Is a £100 i5 7400 worth it?

[NukeBowlerHat]

I could wait for h310 and a 8400 for £200ish or buy a 1500X CPU/board for a little less than £200, but the 7400 is very cheap and a direct upgrade from my g4560. It would leave me money for another monitor or a ps3/2ds and some more games out of my £250 budget. I would also sell my G4560 for £40 (I've had offers on Facebook selling groups And Hardwareswap sub's) so it would only be £60. Opinions?

[Canada EH]

Buy the 7400 for sure!

It's a no brainer really!

 

1 minute ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

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[NTDaws]

Most definitely. A way bigger upgrade from a G4560!

[dizmo]

Yeah, I'd probably jump on that. Maybe try and get it for 80, though you are saving a decent chunk of change over upgrading to something like an i3 8100. Why are you upgrading though? The G4560 is really quite capable, and if you don't have a 1070 or better video card, then you won't really see that much of an improvement.

 

[Nubbyyyy]

I would definitely recommend that. For £100 thats a no-brainer.

[NukeBowlerHat]

7 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Yeah, I'd probably jump on that. Maybe try and get it for 80, though you are saving a decent chunk of change over upgrading to something like an i3 8100. Why are you upgrading though? The G4560 is really quite capable, and if you don't have a 1070 or better video card, then you won't really see that much of an improvement.

 

I am seeing a CPU bottleneck In games like r6 siege putting me on 45 fps on lowest settings (I have a 970). Also I'm looking to invest in a high hz monitor for exports titles, and the i5 would allow for more consistent FPS

[NukeBowlerHat]

4 minutes ago, Nubbyyyy said:

I would definitely recommend that. For £100 thats a no-brainer.

£60 actually, with selling my g4560

[Streetguru]

39 minutes ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

I could wait for h310 and a 8400 for £200ish or buy a 1500X CPU/board for a little less than £200, but the 7400 is very cheap and a direct upgrade from my g4560. It would leave me money for another monitor or a ps3/2ds and some more games out of my £250 budget. I would also sell my G4560 for £40 (I've had offers on Facebook selling groups And Hardwareswap sub's) so it would only be £60. Opinions?

If you're only gaming at 60hz you probably don't need it

Unless there's one game you just can't run well on the G4560

[NukeBowlerHat]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

If you're only gaming at 60hz you probably don't need it

Unless there's one game you just can't run well on the G4560

I want to buy a 120hz at some point, and also some AAA games run at 40fps like siege and shadow of war even with minimum graphics (gtx 970)

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

I want to buy a 120hz at some point, and also some AAA games run at 40fps like siege and shadow of war even with minimum graphics (gtx 970)

Well the i5 won't be the best for 120hz, You could put the money towards a Ryzen 2600 6 core in april

[NukeBowlerHat]

4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Well the i5 won't be the best for 120hz, You could put the money towards a Ryzen 2600 6 core in april

Why  a 2600 and not a 1600.I could afford it, it's just a pain to buy a new mobo

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

Why  a 2600 and not a 1600.I could afford it, it's just a pain to buy a new mobo

Because the new ryzen chips will be at least 10% faster for the same price, and there will be updated X470 motherboards by that time as well