Is there even a point to upgrading a computer that's only

>>59578882
depends on how much money you're willing to spend.
you can always build a new 16+ core workstation.

>>59578882
I always wait 4 years between upgrades. Seems to be the optimal amount of time to suddenly realize my PC is an old piece of shit and replace it.

>>59578882
If all you do is normalfag shit, upgrade hasn't been required for 6-7 years now. A lot of people are still on Core 2 Quads and doing fine.

>>59578882
Don't do it. I just upgraded my 6 year old i7 extreme cpu to intel's latest and greatest i7 6950x extreme. I do video work and in comparing render time between the system it's literally maybe a 15% or so difference. Haven't noticed much difference in gaming (new graphics cards are a lot better though for sure). But really, don't waste your money. Old cpus are plenty good enough.

>>59578882
Its pointless.

My last necessary upgrade was core2duo to ivy bridge i7 laptop.
I compared my ivy bridge to a colleagues skylake i7 for some of the work that we do and there was a marginal difference, probably 4-5% performance increase between the 2012 i7 and 2016 skylake.

>>59579011
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>>59579067
I've got a 3570k and it's basically still good to go for everything.

What I really need is a better GPU and more HDD space.

>>59579116
Also, for other colleagues, my 2012 laptop performs much better because the company gave them ultrabook i7 meme laptops. (2.7kg vs 1.9 kg difference).

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>>59579011
>like you even need a quad

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I'm upgrading, but my desktop is pretty old, honestly

>>59578882
I just want a new GPU. currently rocking a Radeon R9 290. I want to wait for Vega because I know the price/perf will be better than Nvidia's options atm, but the wait is starting to get old.

Might go for a GTX 1080 if AMD doesn't say something soon.

>>59578882
Coffeelake 6 core i7s might be interesting.

Vega this April, as well.

In the future, the next die shrink for GPUs (10nm node) might make 2160p60 possible for all titles maxed out, on high-end GPUs on that fabrication node. (if not 10nm, then 7nm will definitely do it)

Other than that, shit's pretty bland right now.

>>59579665
RX Vega is gonna be mid-april anon

>>59579689
>Coffeelake 6 core i7s might be interesting.

And probably very expensive, AMD really did a number on Intel in price/performance with the R7 series, it will be hard to justify buying Coffeelake depending on the price...

I'm about to upgrade to a 480 and, since the market is moving to 1440p, I planned to be set for a loooong time.

>>59578882
Completely depends on your use case. Just browsing Facebook? Yeah, probably not.

>>59579689
Vega is not in April. RX 500 is
Vega is in May/June/July/whenever AMD wants to release it

>>59579738
Honestly I goy out on Coffeelake i7 if it can push clocks the same way 7700K can, but with 6 cores... sounds like a housefire, but let's hope Intel delivers to us goyim.

>>59578882
Depends
If intel, no, its not worth it
If AMD, yes, throw away that FX trash. Any new processor is vastly better.

>>59579992
>implying I've bought anything AMD