Upgrading 4770K

[orbster556]

Hi All:

Apologies for another upgrade thread but I was hoping to get the perspective of some of the regulars here as I am thinking of upgrading from a 4770k @3.9MHz. Independent of any decision I make regarding upgrading my CPU, I plan to purchase a 1080Ti at some point over the next month or so.

The only demanding use of the system is for gaming. I do, however, almost always have Citrix open for work and usually will also often have a browser open and perhaps a video or two while gaming.

Although I had been considering upgrading to a 7700K as I'm principally concerned with gaming, I was wondering if my use of Citrix and other miscellaneous applications while I'm gaming makes it that I actually would benefit from the increased cores/threads of, for example, a 1700.

Thanks, in advance, for any insight you all might be able to provide.

 

[hackdrag0n]

7700k is the best cpu for gaming right now. For everything else the Ryzen 1700 is the go. The reason I chose Ryzen is that it's still very capable at gaming even though not the best and there's a real possibility that games are only going to become more multi threaded as time goes on.