Upgrades, Advice needed

[ZeroInfinity94]

Hello guys,
Well am off to uni!
Now the course am going to be doing involves CAD work so I have a PERFECT excuse to spend money on some new hardware.
Now I want honest advice on this list, things to keep in mind are -
I game at 1080p at the moment but I do want to get a 1440p 21:9 display
I will be doing CAD work and I don't want to be waiting around for ages for things to load up or anything to actually happen.
I want to keep the spend to a reasonable amount.
It has to keep in with the black/gray and red color scheme I have been keeping to for a while.

My current specs are -
i5 4690K @ 4,4GHz
8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz
ASUS Z97 Pro Gamer
Palit GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Corsair RMX 750
120GB Samsung 750 EVO
1TB WD RE4 (came with a prebuilt which was my first real machine)
Win10 Home Premium 64-Bit

CPU cooling is no problem thanks to the Swiftech H240X
Now the List of parts -
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dpGtyf

The SSD there will become a game/CAD program drive. I know I can get cheaper memory but dam it those Trident Z DIMMS are simply beautiful!

Any more information you want/need I will do what I can to tell you.
Cheers guys.

 

[Korreborg]

I dont know anything about CAD, but going from an 4690k til 7600k vil make very close to no difference. They are both 4cores 4treads, an when you OC the difference is even smaller.
Go with the new Ryzen 1600 6core 12tread or 1700 8core 16tread.

But i actually don't think you need an upgrade Save the money and get a nicer monitor and a 1080 ti

 

[Avet]

Don't change board and CPU. You won't get any noticeable performance. Add the rest, and another 8GB of RAM, and you are done.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Can we have a budget? Otherwise we can list sooooo many different ways to upgrade a system. If you are after the cheapest possible, then a 4790k(whatever it's called), another 8GB of RAM and if budget permits I'd get a new 16GB kit that is at least 2133.

But a budget for a figure we can aim for would be more helpful

 

[ZeroInfinity94]

@Korreborg
1080TI would be sexual but I really don't need the extra grunt, realistically I would be fine with a 1070 but dam I want a 1080 haha, as for CPU I want the balance between CAD performance which would defiantly benefit from more core and threads and gaming which honestly will still be my primary use for my rig, from the reviews I have seen the Ryzen chips don't perform as well as their Intel counterparts which is why I was planning going Intel however if the performance boost is significant for CAD applications I would grab one in a heartbeat.

@NeverBackDown
Budget is around the £800 to £1000 mark. RAM wise I need to replace what am running now to be honest, it's getting old and its pretty basic stuff running at 1600Mhz.

 

[Korreborg]

What is the exact program? Everything below is for AutoCAD

Autocad 2018 specs:
CPU: 64-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor
GPU: Windows display adapter capable of 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended.
And 4 gigs of ram

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling
8 GB RAM or more
6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
1920 x 1080 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

More on CPU
Whether a higher frequency or higher core count is faster depends on how well a program is designed to take advantage of multiple CPU cores. In the case of AutoCAD, the vast majority of the software is only single threaded so it is only able to utilize a single core of the CPU. For this reason, our general recommendation when choosing a CPU is to simply go with a model that has a high frequency.

 

[ZeroInfinity94]

So really I am best sticking with my 4690K and using the money I would of spent on a 7600K, board and memory and putting that into storage, new memory, new monitor and a 1080?

As for the program I am assuming it will be AutoCAD however I don't know for certain yet.

 

[AlienALX]

It depends. If you want a forward thinking upgrade then go with the Ryzen 1600. If you just want more bang now with the intention of upgrading later on then get the 1080 etc and then upgrade your board and CPU later.

7600k would be a massive waste of money. All you are gaining is some extra IPC and slightly higher clocks. You are much better off putting that money into more cores.

 

[Bartacus]

Ryzen is an awful choice here since AutoCAD isn't multi-core friendly.

 

[AlienALX]

Ryzen is an awful choice here since AutoCAD isn't multi-core friendly.

That will probably change.

 

[Bartacus]

That will probably change.

AutoCADs been around for years. If they're going to change, it's slow coming. You'd figure apps like that would be among the first pieces of software to hop onto the core bandwagon and optimize their code, but they haven't done it yet. Very strange.

 

[Korreborg]

That will probably change.

NEVER upgrade because of something that might happen/you might need.
Things are changing way to fast for that to ever make any sense.

A 4690k is more than capable as a gaming mashine. And as AutoCAD themselves say GHZ rules in their program.
= 4,4GHz is better than a Ryzen where you might be able to hit 4GHz.

I ran CAD on a business Lenovo laptop 6-7 years ago. (Not big designs, but still)

Agreed if he absolutly had to upgrade, then get a bigger model if the moneys there.
But if you have something that works at what you do, it will always be better to wait.
1-2 years from now, something new will be out.