Still on 2500K. Don't feel like I have need to upgrade. Games run well at 1440p on 1070ti. <br>Probably will jump to ddr5.,(reply>), +AM Motorsport thanks for the help," but I know what I am doing ;) Ac Origins runs poorly because of the anti crack software. I play at 1080p with a r9 390 (nearly ulta except shodows and aa) with between 43-80 fps - with freesync no problem. It<a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23s"">#s</a> kinda funny because I get only a 5-10 fps increase on minimum settings", therefore my little i5 is the bottleneck for sure :) <br> Forza Horizon 3 ran poorly but with the updates i play on ultra with 60+ fps and bf4 as well (80+ fps). But CPu is always at 100% (Multiplayer 64 is a heavy load). The well optimized FH4 runs on ultra without a single problem haha.<br>Hyperthreading would be really nice on these mp or poorly optimized games. (AC origins scales extremly well with more cores ),(reply>), @MHWGamer - there are a LOT of factors that would contribute to that. What GPU are you running? how much system Ram? What size screen/resolution/number of screens? In-game settings? Thermal temps/cooling? Are you streaming while playing? What kind of internet speed are you working with? <br>Its a very in-depth question. But I can tell you that I happen to have a 6600k system OC'd to 4.4 (for normal use) that plays triple A game titles just fine. First thing I would do is try to tweak your in-game settings. Then I would look at thermals.<br>AC Origins is notoriously poorly optimized. I wouldn't consider that game when considering your systems. Forza Horizons is a very demanding title on many systems but runs so beautifully when you get it going well. Is your cpu running at 100% on all 4 cores? Or just one? BF4 should run fine but its still a 4 core system and is probably going to run at 100% with any kind of decent refresh rate and/or resolution.,(reply>), AM Motorsport my 6600k at 4.4 ghz has problems with Ac Origins, and is at 100% in bf4 and Forza Horizon.,(reply>), 4690k and all the Z97 chips were great chips. I wouldn't switch from that for quite a while. If you can get it cheap enough just upgrade to the I7-4790k.,(reply>), my 4690k @ 4.6 can stay another year