After quite some time i finally got a new cpu+mobo+ram:
r7 1700 currently at stock freq
asrock ab350 pro4
dual Corsair Vengeance LPX 8gb at 2667 mhz freq
PowerColor Red Dragon RX 470 4gb
For a reminder, my last configuration was:
x4 860k
asrock FM2A88X Pro+
8gb ddr3 1800mhz(something like that)
PowerColor Red Dragon RX 470 4gb
I haven't yet done any benchmarking, but i overviewed the performance of a couple of games (with a couple of programs running in the background):
Age Of Wonders 3:
Team Fortress 2:
Borderlands 2:
Pillars Of Eternity:
From what i gathered in this short frame of time that i have the cpu, is that compared to the previous experience the performance is smoother and the fps is higher in almost all situations. Having said that the only game of the ones i tried with this new cpu -Team Fortress 2 (well and Insurgency, which is also based on the same engine) pushes the gpu near it's limit. The other ones are not even pushing the gpu enough for it to go over 60c degrees while the fans are not running. Since Team Fortress 2 pushes the gpu over 1000mhz and is super smooth, it seems to me that this is a problem with either the amd gpu drivers or game optimizations on many linux ports (or both). Pillars of Eternity seems particularly unfriendly to linux+amd combination. I have no idea what the hell is pushing that single core so much in that screenshot situation, but i'd think it should not be like this, considering this game can be ran on dual core laptops with igpu's.
I will try out some benchmarks and more games when i will have more time with this. While the game situation irks me a bit, but otherwise am very glad with my purchase, everything runs super smooth now and i haven't even heard the stock spire cooler ramp up even once, just seems like the system is running on idle all the time, based on the noise (compared to the jet fighter x4 860k+stock cooler).