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Would a new and better CPU increase my fps while gaming?

It is running mostly on 90% and higher, so my question is if a better CPU could increase the fps, bc in certain games my fps are not the best....

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16 minutes ago, Kraudi said:

Would a new and better CPU increase my fps while gaming?

It is running mostly on 90% and higher, so my question is if a better CPU could increase the fps, bc in certain games my fps are not the best....

That 2060 is a great 1080p gaming card.  Defintely your CPU is holding you back and it is a big time bottleneck.  The clock speed is horrible...  Your 2060 is not happy :(

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40 minutes ago, ISHAJDM said:

Yes upgrading your cpu would increase performance. What is your budget for upgrading?

i dont know, about 350€ or so🤔

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35 minutes ago, TurtleRig said:

That 2060 is a great 1080p gaming card.  Defintely your CPU is holding you back and it is a big time bottleneck.  The clock speed is horrible...  Your 2060 is not happy :(

yeah i thought so... what CPU would you recommend🤔

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@Kraudi the i5-8400 has a maximum turbo boost of 4.0 GHz.

If you are willing to tweak the BIOS settings a bit, you should be able to get all 6-cores to run at full 4.0 GHz boost without much risk.

Base frequency of 2.8 GHz is quite low.

 

OTHERWISE, since you have a i5-8400, I would assume you have a Intel 300-series motherboard.

You can swap a faster Core i5 / i7 / i9 9000 series CPU into there.

  • i5-9600 / 9600KF / 9600K
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What games, what scenarios, what resolution?

 

8400 is still competent and depending on your scenario, there won't be a meaningful performance increase by upgrading.

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25 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

@Kraudi the i5-8400 has a maximum turbo boost of 4.0 GHz.

If you are willing to tweak the BIOS settings a bit, you should be able to get all 6-cores to run at full 4.0 GHz boost without much risk.

Base frequency of 2.8 GHz is quite low.

 

OTHERWISE, since you have a i5-8400, I would assume you have a Intel 300-series motherboard.

You can swap a faster Core i5 / i7 / i9 9000 series CPU into there.

  • i5-9600 / 9600KF / 9600K
  • i7-9700 / 9700KF / 9700K
  • i9-9900 / 9900KF / 9900K

but is it worth it?

 

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11 minutes ago, Kraudi said:

but is it worth it?

 

IMO it would have been worth it to buy an 8700k when you got the 8400 at that time of purchase. Consider that a well clocked 8700k still mostly beats a 3900x at gaming, and is not significantly slower than a 9900k, the purchase then would have been well worth it.

 

But at this point, unless you can unload the 8400 for a reasonable price, it is not worth it to upgrade from an 8400 to a 9900k or even a 3600/3700/3800x. In some games, you'll notice an improvement, but overall your experience won't be $500 (in the case of a 9900k) better, or $300-500 better in the case of a 3600/3700x. 

 

As you're using a 2060, i'd just tweak your CPU-bound settings to try to improve performance if you need to, and hold out until a meaningful upgrade for the money presents itself.

 

I am not even going to mention the 9600k or 9700k, as you'd just be "upgrading" to another obsolete technology profile.

 

 

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55 minutes ago, Kraudi said:

but is it worth it?

 

I would not go from the i5-8400 to a i5-9600, but rather a i7-9700K or i7-9700KF.

Of course, the i9-9900K or 9000KF would be more ideal, but they carry a much higher price.

 

By the way, what motherboard are you using anyways?

What games, just to name a few?

 

 

@Mister Woof agree with you, but this is what @Kraudi can do with just a CPU swap, without changing platforms --- which would go beyond his 350 budget without a doubt. 9700K / KF is still a decent option for purely gaming standpoint.

The i5-8400 with a 2.8 GHz base clock is just too low.

 

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4 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

I would not go from the i5-8400 to a i5-9600, but rather a i7-9700K or i7-9700KF.

Of course, the i9-9900K or 9000KF would be more ideal, but they carry a much higher price.

 

By the way, what motherboard are you using anyways?

What games, just to name a few?

 

 

@Mister Woof agree with you, but this is what @Kraudi can do with just a CPU swap, without changing platforms --- which would go beyond his 350 budget without a doubt. 9700K / KF is still a decent option for purely gaming standpoint.

The i5-8400 with a 2.8 GHz base clock is just too low.

 

 

base clock isn't really significant for the most part; it will hang around 3.8ghz under load presuming cooling is sufficient. Last I checked, even the intel stock cooler can handle it, albeit a bit loud.

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i'd also wonder what motherboard he is using; that might be a worthy consideration regarding if a 9700k/9900k would even work well.

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On 4/8/2020 at 9:27 PM, Mister Woof said:

i'd also wonder what motherboard he is using; that might be a worthy consideration regarding if a 9700k/9900k would even work well.

I'm using a MSI H31M Pro-M2 Plus. Also i might upgrade my RAM to 16gb... i'm not sure what to take.

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29 minutes ago, Kraudi said:

I'm using a MSI H31M Pro-M2 Plus. Also i might upgrade my RAM to 16gb... i'm not sure what to take.

yeah, don't put a 9700/9700k/9900/9900k on that.

 

I have almost the same motherboard for my dauther's i3.... locked i5 is prob. the best you should do on it,

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3 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

yeah, don't put a 9700/9700k/9900/9900k on that.

 

I have almost the same motherboard for my dauther's i3.... locked i5 is prob. the best you should do on it,

yeah i thought so.... ;(

 

but from 8 to 16 GB would be quite nice or.

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2 hours ago, Kraudi said:

i also searched for a pc for my friend, and i found this pre build pc....

 

https://hardwarerat.de/computerpc/gaming-pcs/140/gaming-pc-hardwarerat-800-gtx-1660-super-ryzen-3600-16gb-ddr4-windows-10-ssd

 

Im not 100% sure, but i think it is a quit nice investment for beginner...

Performance wise it will be better but not game changing.

 

9400f is barely faster, I'd say it's pretty much that same or within 1-2% of your 8400. In this test, it's only slower in like one game, the rest being faster or within margin or error, vs the 3600.

 

It's not worth the money to upgrade.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Mister Woof said:

Performance wise it will be better but not game changing.

 

9400f is barely faster, I'd say it's pretty much that same or within 1-2% of your 8400. In this test, it's only slower in like one game, the rest being faster or within margin or error, vs the 3600.

 

It's not worth the money to upgrade.

 

 

 

well thank you ;)

 

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