Sinialtstar
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Hi all
Sorry if this is little vague, but after recently upgrading my Graphics card I am now thinking about upgrading my CPU.
Perhaps a project for me to start in November/December
I currently have a Gigabyte H170-HD3-CF Motherboard paired with a Intel i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz.
Looking at the specs on Gigabytes, website, the best (I assume?) processor this is going to take is a Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (after a bios update, as I do not have the latest version (I have been reluctant to update it, in a “if it aint broke don’t fix it kind of way”. As I do not want to brick my motherboard)
I don’t play a lot of games, but when I do I like them to look nice so always want to use max settings.
One of the games that I do play a lot is Train Sim World, kind of runs ok with max settings at the moment however sometimes I get the occasional struggle/frame rate drops with it.
Graphics card is currently a RTX1070 Super, so I think it would benefit from a faster CPU
To Pick up the CPU that is compatible with the motherboard I am looking at over £300, which is a lot for an older CPU (In my opinion) But what I am unsure about is will I see a significant improvement with that. OR would it be worth more in the long run by upgrading the motherboard to take on the i9/i10 processors, for perhaps not much more money, of course I would also probably need to factor in a a new cooler.
Thank you for your help in advance
Sorry if this is little vague, but after recently upgrading my Graphics card I am now thinking about upgrading my CPU.
Perhaps a project for me to start in November/December
I currently have a Gigabyte H170-HD3-CF Motherboard paired with a Intel i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz.
Looking at the specs on Gigabytes, website, the best (I assume?) processor this is going to take is a Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (after a bios update, as I do not have the latest version (I have been reluctant to update it, in a “if it aint broke don’t fix it kind of way”. As I do not want to brick my motherboard)
I don’t play a lot of games, but when I do I like them to look nice so always want to use max settings.
One of the games that I do play a lot is Train Sim World, kind of runs ok with max settings at the moment however sometimes I get the occasional struggle/frame rate drops with it.
Graphics card is currently a RTX1070 Super, so I think it would benefit from a faster CPU
To Pick up the CPU that is compatible with the motherboard I am looking at over £300, which is a lot for an older CPU (In my opinion) But what I am unsure about is will I see a significant improvement with that. OR would it be worth more in the long run by upgrading the motherboard to take on the i9/i10 processors, for perhaps not much more money, of course I would also probably need to factor in a a new cooler.
Thank you for your help in advance