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UPGRADE to 8700K? Intel 3970X / Asus Rampage 4 Xtreme / 64gb corsair Dominator Platinum

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#1 ·
A friend of mine just built an X299 system and gave me his scraps ( jk ) and was wondering if its worth it to upgrade the CPU, MOBO and RAM. The computer came fuller loaded and ready to go with a dual D5 pump in a dual 5.25 bay reservoir. I will list all components that came with the PC, but really only interested in upgrading CPU, MOBO, RAM, CASE and change from soft tubing to RIGID tubing along with a D5 enabled tube reservoir .

Cosair 800D
Asus Rampage 4 Xtreme
Intel 3970X
PCIe to NMVe M.2 960 PRO 512
64gb DDR3 2133 Corsair Dominator Platinum
EVGA GTX 690 SLI W/ waterblock ( just ordered a Gigabyte Aorus Geforce GTX 1080TI Xtreme Waterforce WB 11GB )
Asus Blu-ray
Asus DVD-RW

When I first got the computer I ordered a PCIe to NVMe adapter so I can run an M.2 drive ( Samesung 960 PRO 512GB )

For water cooling is has a 360 radiator with 3 fan up top and a dual 5.25 bay dual D5 pump for a reservoir.

Now I am thinking of upgrading to an i7 8700K / Asus or Gigabyte Z370 MOBO with 16GB G Skills RAM. Is it worth it and I will I gain much? I figure I can apply the funds I get from the sale of these components. The computer runs flawlessly and chews up and spits out anything I throw at it, but boys will be boys and more is better, right?

Thank you in advance for the input!

 
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The difference is maybe about 25-30% more performance at similar clock speeds, but the 8700k would be able to clock higher on average. You also won't be able to use that NVME drive as a boot-able OS with your current gear. It's really put to you if those justify the cost, you would definitely be spending more than what you would be selling the 3970X combo for.
 
#3 ·
Thank you for the reply. 25%-30% is a lot of performance. Do you think that jump in performance would be coming from DDR3 to DDR4, or is it due to the change in CPU infrastructure?

I just want to correct you on one thing about the NVMe drive. I do indeed have it as my boot OS. That's why it's kind of hard to commit as the only increase would be from DDR3 to DDR4 and the X79 4.0GHz Chipset to Z370 4.7GHz. I am just getting back into gaming, and PC's in general after a 17 year hiatus.
 
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Keep the 3970x. Post some benchmarks of SSD or RAM or games or CPU workloads. Then we can have a way to compare your setup to a 8700K. ONce you have the 1080ti WC setup, most games will be MORE than fine on a 3970x/rampage/64gb dp/960pro nvme.

I cant think of a single gaming scenario (aside from wanting 180fps on bf1 or some twitch shooter game on a 240hz monitor) where the 8700k or 8000 series intel cpu will show a substantial increase in performance. I much prefer keeping 30-90 fps range with 4K DSR and high quality Sgssaa, HDR, ultra settings, g-sync & a FPS cap.
 
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Originally Posted by Jared Pace View Post

Keep the 3970x. Post some benchmarks of SSD or RAM or games or CPU workloads. Then we can have a way to compare your setup to a 8700K. ONce you have the 1080ti WC setup, most games will be MORE than fine on a 3970x/rampage/64gb dp/960pro nvme.

I cant think of a single gaming scenario (aside from wanting 180fps on bf1 or some twitch shooter game on a 240hz monitor) where the 8700k or 8000 series intel cpu will show a substantial increase in performance. I much prefer keeping 30-90 fps range with 4K DSR and high quality Sgssaa, HDR, ultra settings, g-sync & a FPS cap.

 
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