[SOLVED] worth upgrade i7 gen.4 to i5 gen.8/9 ?

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bommanlv2

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worth upgrade i7 gen.4 to i5 gen.8/9 ?

already have a 1440p 144hz monitor and my rig is running so good at 1440p getting 60-80fps avg.

i have some money to spend on pc.. so. whats best part to upgrade 1st?

my rig is
i5 4690k
r9 390x
ram 8gb 1866mhz
psu 650w
ssd 240gb

im thinking :
1.Buy a used i7 4790k + a new RTX 2080
2.Buy new i5 8600k/9600k+mainbord+ram+ssd m.2 + a used gtx 1080ti
3.Buy a used i7 4790k +used 1080ti + a top cpu watercooler + used 8gb more ram
4.Buy new RTX 2080ti and upgrade cpu later
5.Buy new platform i9-9900k+mainbord+ram+ssd m.2 + a cpu watercooler and upgrade gpu later

NB. Already tested my rig with rtx 2080 ... it was bottleneck :(

thank you.
 
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Rodrigodrt
unless you cannot play decently atm, go directly to gen 8 or 9 only if the price gap isnt too big, if you can play any decently, wait a couple of months; RTX cards haven't proved itself yet, so a major flop could occur. 8 gen cpu is now obsolete, powerful, good, but obsolete, 9 gen is a frankenstein, a refresh of the refresh becaus intel couldnt sort out 10nm yet, maybe they will still this year, so a probable 10th gen cpu will come out with more distinct specs
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jay32267

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I think the CPU and GPU are well matched.
I'd go to 16 GB.
I'd also go with a larger SSD....but that's just because I need more than 240GB....but SSDs have come down so much in price you might want to consider that.

Either that.....OR

i have money to buy an rtx 2080ti or new platform i9-9900k.
 
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bommanlv2

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Can you read my choices please? what is my best :)

 
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bommanlv2

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nah, i had RTX 2080, i bought it and used in 2 days and already sendt it back :D
 
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"Can you read my choices please? what is my best :) "

Out of your 5 choices I would stay away from any with a used GPU.
Although I buy used CPUs and have good luck.
So I wouldn't do options 2-3.
I wouldn't do option 4 because I would hate to look at my 2080 Ti knowing I wasn't really using it.
So I'd go with 1 or 5.
5.....if I really wanted a 4K gaming machine (eventually....as you wouldn't have the 2080 Ti)
 
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Ok, define bottleneck. What games did you play? What was your CPU vs GPU vs RAM utilization when monitored with HWInfo or something similar?

Was it that way in EVERY game?
 
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unless you cannot play decently atm, go directly to gen 8 or 9 only if the price gap isnt too big, if you can play any decently, wait a couple of months; RTX cards haven't proved itself yet, so a major flop could occur. 8 gen cpu is now obsolete, powerful, good, but obsolete, 9 gen is a frankenstein, a refresh of the refresh becaus intel couldnt sort out 10nm yet, maybe they will still this year, so a probable 10th gen cpu will come out with more distinct specs
 
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I will reccomend you to upgrade a GPU and RAM, your CPU is enough powerful to handle a RTX 2080, there might be some bottleneck on 2k resolution but I don't it will bottleneck on 1440p

 
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