Should i upgrade CPU?

[joeydunne123]

would getting a new cpu be worth it for me or should i wait longer? ive got a i7 6700 with a 2070 and 16gb 3200mzh ram. I play most games mosty fps, survival games and battle royales. I play at 1080p144hz

My budget is around 500 euros

[Fasauceome]

If your CPU currently meets your needs, no need to upgrade.

[Bossman12112]

An i7 6700 is enough for your build. I would suggest only upgrading when you really need to. 

[toasty99]

You would get higher FPS with a newer CPU and since you use a 144hz monitor you'd notice it. 

 

However, if the lack of performance isn't actively bothering you I wouldn't upgrade just yet. 

[joeydunne123]

On 3/26/2020 at 5:20 PM, Bossman12112 said:

An i7 6700 is enough for your build. I would suggest only upgrading when you really need to. 

ok , will the 2070 last for another good while tho

[Boomwebsearch]

30 minutes ago, joeydunne123 said:

ok , will the 2070 last for another good while tho

Yes, an RTX 2070 should last as being recent for quite some time. I would recommend waiting for newer launches of CPUs before upgrading. Are you using an SSD in your system as the boot drive, or an HDD? If you don't have an SSD yet, I would highly suggest adding one because it will significantly increase the responsiveness of your computer system.

[joeydunne123]

10 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

Yes, an RTX 2070 should last as being recent for quite some time. I would recommend waiting for newer launches of CPUs before upgrading. Are you using an SSD in your system as the boot drive, or an HDD? If you don't have an SSD yet, I would highly suggest adding one because it will significantly increase the responsiveness of your computer system.

yea ive got a 120gb ssd with windows on it

[Bossman12112]

41 minutes ago, joeydunne123 said:

ok , will the 2070 last for another good while tho

Yeah, that's more than enough. You could always upgrade to an RTX 2080, but I personally don't think you need it.

[Boomwebsearch]

15 minutes ago, joeydunne123 said:

yea ive got a 120gb ssd with windows on it

You may see a read/write performance benefit adding another 120gb SSD in RAID 0 if you are using the SSD for the OS only and/or for data caching, don't use RAID 0 if you want to store any valuable data on the SSD. I would recommend using the hard disk for files and programs and 2 SSDs in RAID 0 for the OS and/or as a high-speed cache.

 

The best practice would be to keep a backup of your important data off-site and another backup copy onsite on a separate system (RAID 1 or similar on the same system is not considered as another backup onsite).

[zakarioss]

if you don't have any bottleneck from the cpu then there's no need to upgrade but if you do, go for a ryzen 5 3600/3600x at least (they are both cheaper that yours) or if you don't like amd go for an i7 7900k