The I7 3770/3770K remains a solid choice for upgrading in 2020, offering strong performance and reliability.
The I7 3770/3770K remains a solid choice for upgrading in 2020, offering strong performance and reliability.
It would still make sense to upgrade. A Xeon with four cores and eight threads that matches the socket would work well. The i5 struggles with the 1060 in current games, while the i7 performs much better.
Unless you can find it at a low price, it doesn’t offer much value. Around 250€ you can purchase the Ryzen 1600AF with 16GB DDR4 and a solid B450 MB. That’s about all the improvements.
You can observe that the i7 3770 costs around 80 to 100 euros, while the i7 3770K is priced between 100 and 150 euros.
I think it's not worthwhile unless you already have a solid cooler for the 3770K. Otherwise, it won't add much value compared to the non-K version. The main benefit would come from the OC, but including a cooler raises the price and makes it less attractive since the Ryzen doesn't cost significantly more. Worthiness depends on the specific situation.
I needed to move up from the 3770k. It wasn’t up to my needs for a 1080, especially with CPU-heavy titles like BF and Cod. I also faced problems running an older Titan. My games wouldn’t run smoothly if I kept using it. That depends on what you’re looking for.