• Upgrade to 8700k?
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At the moment I have a 7600k@4.7GHZ-1.345v with an MSI Z270 SLI Mobo and I feel like ive hit the max OC I can achieve for what I have. Thing is, I wonder if going to an 8700k with an Asus Maximius X Hero mobo would yield more power (because of the cpu bump ofc) but also a better bump in OCing overall. I read that the Max. X mobo is fantastic for overclocking and can achieve 5ghz with the 8700k very easily.
Do you have any practical reasons for wanting to upgrade, other than just wanting to achieve the highest overclock you can? The amount of performance difference from going 7600k to 8700k is practically unnoticeable outside of synthetic benchmarks, it would be a waste of money to upgrade.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;53002938]What's your actual purpose for wanting to upgrade? The amount of performance difference from going 7600k to 8700k is practically unnoticeable outside of synthetic benchmarks, it would be a waste of money to upgrade.[/QUOTE] For gaming and some VM stuff. From what i've seen gaming wise, there is a difference (depending on the games of course) albeit small but still somewhat noticeable.
Oh I just realized 8600k has 6 cores rather than 4. Nonetheless, I would still say an upgrade at this point is too soon. IMO it's hardly worth it. Also if you care about overclocking results, I'd expect worse on the 8600k. More cores = more heat at the transistor level = worse overclocking result.
Ah ok, sounds good. As for GPU upgrades.. I have two GTX 1070's and was wondering if a single Asus Poseidon 1080Ti would be better or should I stick with SLI? I plan to move up to a 1440p 144hz monitor soon but am not sure if should change my gpu setup at all..
Same answer. You would get some better performance, but your performance gain is hardly worth the price you're paying at this point
Altight, thanks! I figured this is what the answer was gonna be but of course shiny new stuff is tempting as always. The only part that I was very unsure of was SLI.
Wait for the next series.
[QUOTE=Episode;53002971]Altight, thanks! I figured this is what the answer was gonna be but of course shiny new stuff is tempting as always. The only part that I was very unsure of was SLI.[/QUOTE] You are just wasting money for nearly no gain if you upgrade anything now.
I have decided to wait for Volta+Navi and whatever AMD and Intel will do.
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