Hi All,

 

I currently have an i5 3570K running at 4.7 GHz on an Asus P8Z77-V Pro and I am thinking of swapping this combination out for the following:

 

i7 4790K on an Asus Z97 Pro motherboard

 

I was wondering if anyone can offer any advice on whether or not this is a decent upgrade. I have always used Asus motherboards but am completely open to suggestions on alternatives. I currently run a Asus GTX 780 which I plan on keeping for the time being.

 

Best Regards

 

Richard

My 2600k @ 5.0 will match my 4690k @ 4.4

Forgive me if I misunderstand you but are you saying that it isn't worth upgrading the processor & motherboard?

Doubtful this is worthy of an upgrade.

I can't see the gains being worth the cost.

Damn the never ending quest for that little bit of extra performance lol

_{Not worth upgrading you have a good system.}

Forgive me if I misunderstand you but are you saying that it isn't worth upgrading the processor & motherboard?

Just saying that with your system @ 4.7 that would be roughly equal to a 4790k @ 4.3

 

If you were able to get to 4.7 with the new computer you will see a small jump 5-10 fps and smoothness, but only you can decide if its worth the COST and TIME to do the upgrade. For me it would not have been worth it, but I already had mine sold and wanted to build a new computer just for fun anyway.  I now have a full tower Corsair 750D lots of room and a nice clear panel on the side to see all the goodies.

Just saying that with your system @ 4.7 that would be roughly equal to a 4790k @ 4.3

 

If you were able to get to 4.7 with the new computer you will see a small jump 5-10 fps and smoothness, but only you can decide if its worth the COST and TIME to do the upgrade. For me it would not have been worth it, but I already had mine sold and wanted to build a new computer just for fun anyway. I now have a full tower Corsair 750D lots of room and a nice clear panel on the side to see all the goodies.

Thanks for the replies, I guess I got a little too excited at the thought of an upgrade lol. My rig is rock solid at 4.7 so I guess I should be pretty happy. I am now venturing into the P3D world and I have to say I'm pretty happy with the results. Loving the NGX in P3D

 

I think I'm going to invest in another 8GB Ram and another SSD that I can dedicate P3D too.

 

This should keep me going until it's time to donate my pc to my son and do it all again

 

Happy flying guys

 

Richard

Wait for Skylake later this year.