Wonder if i should upgrade my cpu to improve performance ?

[Simon_Sniff]

Budget (including currency): AUD 500 if possible

Country: Aus

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: play games like rust to gta or other AAA games that could work

Other details

intel i5-7600k cpu

32GB 2133MHz

MSI 1660 super

650w power supply

B250M Bazooka motherboard 1151 intel

looking to play 1080p or to at least run reasonably well enough so its not lagging every 5 steps

[Shimejii]

Well your only upgrade path would be 7700k and thats not That worth it imo., Otherwise that 500 AUD will have to get a b550+5600+32GB 3200 mhz ram. Should be able to get some parts used for cheaper to fit but it will be pretty hard to find that. Since youll need to bios update the MOBO to use it probably

[GeorgeMKane]

I would recommend new cpu cooler with the cpu & motherboard upgrade. You can use the same RAM. However, you may want to get 32GB of 3600MHz CL16 RAM in the near future, to further improve performance. The 4-core, 4-thread cpu is definitely hurting performance. Your next upgrade should be the gpu & psu btw.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/yxGHzf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Black CPU Cooler  ($69.00 @ Scorptec) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
$487.00

Edited June 7, 2022 by GeorgeMKane

[Simon_Sniff]

1 hour ago, GeorgeMKane said:

I would recommend new cpu cooler with the cpu & motherboard upgrade. You can use the same RAM. However, you may want to get 32GB of 3600MHz CL16 RAM in the near future, to further improve performance. The 4-core, 4-thread cpu is definitely hurting performance. Your next upgrade should be the gpu & psu btw.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/yxGHzf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Black CPU Cooler  ($69.00 @ Scorptec) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
$487.00

i got a thermal take psu wouldn't that be fine for now and the gpu be alright ?

 

just realised its a bronze one

 

[GeorgeMKane]

34 minutes ago, Simon_Sniff said:

i got a thermal take psu wouldn't that be fine for now and the gpu be alright ?

 

just realised its a bronze one

 

Yeah that should be fine for now. Just upgrade the psu, when you get the new gpu later.

[Simon_Sniff]

17 minutes ago, GeorgeMKane said:

Yeah that should be fine for now. Just upgrade the psu, when you get the new gpu later.

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/M7Ch9r
 

this what i got in my part picker thing atm and my current parts

 

[Simon_Sniff]

49 minutes ago, GeorgeMKane said:

Yeah that should be fine for now. Just upgrade the psu, when you get the new gpu later.

i cant seem to find c16 in 3600mhz

 

 

[GeorgeMKane]

15 minutes ago, Simon_Sniff said:

i cant seem to find c16 in 3600mhz

 

 

That's fine. Just go 3200MHz. It's still very much faster than the 2133MHz that you had, and it's cheaper too.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/BQB3Rv

[Simon_Sniff]

4 hours ago, GeorgeMKane said:

That's fine. Just go 3200MHz. It's still very much faster than the 2133MHz that you had, and it's cheaper too.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/BQB3Rv

okay thanks, ordered the parts should hopefully arrive pretty quickly and help my pc a decent amount lol

[ahmad13610]

core i3 gen 12's build. sell it all except 1660 super

 

 

[Simon_Sniff]

22 hours ago, GeorgeMKane said:

That's fine. Just go 3200MHz. It's still very much faster than the 2133MHz that you had, and it's cheaper too.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/BQB3Rv

in the future what gpu and psu would you recommend ?

[GeorgeMKane]

9 hours ago, Simon_Sniff said:

in the future what gpu and psu would you recommend ?

RTX 3060 or 3060Ti. Corsair or Seasonic 80+ Gold 750W psu.