Hello ladies and gents, I’m not very computer savvy per se and I have a question about whether I should upgrade my i5 4590 3.3ghz to an i7 4790k 4ghz Devils Canyon.
The computer is approx. 6 years old.
Currently have a gtx 1070 (msi) as a gpu 8gb ddr3.
I want to get this computer ready for shadowlands, but not sure if the upgrade would be worth it or not.
Any opinions are welcome.
Depends on what you’re paying for the 4790k, because I don’t think it’s going to make that much difference. If it’s super cheap and you know you’re not going to do a more substantial upgrade (changing CPU generations) any time soon it might make sense.
On eBay, 4790K’s are going for around ~$200 which is way more than I’d pay. At that price you’d be better served by putting that cash toward a new PC fund.
4790k with an OC (presuming you have a Z board) is still adequate for today and will give you an uplift in many games that need threads. WoW gets a small increase with the last round of multi-threading optimizations.
HOWEVER, they’re usually stupid expensive. Your best solution is to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM.
A 4790k is like $200-300.
Alternatively, you can get a Ryzen 5 3600 ($180), a B450 Motherboard ($100), and 16gb kit of 3200mhz ram for around $70. Grand total about $350 but you get 6 cores and more modern features such as m.2 NVME capability and DDR4.
Would second this. The jump in performance from 4590 → 3600 is going to be colossal, I have a friend who did a similar upgrade recently and he’s extremely happy with the result. Even games that the old CPU handled alright run with far more stable framerates after the upgrade.
Thanks guys! I’ll definitely look into upgrading the mobo for a better cpu and ram.
I would’ve never thought of that. That price is very reasonable.
Thanks again.
AMD has been making huge movements in the low end CPU market and you can get some decent gear for a very low price these days
Purchased all from Microcenter today for a whopping $300 usd including tax. Very happy! Thanks again.