I've had my current gaming rig for 5 years now - Z77 , i7 3770 (non-k), and DDR3 1600. My GPU is a 1070 so games run pretty well in 1440p and VR, but I'm still getting that itch to upgrade as I usually replace mobo/cpu/ram roughly every 5 years.
From what I've read though, Skylake / Kaby Lake have been fairly underwhelming in the performance increases they've shown, vs. earlier generations. I've done some shopping around and think I could just about stretch to a Z170 or 270 board, with a 7700k and some DDR4 3200 RAM. Do you guys think it's a worthwhile upgrade though? I've just been reading about Coffee Lake being due for release soon, so wonder if I'd be better to wait for that? It seems even Intel are acknowledging that quad core has had its day?
I did also look at Ryzen, but I'm only a gamer and don't do any streaming, encoding etc so decided I'd be better sticking with Intel for now.
Grateful for any advice received.
Danny