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Hey! Ive had my current Pc setup for a while now and i have upgraded the GPU and PSU couple years ago. Currently i am thinking about upgrading the CPU and maybe a second SSD. But mostly my question is about the CPU because i have been thinking a while that it might be a bottleneck in my pc? Not sure but thanks in advance for answers!

 

Budget (including currency): Max 500 Euros

Country: Finland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly high CPU-Demading games for example Arma 3 and simulation games

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My current setup

CPU: Intel LGA1151 Core I5-8600K OEM

Motherboard: ASUS LGA1151 TUF z370- PLUS GAMING

Ram: Ballistix LT DDR4 2666MHz 16GB DIMM 2x8

GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC 8GB

SSD: Samsung PM961 SSD 256GB PCIe M.2 KPC

Harddrive: PC PROD Seagate Barracuda 1TB Sata3.0

Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series™ RM850x — 850 Watt 80 PLUS®

 

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10 minutes ago, Bubugami said:

CPU: Intel LGA1151 Core I5-8600K OEM

Motherboard: ASUS LGA1151 TUF z370- PLUS GAMING

Ram: Ballistix LT DDR4 2666MHz 16GB DIMM 2x8

GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 OC 8GB

SSD: Samsung PM961 SSD 256GB PCIe M.2 KPC

Harddrive: PC PROD Seagate Barracuda 1TB Sata3.0

Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series™ RM850x — 850 Watt 80 PLUS®

What cpu cooler do you have?

if it's decent enough for a 12600kf try this 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (€227.90 @ Datatronic) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B660M-PLUS D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€168.65 @ Proshop) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€128.90 @ Datatronic) 
Total: €525.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-12 19:36 EET+0200

 

if not then go for this 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  (€235.90 @ Datatronic) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€138.90 @ Datatronic) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€128.90 @ Datatronic) 
Total: €503.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-12 19:37 EET+0200

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

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Current parts listPCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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2 hours ago, Bubugami said:

Hey! Its a Noctua NH-U12S DX-3647 dual tower cooler. Has done its job pretty well to this day.

I'd say that you could get the 12600kf or the 13400f build then

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

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Current parts listPCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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