CPU Bottleneck

[Kira0666]

I've been benchmarking my system since I bought a new GPU from a friend for fairly cheap. I know my CPU is the bottleneck in my system right now, but i"m not sure how much of that can be taken care of by overclocking it a little harder. I already ordered the parts to watercool, so I'd hate to upgrade to a different platform. AFAIK the best thing I could get with this MB is a 7700K.

 

 

Asus Maximus IX Hero

i5-6600K @ 4.0ghz

16gb DDR4 3000mhz

Titan X (Pascal)

 

[LIGISTX]

4 minutes ago, Kira0666 said:

I've been benchmarking my system since I bought a new GPU from a friend for fairly cheap. I know my CPU is the bottleneck in my system right now, but i"m not sure how much of that can be taken care of by overclocking it a little harder. I already ordered the parts to watercool, so I'd hate to upgrade to a different platform. AFAIK the best thing I could get with this MB is a 7700K.

 

 

Asus Maximus IX Hero

i5-6600K @ 4.0ghz

16gb DDR4 3000mhz

Titan X (Pascal)

 

Yea, a 4 core 4 thread chip is going to be a large limiting factor... even if you can find a 6700k and run it at 4.6 ghz which is usually fairly simple, that would make a drastic improvement.

 

As far as changing platforms tho, all AIO’s work with AM4 and 115x, so really you can upgrade to just about anything without issue.

 

If you went custom loop, a 9700k or 9900k is still 1151 as well, so your water block would still work with them no problem. But in all honesty a 6700k or 7700k is your mobo has bios support for it (it should with a new BIOS) would be fine.

[Kira0666]

12 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Yea, a 4 core 4 thread chip is going to be a large limiting factor... even if you can find a 6700k and run it at 4.6 ghz which is usually fairly simple, that would make a drastic improvement.

 

As far as changing platforms tho, all AIO’s work with AM4 and 115x, so really you can upgrade to just about anything without issue.

 

If you went custom loop, a 9700k or 9900k is still 1151 as well, so your water block would still work with them no problem. But in all honesty a 6700k or 7700k is your mobo has bios support for it (it should with a new BIOS) would be fine.

Thanks. I ordered the stuff for a custom loop from EK, so the 7700K would still be compatible with my block. I may try to get my hands on a 7700K that OC's well. My 6600K will hit 5.0ghz though the temps are a bit rough.

[LIGISTX]

3 hours ago, Kira0666 said:

Thanks. I ordered the stuff for a custom loop from EK, so the 7700K would still be compatible with my block. I may try to get my hands on a 7700K that OC's well. My 6600K will hit 5.0ghz though the temps are a bit rough.

Any speed with only 4 threads is going to be a hinderance, unless its an older game that only uses 1 or 2 threads.... These days, thats just not a thing.

 

And yea, a block for that will work on any current gen Intel chip. So you could go Z390 and get a 9900k, that waterblock will still work.