Which cpu should I get?

[Declanhealy]

My specs -
gtx 1070 
core i5 6400
8gb ram 
500 watt power supply 
msi h110 motherboard 
1tb harddrive 

I recently got a gtx 1070 and upgraded from a 950. When I game my cpu usage is vary high, sometimes at a consistent 100%.  I’ve been told it’s because my graphics card is faster than my cpu and my cpu is trying to keep up with it. Also my memory is at 80 percent usage when I game. If I were to upgrade my cpu what should I get that’s under $400 and I’m not planning on overclocking.

[1000donny]

Get a new motherboard that supports Coffee lake CPU's and get an i5 8400 or something around that. If you want to spend more get an i7 8700. Overclocking isn't important unless you want to spend more money on a nicer motherboard that supports overclocking, so if you dont buy a mobo that supports overclocking dont bother getting a "k" varient cpu.

[Declanhealy]

2 minutes ago, 1000donny said:

Get a new motherboard that supports Coffee lake CPU's and get an i5 8400 or something around that.

Can you link the motherboard you would recommend me? 

[191x7]

1 minute ago, 1000donny said:

Get a new motherboard that supports Coffee lake CPU's and get an i5 8400 or something around that.

There's not an actual need for that.

 

Declanhealy, simply get an i7 6700 or i7 7700. That's the best route to take in your position.

[Jurrunio]

Wait a bit for Zen 2 to see what's up there (a few days later in CES) first

[1000donny]

Just now, 191x7 said:

There's not an actual need for that.

 

Declanhealy, simply get an i7 6700 or i7 7700. That's the best route to take in your position.

If he wants more cores and threads an i7 8700 has that. (6/12)

[1000donny]

Here are some prices:

Thats a pretty standard coffee lake mobo that supports 8x cpus

Heres the i7 8700 I was talking about. All for about $360, without shipping on newegg.

[191x7]

He's just looking for a CPU that doesn't bottleneck the 1070 GPU and that's able to run the latest games just fine.

For an i7 6700 or i7 7700 he does not need to change his motherboard and both of them are 4 core 8 threads CPU-s that DO NOT bottleneck a card in the GTX 1070 range.

[Declanhealy]

Ok thanks so much  

[1000donny]

4 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

He's just looking for a CPU that doesn't bottleneck the 1070 GPU and that's able to run the latest games just fine.

For an i7 6700 or i7 7700 he does not need to change his motherboard and both of them are 4 core 8 threads CPU-s that DO NOT bottleneck a card in the GTX 1070 range.

Good point, if he does want more performance out of his cpu in the future then the 8700 is the way to go. But for his situation yes, it will work. I wasn't sure if he wanted more performance for later on or if he just wanted a cpu that didnt bottleneck his 1070.

[Swes]

14 minutes ago, Declanhealy said:

If I were to upgrade my cpu what should I get that’s under $400

To kind of drown out all the noise you wont end up with anything superior from newer intel products at that price point since you need to buy a new MB too then. You could go for a 6700-6700k to hit the sub 400 price point easily . A 8700 or 8700 k is going to be a 550-650 dollar proposition with a MB. Only option is to potentially go 9600 but it would be a close wash to a 6700/6700k so depends on how much trolling on ebay you are willing to do since the 6700 will be a big cost savings over a new MB and CPU like a 9600.

 

You could consider Ryzen 2600 and a MB to also hit under 400 but I figure a 6700 will be faster in most games still.

 

Also you really need to see how big the difference is between gpu usage and CPU usage. If both are near 100% you wont see a big improvement however if the 1070 is sitting at 70-80 percent you can gain some FPS.

[Declanhealy]

15 minutes ago, Swes said:

To kind of drown out all the noise you wont end up with anything superior from newer intel products at that price point since you need to buy a new MB too then. You could go for a 6700-6700k to hit the sub 400 price point easily . A 8700 or 8700 k is going to be a 550-650 dollar proposition with a MB. Only option is to potentially go 9600 but it would be a close wash to a 6700/6700k so depends on how much trolling on ebay you are willing to do since the 6700 will be a big cost savings over a new MB and CPU like a 9600.

 

You could consider Ryzen 2600 and a MB to also hit under 400 but I figure a 6700 will be faster in most games still.

 

Also you really need to see how big the difference is between gpu usage and CPU usage. If both are near 100% you wont see a big improvement however if the 1070 is sitting at 70-80 percent you can gain some FPS.

I took this picture when I had Ghost Recon Wildlands and YouTube open. 

[Swes]

5 minutes ago, Declanhealy said:

I took this picture when I had Ghost Recon Wildlands and YouTube open. 

Looking at this I'd say go 6700/6700k then try to also get an SSD with the money you save (huge quality of life improvement IMO) and the maybe another stick of RAM in the future.

 

Good luck! And dont forget your peripherals make sure they match the capabilities of the system too. no point having a 720P 60 Hz monitor/TV with a PC pushing 180 FPS in most of your games lol.

[Declanhealy]

10 minutes ago, Swes said:

Looking at this I'd say go 6700/6700k then try to also get an SSD with the money you save (huge quality of life improvement IMO) and the maybe another stick of RAM in the future.

 

Good luck! And dont forget your peripherals make sure they match the capabilities of the system too. no point having a 720P 60 Hz monitor/TV with a PC pushing 180 FPS in most of your games lol.

Another issue I have is I don’t get over 63 frames for some reason I’ll get like 53-64 frames. I have frame rate on unlimited and I’ve tried testing it on a few games but this doesn’t seem to do anything. Weather I turn it to ultra or very low I’m still getting 53-63 frames and my drivers are up to date. It’s very odd