Hello there everyone... i am writing this topic in a hope some of you might help me getting my small "cpu change" problem solved..
Soo i am moving to a different town for my college, and my older brother decided to give me his MSI Trident 3 :
i5-7400
GTX 1060 3gb
1x8GB DDR4 2400mhz
128gb m.2 intel 600p
1tb hdd from WD
I upgraded it a bit with my previous laptop parts soo here is a list of how does it look now :
i5-7400
GTX 1060 3gb
2x16GB DDR4 2133mhz
480gb m.2 kingston a1000
1tb hdd from WD
Tho i love this new build there is a issue.. for me a bit serious one since i am working as a hobby ( and soon gonna do that as part of a college ) - 3d moddeling aswell 2d textures for previous mention models.
Problem which is a bit pain in the butt for me, is the CPU. Currently i am getting around 10-15% bottleneck over my GPU since my lovely 7th gen i5 just cannot stand my work in 3dsmax and in substance painter - while my previous laptop had the i7 4th gen, but it's gpu was a weak part - and it went down thats why i don't even use it anymore.
Since MSI TRIDENT 3 alowes for a bit of customisation.. i was thinking about replacing my CPU with a i7... i know alot of you might say -> use i7-7700 or 7700k (but tbh i don't really want and need a "K" variant and standard one would work good for me ) since you can get Trident 3 with i7-7700 from start anyway... Well problem for me is a money... and getting even a used i7-7700 here in poland is a pain in the ass... and i don't really think getting a new one could be a good idea considering i got other things to pay for aswell at this moment...
So i was wondering if i could use something 6th gen... like i7-6700. It has just 3-4% better performance than my i5-7400 but it won't bottleneck my GPU and that would be helpfull as heck... also the price won't be killing me for next 6-8 months
Both i7-7700 and 6700 are using a FCLGA1151 socket which my i5-7400 also is using soo thats should not be a problem..
Do you guys think it would a safe bet to just get that i7-6700 and plugin to my pc?
Thanks for help and sorry for my broken english.. just trying my best without using google translate