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I have been stuck using an Intel Core i5-6400 for the past few years now and I was wondering if it is

a good time to buy a new CPU. I feel like my current CPU isn't performing as well as it used to and maybe

bottlenecking my graphics card in some games now. If it is a good idea to upgrade then what are some

good CPU's I should consider getting?

 

Thanks, guys.

Currently working towards fully restoring my ThinkPad T510

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 -- ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6650 XT OC Edition 8GB -- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 (4x8GB) -- ASRock B450M Steel Legend -- Corsair CX650M -- SAMA IM01 -- Crucial P2 500GB NVMe, 2x Crucial BX500 1TB

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The 6400 is not going to bottleneck at 570

Desktop: i9 11900k, 32GB DDR4, 4060 Ti 8GB 🙂

 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

The 6400 is not going to bottleneck at 570

It certainly will, my brother's 7400 bottlenecks his GTX  970, which is relatively the same graphically.

 

An i7 6700 off eBay for the quick and easy upgrade, or Ryzen if you don't mind a new motherboard, would be nice. The used prices on the Ryzen 5 1400 are actually quite good right now.

Edit: I can't find the motherboard you listed in your bio, what is the H110-M32?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

It certainly will, my brother's 7400 bottlenecks his GTX  970, which is relatively the same graphically.

 

An i7 6700 off eBay for the quick and easy upgrade, or Ryzen if you don't mind a new motherboard, would be nice. The used prices on the Ryzen 5 1400 are actually quite good right now.

I don't mind a new motherboard at all as my BIOS is slightly corrupted and no longer lets me into the configuration menu anymore. But that is for another thread.

 

I might go with Ryzen for my next CPU but I need to check prices and motherboards first.

Currently working towards fully restoring my ThinkPad T510

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 -- ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6650 XT OC Edition 8GB -- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 (4x8GB) -- ASRock B450M Steel Legend -- Corsair CX650M -- SAMA IM01 -- Crucial P2 500GB NVMe, 2x Crucial BX500 1TB

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There is Ryzen 3rd gen rumoured to come in July, so...

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Kiddo V9999 said:

I might go with Ryzen for my next CPU but I need to check prices and motherboards first

I think a nice new B450 and a used first gen CPU is a good idea, maybe a 4 or 6 core, and then you can get a new Ryzen CPU when you feel like.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Just now, Jurrunio said:

There is Ryzen 3rd gen rumoured to come in July, so...

Good Point.

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Wait for Zen 2 at least.

 

And probably consider getting a better GPU aswell.

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Wait for Zen 2 at least.

 

And probably consider getting a better GPU aswell.

I just picked this GPU up and I don't have the budget to pick up a better one with a CPU.

Currently working towards fully restoring my ThinkPad T510

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2 minutes ago, Kiddo V9999 said:

I just picked this GPU up and I don't have the budget to pick up a better one with a CPU.

Thats fine. Just keep in mind a GPU upgrade would be the next after the CPU to upgrade. 

 

Just set aside some cash each month, youll get something rather nice next year or later this year 

 

If you want to that is, no need to upgrade unless you feel its needed

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In 5~10 years the only persons who ever will say the word "bottleneck"

will be in a mental institutes.....

Real bottlenecks are like not even 5% of all the world users 

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2 minutes ago, Constantin said:

In 5~10 years the only persons who ever will say the word "bottleneck"

will be in a mental institutes.....

Real bottlenecks are like not even 5% of all the world users 

True... True...

Currently working towards fully restoring my ThinkPad T510

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 -- ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6650 XT OC Edition 8GB -- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 (4x8GB) -- ASRock B450M Steel Legend -- Corsair CX650M -- SAMA IM01 -- Crucial P2 500GB NVMe, 2x Crucial BX500 1TB

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