Will a newer processor be faster

[mickmcpaddy]

I have been toying with building a newer PC, only for the fact that its about 5 years old now and there is much newer stuff out there but will it be any better. I currently have an i5 3750K which is over clocked to 4.2GHz., 8GB RAM and a GTX1060 6GB graphics card.

I have been looking at a few i7 7700K deals that come with a z270 mother board, 16GB RAM and a decent cooler. I intend to keep the graphics card for now but will I see any difference in performance and gaming and is it worth it? Is a new processor better than an old one running at the same clock speed. I have got an Oculus RIft so would I see any improvement there.

[mickmcpaddy]

Scobblelotcher said:

It will only make a difference if a game is constrained by the current 3770 which I doubt it is.

Are you seeing any issues currently? That's a fairly decent setup you have.

No issues as such but until I try the newer stuff myself I'll never know if its any better. Seen as the 1060 seems to run everything fine, same question really, would a 1070 or 1080 make things even better?

[mickmcpaddy]

I might buy some more ram then, at the moment all 4 bays are full with 2GB in each one, the motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H. When I run the Crucial scanner it comes up with both 1.5V and 1.35V sticks - does it matter.

Would something like this be ok speed wise etc.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-8GBx2-PC3L-12800-...

or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-FURY-16-Memory-Mod...

Also if I get 2 x 8GB that leaves 2 spare slots, would it be worth putting 2 of the 2GB sticks back in or will that bottleneck it?

[mickmcpaddy]

cadmunkey said:

Mick did you try the Oculus Rift requirements test to see if your current machine passes? If so I'd stick with it for now. 4.2ghz overclocked is pretty good going.

The rift runs fine on it or it appears so to me, but until I try it on a newer machine I'll never know, also I have had an SSD for a while now and everything runs smooth on it so no issues speed wise on anything. I think I'm trying to justify to myself I need a new machine, my latest thought was to have the rift in the living room instead of my office, much bigger space, however I don't want a big tower in there so I would look to build one around a mini ITX board if I was doing it using the 1060 card I already have.

I have justified this to myself because for 90% of the time I'm just using excel or chrome on this PC and I've got a 600w power supply and many fans spinning away where a smaller efficient machine would be better for the office (and I have just the machine in my living room already so its a straight swap). Also I have a GTX 560 card sat in my draw and that could go in the original tower and I could sell that as a complete kit.

[mickmcpaddy]

I'm going to finally take the plunge to get a better Oculus experience with all the talk of super sampling making things look brilliant, which I cant do at the moment.

To recap I have an i5 3570K @ 4.2, 8GB ram, SSD and a 1060 6GB graphics card.

So I can either buy a 1080 or 1080ti and sell the 1060 or stick with the 1060 and buy a bundle like this for a similar price.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs-z370-overclock...

Any ideas, new CPU/ram etc. or new graphics card?

[mickmcpaddy]

Thanks, I'm already running a 1060 so if I'm upping the graphics card I might as well go with the best one I can get, I want to make sure though it will run with my motherboard and CPU without any issues or bottlenecks. Or on the other hand whether a new i7 CPU will make my 1060 card do any better.

I certainly cant super sample with my 1060 and its doing that what makes the Oculus display much better so people say.

[mickmcpaddy]

This is the cheapest 1080 ti I can find is £800 at overclockers.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graph...

Its a lot just for slightly improved graphics. And I'm not 100% sure it will work with my motherboard (Z77) although the 1060 does.

Alternatively, this looks a good deal.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/24...

[mickmcpaddy]

Right I have gone down the route of new CPU etc.

I now have an i7 8700K, 16GB 3000mhz RAM and kept the 1060 6GB GPU card, and.....its made no difference what so ever, not so far as the graphics quality gets anyway. Not that I expected it to though, it is a bit smoother now. So obviously my old set up wasn't bottle necking the GPU in any way.

What I haven't done though is re-format, I just banged the original SSD back in and put the new drivers on it and it seems to work, obviously W10 isn't activated anymore but there are ways round that I believe.

At least I'm now set up to bang a 1080ti card in if they ever come down any in price.