CPU Suggestions for gaming

[LordPusswhip]

Hello, i currently have an I5 3300 3Ghz and ive played the BF1 Beta and realized ive got 30fps in areas with many effects etc.

So since i cant overclock my cpu i would like to buy a new one. Have no idea what to buy tho, do you have any suggestions or tips whats inportant? My budget is around 200€ (~230$)

Thanks for your help

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, LordPusswhip said:

Hello, i currently have an I5 3300 3Ghz and ive played the BF1 Beta and realized ive got 30fps in areas with many effects etc.

So since i cant overclock my cpu i would like to buy a new one. Have no idea what to buy tho, do you have any suggestions or tips whats inportant? My budget is around 200€ (~230$)

Thanks for your help

The i5 6500 is a very good CPU at that price. What GPU are you using? You will get more performance from upgrading your GPU than you will with your CPU. 

[johnno124]

Just now, rn8686 said:

The i5 6500 is a very good CPU at that price. What GPU are you using? You will get more performance from upgrading your GPU than you will with your CPU. 

if he gets a skylake he will need a new motherboard as well which adds more to the price.

[LordPusswhip]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

The i5 6500 is a very good CPU at that price. What GPU are you using? You will get more performance from upgrading your GPU than you will with your CPU. 

Ive upgraded my GPU a year ago to a GTX 970 MSI, a friend of mine uses the same and he got around 80 FPS thats why i thought its the CPU

[Cela1]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

The i5 6500 is a very good CPU at that price. What GPU are you using? You will get more performance from upgrading your GPU than you will with your CPU. 

This ^

What GPU do you have?

[LordPusswhip]

Just now, Cela1 said:

This ^

What GPU do you have?

 

Just now, LordPusswhip said:

Ive upgraded my GPU a year ago to a GTX 970 MSI, a friend of mine uses the same and he got around 80 FPS thats why i thought its the CPU

 

[Cela1]

Just now, LordPusswhip said:

 

 

Sorry I didn't see that comment

[rn8686]

Just now, johnno124 said:

if he gets a skylake he will need a new motherboard as well which adds more to the price.

There's nothing else he could get that would increase performance significantly enough to warrant an upgrade if including the price of a motherboard. 

[Lilithty]

@LordPusswhip It does sound like a CPU issue possibly. How much ram do you have? 

 

But if its not ram then you can pick up a i5-5400 for 179.99

Squeezing A mobo into that budget though is tough

[Cela1]

 

Yup. 65 fps at 1080p ultra, with no bottleneck a smaller bottleneck.

[LordPusswhip]

Just now, Lilithty said:

@LordPusswhip It does sound like a CPU issue possibly. How much ram do you have? 

 

But if its not ram then you can pick up a i5-5400 for 179.99

Squeezing A mobo into that budget though is tough

I have 8GB Ram

[Lilithty]

An i5 6400 

and a asus H110M Micro ATX board would be about 236$

[Cela1]

-Dupe-

[LordPusswhip]

If i would buy the i5 6500 what motherboard would i need to buy and what would i cost ?

[Cela1]

What country are you in? France? Germany?

[LordPusswhip]

Just now, Cela1 said:

What country are you in? France? Germany?

Germany

[Lilithty]

@LordPusswhip I would advise then yes. Go with a newer CPU and MOBO although you may have to get new RAM as well. 

 

Although it may not be a massive difference:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6500-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3330/3513vsm10

 

[UnlimitedTMD]

Do note that it`s a beta and performance isn`t always identical across the boards

[Cela1]

3 minutes ago, LordPusswhip said:

If i would buy the i5 6500 what motherboard would i need to buy and what would i cost ?

The cheapest in Germany is 52 euro on PCPP

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/WXyxFT

[LordPusswhip]

Just now, UnlimitedTMD said:

Do note that it`s a beta and performance isn`t always identical across the boards

I know that but the thing is that my friend got like double the FPS with the same GPU and the only reason for me would be the CPU since he has a better one and i thought BF is a CPU heavy game

[Lilithty]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNnYyc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNnYyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $301.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-31 03:51 EDT-0400

 

This list includes a well rated non Z170 Mobo and 8 GB of cheap but reliable DDR4 Ram and the i5 6500

[Cela1]

Just now, Lilithty said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNnYyc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNnYyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $301.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-31 03:51 EDT-0400

 

This list includes a well rated non Z170 Mobo and 8 GB of cheap but reliable DDR4 Ram and the i5 6500

He's in Germany.

[Dackzy]

9 minutes ago, Cela1 said:

Yup. 65 fps at 1080p ultra, with no bottleneck.

You cannot see if there is a bottleneck with that pic, why? Because they only used a single CPU, if they had used better CPUs also in that test and listed the numbers and there were a FPS difference then there would be a bottleneck, unless we talk like 1-2 FPS then it doesn't matter

The only way to test for CPU bottleneck is to use the same GPU and use like 8 different CPU's that are worse and better. You could also look at if the CPU is running at 100% in the game or close to that, but that is not a 100% sure way of knowing.

 

 

I would get a i5 6500, since that would give him a nice CPU power boost.

[LordPusswhip]

7 minutes ago, Lilithty said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNnYyc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kNnYyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $301.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-31 03:51 EDT-0400

 

This list includes a well rated non Z170 Mobo and 8 GB of cheap but reliable DDR4 Ram and the i5 6500

 

6 minutes ago, Cela1 said:

He's in Germany.

 

On my site i would be around ~ 280€, more then i would like to spend but if this is the best thing to do ill buy it.

So i would go with

Motherboard: http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/MSI-H110M-PRO-VD-Intel-H110-So-1151-Dual-Channel-DDR4-mATX-Retail_1016625.html

Is this the correct one? couldnt find the exact one u posted.

RAM:   http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8GB-G-Skill-NT-Series-DDR3-1333-DIMM-CL9-Dual-Kit_701016.html

CPU:   http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/Intel-Core-i5-6500-4x-3-20GHz-So-1151-BOX_1010023.html

[Dackzy]

8 minutes ago, LordPusswhip said:

 

 

On my site i would be around ~ 280€, more then i would like to spend but if this is the best thing to do ill buy it.

So i would go with

Motherboard: http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/MSI-H110M-PRO-VD-Intel-H110-So-1151-Dual-Channel-DDR4-mATX-Retail_1016625.html

Is this the correct one? couldnt find the exact one u posted.

RAM:   http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8GB-G-Skill-NT-Series-DDR3-1333-DIMM-CL9-Dual-Kit_701016.html

CPU:   http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/Intel-Core-i5-6500-4x-3-20GHz-So-1151-BOX_1010023.html

that ram will not work, the motherboards NEEDS DDR4 and that ram is DDR3