[SOLVED] Worth upgrading 8700k to AMD 3000 series?

[kevvang08]

I was thinking of upgrading my 8700k to one of the 3000 AMD series. Is it worth it since I just got my 8700k a year ago? Or I might just do a 2nd gaming pc.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

It's not worth it. Your 8700K is on par with the new Ryzen 5 3600X. If you have money to blow sure why not get a 3800X or 3900X.. but your best value comes in using your 8700K for many years.

You can probably hit 5.0GHz on your 8700K and outperform even a 3900X in every game.. maybe.

 

[mangaman]

If you are building a new system then ya, AMD is your best choice. However, since you already have the 8700k, it's not worth it. Both CPU's preform almost identical to each other.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwXK2rTpmgs

 

[valeman2012]

I was thinking of upgrading my 8700k to one of the 3000 AMD series. Is it worth it since I just got my 8700k a year ago? Or I might just do a 2nd gaming pc.

I do not think going AMD is good choice right now..Intel i7 8700K sorta still new and expected to last a very long time. Better just buy a new Nvidia GPU or something instead.

But if you like upgrade something like Intel i7 2nd Gen, yea you can go for a upgrade....

 

[-Fran-]

Not worth it. If you have money to burn, you can always experiment, but it won't be cheap.

From a pure "value" perspective, your i7 8700K is no slouch and just because AMD was able to get an upper hand, it does not make your i7 8700K obsolete!

Cheers!

 

[M.AGamer]

I was thinking of upgrading my 8700k to one of the 3000 AMD series. Is it worth it since I just got my 8700k a year ago? Or I might just do a 2nd gaming pc.

Your are making no sense why do you want to upgrade? my friend has i7 4770k since 2014 and he still using it

 

[mdd1963]

Most of the 3600X, 3700X, 3800X gaming reviews I saw had them occasionally on parity with the 8700K, and, just as often a little behind....

As many 8700K's hit 5 GHz, that hypothetical 'upgrade' would be much more a lateral move, and, possibly even a slight frame rate decrease, depending on the game...