I have an i5-7600K on a Gigabyte Z270N-Wifi board delidded cooled by a fan-swapped Cryorig C7 and paired with a reference GTX 1080 and 16GB 2666 RAM default XMP profile. I recently saw an i7-6700K pop up on CL. If I factor in cost of having it delidded, I'd be looking at a ~$240 cost to swap. I'm sure I could find a use for the i5 in another build or resell potentially. I mostly use the computer for easy work (browsing, word processing and the like) and gaming but I have been considering a dive into more intensive work (video and VM).
In the opinions of the forum folks, would upgrading to a last-gen i7 keep me in the game through the next few generations of platforms or am I better off holding off for a total platform upgrade now? Put another way, if you were in my shoes, would you pull the trigger? Follow-up questions welcome as well.
In the opinions of the forum folks, would upgrading to a last-gen i7 keep me in the game through the next few generations of platforms or am I better off holding off for a total platform upgrade now? Put another way, if you were in my shoes, would you pull the trigger? Follow-up questions welcome as well.