I think I have a a bottleneck

[Joombaly]

I have a rig with the following specs:

Asus Prime Z370-A

i5 8600k

Gigabyte RTX 2080Ti

2x8GB HyperX Fury 2666Mhz DDR4 RAM

Samsung 970 Plus 500GB m.2 NVMe

2x Siliconpower ace a55 1TB RAID0 (2TB Total)

Coolermaster Hyper 212X CPU cooler

ASUS PCE AC 688 Dual Band Wireless Adaptor

650W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU

Fractal Design Meshify C case

 

Apparently the i5 is holding back the 2080ti's potential according to some people. Should I consider upgrading? If I do, I can't go above 9th gen due to the LGA1151 limitation. My only other option is to fully commit and upgrade the motherbaord as well so I can accommodate 10+ gen CPUs.

 

[filpo]

17 minutes ago, Joombaly said:

I have a rig with the following specs:

Asus Prime Z370-A

i5 8600k

Gigabyte RTX 2080Ti

2x8GB HyperX Fury 2666Mhz DDR4 RAM

Samsung 970 Plus 500GB m.2 NVMe

2x Siliconpower ace a55 1TB RAID0 (2TB Total)

Coolermaster Hyper 212X CPU cooler

ASUS PCE AC 688 Dual Band Wireless Adaptor

650W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU

Fractal Design Meshify C case

 

Apparently the i5 is holding back the 2080ti's potential according to some people. Should I consider upgrading? If I do, I can't go above 9th gen due to the LGA1151 limitation. My only other option is to fully commit and upgrade the motherbaord as well so I can accommodate 10+ gen CPUs.

 

if you're at 1440p or 4k I think you should be fine. But if you're at 1080p then yes, I would upgrade. Maybe to 12th gen

[Eigenvektor]

Don't guess, measure. Play some games and use software like MSI Afterburner to have a look at GPU utilization. If it is well below 90%, then you're likely CPU limited. Either increase resolution and/or graphical details to give the GPU more to do, try overclocking the CPU or get a faster CPU. Not much else to do.

[okkee]

36 minutes ago, Joombaly said:

I have a rig with the following specs:

Asus Prime Z370-A

i5 8600k

Gigabyte RTX 2080Ti

2x8GB HyperX Fury 2666Mhz DDR4 RAM

Samsung 970 Plus 500GB m.2 NVMe

2x Siliconpower ace a55 1TB RAID0 (2TB Total)

Coolermaster Hyper 212X CPU cooler

ASUS PCE AC 688 Dual Band Wireless Adaptor

650W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU

Fractal Design Meshify C case

 

Apparently the i5 is holding back the 2080ti's potential according to some people. Should I consider upgrading? If I do, I can't go above 9th gen due to the LGA1151 limitation. My only other option is to fully commit and upgrade the motherbaord as well so I can accommodate 10+ gen CPUs.

 

What performance are you targeting? and does the build meet them? or are you trying to get as much performance as possible? 

 

If you're looking to get the best out of the 2080Ti then maybe try a 9th gen i9 or get a board for a 12th gen i5/i7/i9. But also try out some games/programs and see if you're satisfied with the performance first.

[Joombaly]

I am trying to get 144fps at 1440p for the new monitor I am about to get. 2080ti should be able to handle it for the most part, however it would suck to have the CPU hold it back.

[filpo]

13 minutes ago, Joombaly said:

I am trying to get 144fps at 1440p for the new monitor I am about to get

which games? 

 

13 minutes ago, Joombaly said:

I am trying to get 144fps at 1440p for the new monitor I am about to get. 2080ti should be able to handle it for the most part, however it would suck to have the CPU hold it back.

What's your budget for the upgrade?

[Joombaly]

9 minutes ago, filpo said:

which games? 

 

What's your budget for the upgrade?

Cheapest way to get rid of any bottlenecks. Mainly considering used parts.

[filpo]

1 minute ago, Joombaly said:

Cheapest way to get rid of any bottlenecks. Mainly considering used parts.

In the US?

[Joombaly]

1 hour ago, filpo said:

In the US?

Australia

[SorryBella]

3 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

Don't guess, measure. Play some games and use software like MSI Afterburner to have a look at GPU utilization. If it is well below 90%, then you're likely CPU limited. Either increase resolution and/or graphical details to give the GPU more to do, try overclocking the CPU or get a faster CPU. Not much else to do.

This. If you want an actually useful advice on it like if you don't have the hardware yet, specify what titles you're playing and resolutions too.

 

But i would replace that PSU either way, its a time bomb.

[filpo]

35 minutes ago, Joombaly said:

Australia

try this then for new

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($359.00 @ Centre Com) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.00 @ Scorptec) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($219.00 @ MSY Technology) 
Total: $647.00
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