Gskill sniper 8gb 1866
Rosewill 750 psu
240gb Samsung evo ssd
1 TB hdd
Nxzt source 530

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($338.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $537.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-17 23:17 EDT-0400

 

[FoxVoxDK]

A second 780 would increase your gaming performance significantly, compared to the Intel upgrade solution, which would yield 5-10 fps.

You can go Intel later, but of course that's up to you.

 

[aaronfield]

Dont do that Intel line it you're going to upgrade. You'll have one card at x16 and one at x8. Upgrade to x79 if you are going to upgrade the processor.

 

[4745454b]

I assume single 1080? I doubt you need SLI 780s to handle that. You can switch to intel, but I doubt it's worth the $500+. I'd keep looking for a better upgrade, or just keep the money.

 

[Vic 40]

If you really want to upgrade would the second gpu do more now,but 4745454b has a good point.You could overclock the cpu to it's max to see if that would help.