I think I messed up with an upgrade, full on buyer's remorse!
Earlier this year I got the distinct impression that my CPU wasn't really up to task/wouldn't be for long, so, I upgraded it. To a 9700K.
Thing is, I don't really tend to overclock if I can avoid it, and I haven't noticed any real performance gains for the relatively large amount of money it cost (the target games turned out to just be badly optimised and continued to run relatively badly), and I still actually have my old 6600K/mobo/etc kicking about. Do you think it'd be worth just going back for now? - Selling the new parts?
Especially with the rise of AMD (hehe), the sheer terrible value of offerings from Intel have become shockingly apparent to me, so the plan would be to downgrade the CPU/etc, wait until we get a GPU worth buying, and then go for a full-system overhaul (minus RAM/SSDs/PSU).
There are a couple other considerations: * I went mATX this time. I quite like the case, but it's still way too big, so I'd like to go mITX down the line. * I've also been suffering intermittent crashing in games which is really frustrating, and I can't pin down the cause. I suspect it may be to do with the new parts, either RAM or CPU.
For reference, current build:
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | Purchased For £396.00 |
| CPU Cooler | be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler | Purchased For £49.99 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | Purchased For £135.10 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | Purchased For £110.98 |
| Storage | Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | Purchased For £0.00 |
| Video Card | EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card | - |
| Case | NZXT H400 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | Purchased For £89.99 |
| Power Supply | EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | Purchased For £0.00 |
Old parts are a 6600K/Asus Z170A mobo and a Hyper 212 Evo cooler.
Any thoughts?