Hi guys, currently using intel i7-4770k, asrock extreme6 and 4x4GB g.skill ram. Should i upgrade now to 9th gen or wait for 10th gen? Would prefer intel hardware. xD Already have ryzen for work. This is for gaming purposes, PUBG, CS, Ace Combat 7, GTA5, AC: Odyssey etc. All games mentioned already in my steam library. My actual PC specs are in my sig. lol. Would prefer to get more than 16GB ram if i can. lel.

Budget about 2k for those 3 items, enough? lol. Prefer i7 or if i5 is 6core also i dont mind. lel.

Thanks in advance guys.

Edit: Anyone knows any Intel mobo for 9th gen with dual LAN support? Please let me know. I've tried searching but very limited. Any brand is okay, but preferably, asrock, asus, gigabyte and those brands widely known one. xD haha.. Thanks!

Edit II: Already ordered Intel i7-11700k, Asrock Z590 Taichi and Be Quiet! Deep Rock Pro 4 Air Cooler. Heh. Total was around RM3.7k. Arriving next week. hehe. whee.

Edit III: All items arrived. wheee. Cant wait to install it.. xD

This post has been edited by bobowyc: Mar 27 2022, 10:32 AM


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Ow nooo.

Hahaha.. Actually its optional as I can upgrade the ram anytime. lol.

Oh man... Why though? xD I would prefer intel for gaming, ryzen for my work. xD Its a ryzen 5 2600. xD I havent really fully tested it on games as its running a 1060 gpu. xD I thought intel would be better for gaming as i play a lot of FPS games. And at the moment i keep getting fps drops with significant amount, my cs usually is 144, but dips to 22 out of nowhere. Only an ALT-Tab would reset it to 144 again. And im playing competitive... lol.

Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel i7 9700k? Lol.

Oh nice, may i know what mobo you using?

Yeah man, saw the price, a whopping RM1.5k!! lol. Probably will up my budget to 3k then. LOL.

Its okay bro, i can increase to 3k budget. hahaa.. I just want it to be better than my i7-4770k currently, as im seeing some bottlenecking now due to CPU i think. And also I guess its time to upgrade. Using 1080ti now so i cant use cheap board or proc. at least an X570 board for ryzen series or Z series board for intel. lol. Prepared to spend about 2-3k actually. Maybe an additional casing too. Old one is really old. lol. RAM im set for corsair vengeance pro rgb 3200 ram at 700 bucks. plus bundle i might need to fork out a bit more. lol. As in cpu and mobo bundle. xD if its as you said 2.6k, it will be about 3.3k. Still acceptable. xD


Why ya, whats with realtek LAN? xD hahaa Care to explain more?

Ohh. Alright guys, so using the intel and broadcom would be better? Does this explain why when i download from utorrent my internet disconnects? I think my LAN now is connected to Realtek LAN port, my mobo has 2 ports. Using ASrock Extreme6. lol

Router using Asus RT-N56U. So far it was performing, but just recently only like this. Last time i downloaded like 20episodes of anime at one go no problem. Now i download a mere 10 the line cuts. And i have to restart my router. I restart the modem actually.

Lol. Ohh. And i thought it was considered good. xD hahaha.

My router currently has a laptop cooling fan under it, so i think its not that hot, but it is actually. Not as hot as mine upstairs, i have 2, 1 upstairs, 1 downstairs. xD

I wont be SLI-ing my desktop, but just buying it for the storage and pcie slots. haha. I would prefer the X series board. But for ram, need to be 3600Mhz? lol. Cause i think kinda over budget already. 3k+ also over budget ad actually. hahaha.. xD

So, i have finally upgraded my PC after so many years. haha..

i7-11700k, z590 taichi, 16gb x2 corsair 3000mhz and dark rock pro 4. so far games are running good fps. monitor at 144hz refresh rate. xD pubg high settings getting around 150-200 fps. csgo getting around 200+ fps. x) havent tested other games yet. tested this 2 first. done for the day. tomorrow after work continue.

thanks to those who advised me on my various and sometimes dumb questions. so happy now. hehehe. probs gonna stick with this till 16c32t intel comes out.. another 5 years later maybe.. haha..