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CPU upgrade after GTX 1660ti upgrade!

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So, recently upgraded from a GTX 970 to a GTX 1660ti, and while happy with the FPS boost it now looks like I’m CPU bottle-necked. 

 

Still using my X58 Micro with i7-970 clocked around 3.6GHz, and 12GB of RAM. CPU is now pegged at 100% with BF-V, and the GPU was reaching 70% while gaming at 1440p

 

I know that some people will say bigger overclock but honestly I’ve had this machine for a very decent number of years (and GPU’s) and I’m ready to update. 

 

Im also going smaller, and I’ve already got new 1TB NVMe SSD, 32GB of RAM, ASUS H370-I motherboard, SG05 case and 500w SFX-L PSU. 

 

Needed 2 Ethernet for certain testing I do, and not fussed about overclocking so happy with H370, just wanting a solid CPU for the next few years and happy to spend. 

 

i7-8700 would probably be the lowest I’d go, but I am prepared to lash out on the i7-9700K or i9-9900K if I need to. 

 

As as you can see it’s been quite some time between CPU purchases so looking for some helpful info. 

 

Thanks!

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5 minutes ago, frankle said:

i7-9700K

only a tad better than the 8700 without overclocking

 

6 minutes ago, frankle said:

i9-9900K

VRM will overheat and drop any performance advantage it might hold

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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9 minutes ago, frankle said:

So, recently upgraded from a GTX 970 to a GTX 1660ti, and while happy with the FPS boost it now looks like I’m CPU bottle-necked. 

how much did you gain on average? guessing 30fps?

Gpu not at 100% load?

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28 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

how much did you gain on average? guessing 30fps?

Gpu not at 100% load?

With GPU not yet at 100% I still gained around 20fps ...

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