Best CPU for RTX 2070

[KyrusDLT]

I've been having problems for a while with my build. At first, I thought it was the CPU thermal throttling, but it seems to be something else. I decided to run benchmarks and it looks like I've got a CPU bottleneck. I upgraded to an RTX 2070, but it's greatly underperforming during gaming (about 40fps in GTA V with medium graphics for example). I'm not really sure if this is my problem tho, so that's why I'm asking for help. If it is, should i get an i7-8700k, a ryzen 2700x, or just something else?

My build is:
GPU: RTX 2070
RAM: 16GB
CPU: i7-4790k
PSU: Corsair CS850M (850W)
Mobo: GA-Z97X-SLI

[kiwibacon]

9 minutes ago, KyrusDLT said:

I've been having problems for a while with my build. At first, I thought it was the CPU thermal throttling, but it seems to be something else. I decided to run benchmarks and it looks like I've got a CPU bottleneck. I upgraded to an RTX 2070, but it's greatly underperforming during gaming (about 40fps in GTA V with medium graphics for example). I'm not really sure if this is my problem tho, so that's why I'm asking for help. If it is, should i get an i7-8700k, a ryzen 2700x, or just something else?

My build is:
GPU: RTX 2070
RAM: 16GB
CPU: i7-4790k
PSU: Corsair CS850M (850W)
Mobo: GA-Z97X-SLI

Ideally 3700x. But 3600x would do the job.

I just went from 4790k to 3800x and getting double fps.

[WereCat]

23 minutes ago, KyrusDLT said:

I've been having problems for a while with my build. At first, I thought it was the CPU thermal throttling, but it seems to be something else. I decided to run benchmarks and it looks like I've got a CPU bottleneck. I upgraded to an RTX 2070, but it's greatly underperforming during gaming (about 40fps in GTA V with medium graphics for example). I'm not really sure if this is my problem tho, so that's why I'm asking for help. If it is, should i get an i7-8700k, a ryzen 2700x, or just something else?

My build is:
GPU: RTX 2070
RAM: 16GB
CPU: i7-4790k
PSU: Corsair CS850M (850W)
Mobo: GA-Z97X-SLI

4790k is perfectly fine for gaming. Your issue is somewhere else 

[StarsMars]

49 minutes ago, KyrusDLT said:

I've been having problems for a while with my build. At first, I thought it was the CPU thermal throttling, but it seems to be something else. I decided to run benchmarks and it looks like I've got a CPU bottleneck. I upgraded to an RTX 2070, but it's greatly underperforming during gaming (about 40fps in GTA V with medium graphics for example). I'm not really sure if this is my problem tho, so that's why I'm asking for help. If it is, should i get an i7-8700k, a ryzen 2700x, or just something else?

My build is:
GPU: RTX 2070
RAM: 16GB
CPU: i7-4790k
PSU: Corsair CS850M (850W)
Mobo: GA-Z97X-SLI

Are you running it at 4k in windowed mode?

[KyrusDLT]

On 7/12/2019 at 6:26 PM, StarsMars said:

Are you running it at 4k in windowed mode?

No, I run every single game on 1080 fullscreen mode, with fps limited to 60. However, I usually can't get up to those fps in open world games.

[KyrusDLT]

On 7/12/2019 at 6:00 PM, WereCat said:

4790k is perfectly fine for gaming. Your issue is somewhere else 

I've been investigating a little bit, maybe my voltages are wrong? I'm wondering if you could help me figure out if these are correct.

 

 

[WereCat]

8 minutes ago, KyrusDLT said:

I've been investigating a little bit, maybe my voltages are wrong? I'm wondering if you could help me figure out if these are correct.

 

 

looks normal

 

get cpuz and check your voltages and clocks under load

[StarsMars]

3 hours ago, KyrusDLT said:

No, I run every single game on 1080 fullscreen mode, with fps limited to 60. However, I usually can't get up to those fps in open world games.

I know I had some weird issues with gta and other games when windows 10 creators update came out.

What version are you running?

[KyrusDLT]

On 7/15/2019 at 5:58 PM, StarsMars said:

I know I had some weird issues with gta and other games when windows 10 creators update came out.

What version are you running?

On 7/15/2019 at 2:27 PM, WereCat said:

looks normal

 

get cpuz and check your voltages and clocks under load

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate the fact that you stopped me from getting a new CPU. The issue was not Windows, the issue was actually the cooler. I upgraded, again, to a different cooler and temps go perfect. Games now go smooth at max graphics and the cpu doesn't heat up. Thanks for the help!

[Polargirl]

That is a 1150 mobo meant to support 4th and 5th generation Intel chips. Whether you take @kiwibacon reccomendation for an AMD chip or take mine (I7-9700K) if you decide to stick with Intel, you will need another motherboard.