Currently, I have an i7 4790k, and it's running DDR3 at a moderate frequency (Computer will bluescreen otherwise), and I also have an R9 390x in there too. I'm not happy with this computer.
My streams have been randomly spazzing out, and stuttering when playing from my capture card. I reinstalled xsplit, and it only fixed it a little. I have no idea what the issue is. I've had the capture card for 6 months with no issues until about 2 weeks ago.
My quality settings are higher than most, but I'm not personally satisfied with them. Price isn't an issue with the 7700k, the issue is how much of a performance boost should I expect? If it's something I'd barely notice, it's not worth it.
I want to build a new rig with a GPU that's bigger and better than the GTX 1080. I don't even want the GTX 1080 ti. I want everything from my streams to games to be as smooth as possible. I'm not doing 4k, but I do have a 144 hz monitor. There's not a single game I can run that hits 144 FPS. Should I just wait for AMD? Or is the i7 7700k good enough? I'll survive 3 months waiting for Ryzen if I need to. But, I definitely want one, or the other.
