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[Tim098b]

I would like to upgrade my gaming pc, I do nothing else on my pc then games. I have an i5-7400 and a GTX 1080 Graphics card, my GPU is in games always stuck at around 40% / 50% and my CPU is hitting a consisted 100% in almost all games. Now I can buy a used i7-6700K for €90,- or less and it is better than my i5. But I'm not shure if it will be enough for the 1080 or for future upgrades. Can anybody help confirm if it will be so it does not bottleneck my GPU anymore? By forward thanks for your replay

 

CPU Compare: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=97147,88195

[AndreiArgeanu]

A 6700k should do the job, it's basically a 7700K, and with a quick overclock it should do well in games. If that doesn't meet your needs then you'll need a new motherboard+cpu, since the 7700K doesn't really improve much on the 6700K.

[Dedayog]

I personally know the 6700K + 1080 rocks at even 1440p gaming.  Worthtwhile upgrade for a couple years.

[Quickstrike]

3 minutes ago, Tim098b said:

I would like to upgrade my gaming pc, I do nothing else on my pc then games. I have an i5-7400 and a GTX 1080 Graphics card, my GPU is in games always stuck at around 40% / 50% and my CPU is hitting a consisted 100% in almost all games. Now I can buy a used i7-6700K for €90,- or less and it is better than my i5. But I'm not shure if it will be enough for the 1080 or for future upgrades. Can anybody help confirm if it will be so it does not bottleneck my GPU anymore? By forward thanks for your replay

 

CPU Compare: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=97147,88195

A note: the 6700K does not use the same architecture, make sure you have a compatible MoBo if you switch (you have LGA 1151 series 200).

In your stead I would find myself a used 7700-K. It has a less sucky instruction set.

And yeah your 1080 will work fine with both Skylake and Kaby Lake.

[Tim098b]

34 minutes ago, Quickstrike said:

A note: the 6700K does not use the same architecture, make sure you have a compatible MoBo if you switch (you have LGA 1151 series 200).

In your stead I would find myself a used 7700-K. It has a less sucky instruction set.

And yeah your 1080 will work fine with both Skylake and Kaby Lake.

How can I check this? The socket from both the i5 and the i7 are the same so I assumed it's just a cpu swap.

[jtmoseley]

3 hours ago, Tim098b said:

How can I check this? The socket from both the i5 and the i7 are the same so I assumed it's just a cpu swap.

It is just a CPU swap. 

However I would like to add that the 6700k is equivalent to the R3-3300x. 

 

I would heavily advise you to switch platforms. Mostly because a 3300x costs around 100 dollars while a used 6700k / 7700k is 200 or more easily. Additionally, you would have an upgrade path on the 3000 series ryzen platform for the future. If you were to spend 200 dollars on an 5 year old i7 you would be spending money on an obsolete generation. I sold my old 6700k for $200 back in july and it was delidded. So it was worth less than normal anyways.

[Quickstrike]

On 9/23/2020 at 5:11 PM, Tim098b said:

How can I check this? The socket from both the i5 and the i7 are the same so I assumed it's just a cpu swap.

Your motherboard instruction book will list compatible CPUs