Upgrade path from i5-7400, anyone tried it personally?

[Jay Deah]

My son’s PC has a 7400 in it on a non-OC’able motherboard and I’ve been on the lookout for a cheap 7700 or 7600

 

anyone ever gone from a 7400 to anything better and has any good or bad advise?

 

the 7500 seems readily available but guess it won’t be much of an improvement, the 7700 seems pretty pricey and the 7600 seems like a good option I’m just struggling to find a reasonably priced on.

 

plesse don’t comment based on stuff you think/stuff you’ve read I’m looking for practical first hand experience (eg I upgraded from 7400 to 7600 and didn’t notice any difference)

[Nocte]

Going from an i5 to another i5 (e.g. 7600) is not an upgrade, it's a sidegrade.

If you want to see anything close to an upgrade you have to look at at a 7700 or a 7700K.

 

2 minutes ago, Jay Deah said:

plesse don’t comment based on stuff you think/stuff you’ve read I’m looking for practical first hand experience

Look at benchmarks and you will see why people will say what I've said right above here.

[ki8aras]

7 minutes ago, Jay Deah said:

My son’s PC has a 7400 in it on a non-OC’able motherboard and I’ve been on the lookout for a cheap 7700 or 7600

 

anyone ever gone from a 7400 to anything better and has any good or bad advise?

 

the 7500 seems readily available but guess it won’t be much of an improvement, the 7700 seems pretty pricey and the 7600 seems like a good option I’m just struggling to find a reasonably priced on.

 

plesse don’t comment based on stuff you think/stuff you’ve read I’m looking for practical first hand experience (eg I upgraded from 7400 to 7600 and didn’t notice any difference)

even going to an i7 7700k is not worth it with current prices

[MrIceCremeLollipop]

6700k? They're fairly well priced at places like CEX, And Its just a underclocked 7700k, And they overclock fine, Mine runs at 4.6 No problem.

[XR6]

It's not worth upgrading. 7700/7700K is overpriced and 7600 isn't that much of an upgrade.

[Origami Cactus]

get r5 1600 and a cheap mobo, that would be considered an upgrade.

Going from 4 cores to 4 cores isn't much of an upgrade. Try to upgrade something else, for example videocard or ssd.

[Mister Woof]

18 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

get r5 1600 and a cheap mobo, that would be considered an upgrade.

Going from 4 cores to 4 cores isn't much of an upgrade. Try to upgrade something else, for example videocard or ssd.

depends on what you're doing.

 

gaming performance between my old 4570 and OC 1600 is a wash

[aisle9]

48 minutes ago, Jay Deah said:

My son’s PC has a 7400 in it on a non-OC’able motherboard and I’ve been on the lookout for a cheap 7700 or 7600

 

anyone ever gone from a 7400 to anything better and has any good or bad advise?

 

the 7500 seems readily available but guess it won’t be much of an improvement, the 7700 seems pretty pricey and the 7600 seems like a good option I’m just struggling to find a reasonably priced on.

 

plesse don’t comment based on stuff you think/stuff you’ve read I’m looking for practical first hand experience (eg I upgraded from 7400 to 7600 and didn’t notice any difference)

7400 to 7600 would be a waste of time and money. You'd need to go to a 6700 or 7700 to see any real performance bump, and those are all pricey enough that it would make much more sense to just buy a Ryzen 5 and a B450 board.