Upgrading cpu

[Rainbrew]

I'm currently running a gtx 1060 paired with an i7 2600 and it seems to be bottlenecking, especially in gta V and it seems I need to upgrade. While my wallet is suffering at the moment I figured I could start planning ahead on what to get. I have a hyper 212 evo cooler already so I'll just need the cpu and mobo (the most crucial parts) and I was wondering what cpu/mobo combo would give me the most bang for my buck without bottlenecking my 1060. I'm going to be mainly using this computer for gaming and work so hyperthreading isn't needed. Thanks in advance!

[anybodykek]

An i7 2600 currently won't severely bottleneck a 1060. Keep it. Once better hyperthreading and multi-core support for games is introduced, your i7 2600 will be a BEAST.

[WereCat]

I very much doubt that you are being bottlenecked by this CPU... especialy if you play at 60Hz. You sure the problem is CPU?

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Rainbrew said:

I'm currently running a gtx 1060 paired with an i7 2600 and it seems to be bottlenecking, especially in gta V and it seems I need to upgrade. While my wallet is suffering at the moment I figured I could start planning ahead on what to get. I have a hyper 212 evo cooler already so I'll just need the cpu and mobo (the most crucial parts) and I was wondering what cpu/mobo combo would give me the most bang for my buck without bottlenecking my 1060. I'm going to be mainly using this computer for gaming and work so hyperthreading isn't needed. Thanks in advance!

CPU usage in game? Temps? GPU usage and temps?

[anybodykek]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

I very much doubt that you are being bottlenecked by this CPU... especialy if you play at 60Hz. You sure the problem is CPU?

It must be RAM or something, what are your system specs?

If you have 4GB RAM then that's your problem.

[Rainbrew]

Just now, WereCat said:

I very much doubt that you are being bottlenecked by this CPU... especialy if you play at 60Hz. You sure the problem is CPU?

Just now, WereCat said:

I very much doubt that you are being bottlenecked by this CPU... especialy if you play at 60Hz. You sure the problem is CPU?

I've run into severe FPS drops in GTA V and cant run the game on high settings in fullscreen at 1050p, I'm honestly kind of lost as to what is bottlenecking at this point as my ram is never used up over 90% and cpu is at 75% but I was earlier advised that it could be my CPU and judging by the fact that it's quite old I thought it could be it. Could my motherboard be at fault with it's pci-e Gen 2 ports? The average is around 50smth frames with drops down to 14 sometimes randomly.

 

 

[EPPHO]

I am pretty sure it isn't bottlenecking your gpu. It can handle even a gtx 1070

[begadelavela]

1 minute ago, anybodykek said:

It must be RAM or something, what are your system specs?

If you have 4GB RAM then that's your problem.

it is ddr3 low frequency ram so it must be it

[anybodykek]

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[Rainbrew]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

CPU usage in game? Temps? GPU usage and temps?

 

1 minute ago, anybodykek said:

It must be RAM or something, what are your system specs?

If you have 4GB RAM then that's your problem.

I'm running 8gb ram (unknown company, got this pc off of a friend minus the gpu and a few parts) and the CPU is never beyond 75% and those occur in spikes when loading, temp-wise the cpu is generally in the 50's and the gpu has yet to go above 67 degrees celsius.

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, Rainbrew said:

I've run into severe FPS drops in GTA V and cant run the game on high settings in fullscreen at 1050p, I'm honestly kind of lost as to what is bottlenecking at this point as my ram is never used up over 90% and cpu is at 75% but I was earlier advised that it could be my CPU and judging by the fact that it's quite old I thought it could be it. Could my motherboard be at fault with it's pci-e Gen 2 ports? The average is around 50smth frames with drops down to 14 sometimes randomly.

 

 

PCI-e 2.0 is still plenty fast.

I suggest you to run MSI Afterburner and then play GTA V for about 10-15 then check the monitoring for how much you use CPU, GPU, RAM... frame time...etc.

[Rainbrew]

Just now, anybodykek said:

Hmm... thermal throttling on GPU? Can you check if your fans spin up or get up to speed when playing games on load?

Fans do spin up but it doesnt heat up much in the first place, i took the most overkill air-cooling solution available to me and that is the MSI Gaming X variant.

[Rainbrew]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

PCI-e 2.0 is still plenty fast.

I suggest you to run MSI Afterburner and then play GTA V for about 10-15 then check the monitoring for how much you use CPU, GPU, RAM... frame time...etc.

What's the possibility that the motherboard or low-frequency ram could be at fault? The company producing the RAM is chinese I think I've never heard of them so could an upgrade be necessary?

[anybodykek]

Hm... I don't think it could possibly be anything else.

 

My last resort would be to check system for malware and perhaps crummy power, though I doubt the latter is it.

[begadelavela]

try to update everything

[Rainbrew]

1 minute ago, anybodykek said:

Hm... I don't think it could possibly be anything else.

 

My last resort would be to check system for malware and perhaps crummy power, though I doubt the latter is it.

I have a CX550M which I bought along with the 1060, the thing's on the PSU whitelist that's frequently brought up on the PSU subforum and I guess I'll swap out the ram, getting new sticks couldnt hurt, right?

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, Rainbrew said:

What's the possibility that the motherboard or low-frequency ram could be at fault? The company producing the RAM is chinese I think I've never heard of them so could an upgrade be necessary?

What do you mean by low-frequency? I have DDR3 1600MHz 2x8GB and I yet have to find a game where it would cause any problem.

[anybodykek]

3 minutes ago, Rainbrew said:

I have a CX550M which I bought along with the 1060, the thing's on the PSU whitelist that's frequently brought up on the PSU subforum and I guess I'll swap out the ram, getting new sticks couldnt hurt, right?

Wait wait wait. IF you have 8 GB of RAM that works then the brand shouldn't matter too much.

Check for malware or startup processes that hog your CPU or GPU.

[Rainbrew]

3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

What do you mean by low-frequency? I have DDR3 1600MHz 2x8GB and I yet have to find a game where it would cause any problem.

 

2 minutes ago, anybodykek said:

Wait wait wait. IF you have 8 GB of RAM that works then the brand shouldn't matter too much.

Check for malware.

The brand is elxir? or elxr? it seems to be 1333 so I guess a malware scan is in order, any recommended software?

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, Rainbrew said:

I've run into severe FPS drops in GTA V and cant run the game on high settings in fullscreen at 1050p, I'm honestly kind of lost as to what is bottlenecking at this point as my ram is never used up over 90% and cpu is at 75% but I was earlier advised that it could be my CPU and judging by the fact that it's quite old I thought it could be it. Could my motherboard be at fault with it's pci-e Gen 2 ports? The average is around 50smth frames with drops down to 14 sometimes randomly.

 

 

75% is not really high 

[anybodykek]

1 minute ago, Rainbrew said:

 

The brand is elxir? or elxr? it seems to be 1333 so I guess a malware scan is in order, any recommended software?

Do you have anything with you already? I'd be scared shitless without a scanner (mostly because i pirate things)

 

Kaspersky and Bitdefender are my two favourite ones.

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

75% is not really high 

It isn't. Are you SURE that your system isn't throttling?

[WereCat]

2 minutes ago, Rainbrew said:

 

The brand is elxir? or elxr? it seems to be 1333 so I guess a malware scan is in order, any recommended software?

Malwarebytes is great and I also use Spybot Search and Destroy.

[Rainbrew]

1 minute ago, anybodykek said:

Do you have anything with you already? I'd be scared shitless without a scanner (mostly because i pirate things)

 

Kaspersky and Bitdefender are my two favourite ones.

It isn't. Are you SURE that your system isn't throttling?

 

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

Malwarebytes is great and I also use Spybot Search and Destroy.

I'm gonna run a scan with Spybot and see if it finds anything then I'll come back and report my findings, I remember using that on my old toshiba laptop from 2004 it used to take over 6 hours to scan that thing and it was totally and utterly fascinating for me as a kid.

[WereCat]

Just now, Rainbrew said:

 

I'm gonna run a scan with Spybot and see if it finds anything then I'll come back and report my findings, I remember using that on my old toshiba laptop from 2004 it used to take over 6 hours to scan that thing and it was totally and utterly fascinating for me as a kid.

Do it. However I cant recommend Malwarebytes enough. It is awesome anti malware software so definitely run that one as well. Also it is free unless you want live protection.