Upgrading CPU for 3060 ti.

[FrosteN7]

Right now I have an i5 9600k CPU for my new 3060 ti. I feel like it is bottlenecking it quite a bit so I am thinking about upgrading my CPU. 

 

My question is if it is worth to upgrade my CPU from an i5 9600k to an i7-9600k, an i5 10400F, an 10600k or the ryzen 5 3600. (Right now i have an z390 a pro motherboard but i am willing to upgrade to a better cheap one that is not overclockable.

 

 

[Downkey]

11 minutes ago, FrosteN7 said:

Right now I have an i5 9600k CPU for my new 3060 ti. I feel like it is bottlenecking it quite a bit so I am thinking about upgrading my CPU. 

 

My question is if it is worth to upgrade my CPU from an i5 9600k to an i7-9600k, an i5 10400F, an 10600k or the ryzen 5 3600. (Right now i have an z390 a pro motherboard but i am willing to upgrade to a better cheap one that is not overclockable.

 

 

If you live near a microcenter you could snag a 9900K for 300. I don’t think it’s worth switching mobos for a 10400f/10600k, as that would barley even be considered an upgrade. 
 

is it bottlenecking though? A 9600k is still a great gaming CPU (even tho it doesn’t have HT)

[kewtz]

23 minutes ago, FrosteN7 said:

I feel like it is bottlenecking it quite a bit so I am thinking about upgrading my CPU. 

What makes you think that?

 

You need to be getting huge fps to think that.

[FakeFBI]

11 minutes ago, Downkey said:

If you live near a microcenter you could snag a 9900K for 300. I don’t think it’s worth switching mobos for a 10400f/10600k, as that would barley even be considered an upgrade. 
 

is it bottlenecking though? A 9600k is still a great gaming CPU (even tho it doesn’t have HT)

yes how does it bottleneck so har to upset you, may you please give us some benchmarks

[FrosteN7]

25 minutes ago, Downkey said:

If you live near a microcenter you could snag a 9900K for 300. I don’t think it’s worth switching mobos for a 10400f/10600k, as that would barley even be considered an upgrade. 
 

is it bottlenecking though? A 9600k is still a great gaming CPU (even tho it doesn’t have HT)

It is bottlebecking a bit. In Fortnite for example I get a lot of fps drops and CPU usage is constantly at 100%

[FrosteN7]

16 minutes ago, kewtz said:

What makes you think that?

 

You need to be getting huge fps to think that.

I want the games i play to be 144 fps +. And in for example sea of thieves i find  myself getting better fps when at Max settings compared to if im using the lowest. And it is still not above 144 fps all the time and quite unstable.

 

[FrosteN7]

1 hour ago, ComputerBuilder said:

yes how does it bottleneck so har to upset you, may you please give us some benchmarks

I want the games i play to be 144 fps +. And in for example sea of thieves i find  myself getting better fps when at Max settings compared to if im using the lowest. And it is still not above 144 fps all the time and quite unstable.

It is bottlebecking a bit. In Fortnite for example I get a lot of fps drops and CPU usage is constantly at 100%

[SavageNeo]

only meaninful upgrade would be either ryzen 5600x or  10700k/10900k.

[FakeFBI]

1 hour ago, FrosteN7 said:

I want the games i play to be 144 fps +. And in for example sea of thieves i find  myself getting better fps when at Max settings compared to if im using the lowest. And it is still not above 144 fps all the time and quite unstable.

It is bottlebecking a bit. In Fortnite for example I get a lot of fps drops and CPU usage is constantly at 100%

then just get a i9, since i7 is like 2 more cores and 2 more threads