Replacing i5 4430?

Sport Driver · August 17, 2019

So I have now 6 years old build with i5 4430, 8GB of RAM and RX480( which is newer obviously). I really play only Forza Horizon 4 and I'm getting 60 fps with no problem, which is fine since monitor is also only 60Hz. Thing is the card utilisation is about 60% meanwhile CPU is at 100% or around that all the time. So it is obviously "bottleneck" but the one that doesn't really affect my gaming. Only thing I could crank up are details which are now high and not ultra.

So question is, is it worth going for a new CPU now or maybe wait a bit longer. Thing is I would be doing whole system overhaul. Only things I would be keeping would be PSU Seasonic S12II, which is as old as RX480, graphics card and 500GB 860 Evo. I would take new case and obviously mobo+CPU+RAM combo and maybe some faster m.2 PCI-e NVMe SSD. I'm looking towards Ryzen 5 3600 for CPU. So tell what you guys think, buy now and replace GPU later or wait and replace all of it next year?

Dimitrios Shizas · August 17, 2019

If I were you, I would buy some extra ram and a good ssd, for processor, buy a used I7 4th generation, this would be the best budget option

If you want upgrade to a newer pc, but it is fine

Dimitrios Shizas · August 17, 2019

I actually game on Ultra Low/ Medium/ High and some games Ultra high, I game with Pentium G4560, I want to buy the I7 7700k or 6700K or not the K versions

Dimitrios Shizas · August 17, 2019

because they are powerful enough, unfortunately my build is capable of gaming, but the gpu is no-go

Fasauceome · August 17, 2019

What region are you buying from? If the used market is good where you're at, a 4770 isn't a bad option.

If you prefer the Ryzen path, it's a good uplift, only thing is your PSU is total crap so maybe replace that too? What's your budget?

27 minutes ago, Dimitrios Shizas said:

because they are powerful enough, unfortunately my build is capable of gaming, but the gpu is no-go

You can edit your posts with the little pencil icon, so if you want to add extra information you don't have to make multiple posts, just keep adding to your first.

Edited August 17, 2019 by fasauceome