CPU - Upgrade

[DumbestPerson]

Hello everybody,

with the usual apology for subpar english out of the way:

 

I'm currently running a system consisting of:

CPU: i5 4460

Cooler: Stock

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary

GPU: GTX 970 4 Gb

PSU: Corsair VS650

RAM: 1 Stick of 8 Gb DDR3-1600

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 200R

 

I would like to upgrade my CPU since I'm still happy with my GPU (maybe a mistake?). The main purpose of this build is gaming (Playerunknown Battlegrounds, Witcher 3, etc.). I'm not a whore for graphics, I prefer a stable high FPS (running a 144Hz Monitor at 1080p and a second 60 Hz monitor) with medium settings in favor of maxed out graphics settings. I would however like to be at least somewhat future proof with my purchase. I'm historically a user of Intel-CPUs but open to any change.

Since the socket on the Motherboard is quite old I assume that I would need to upgrade my MoBo aswell. I'm also not completely in rush for the upgrade, so waiting for the release of the new Intel Lineup next month or so (if I'm not buying a Ryzen) would be no problem.

 

All in all I would assume that i need a new CPU, a new MoBo and a decent Cooler (Air Cooling is preferred). Depending on the CPU I would also maybe need a new PSU?

My budget would be around 500-600 € (this is not factoring in a new PSU). This is not an absolute limit and I would be happy to pay a little more for a good value.

My Location is Germany, Amazon and Mindfactory.de is preferred.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

[LienusLateTips]

Upgrade the GPU first, your CPU is not a bottleneck.

[Lord Nicoll]

5 minutes ago, DumbestPerson said:

Hello everybody,

with the usual apology for subpar english out of the way:

 

I'm currently running a system consisting of:

CPU: i5 4460

Cooler: Stock

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary

GPU: GTX 970 4 Gb

PSU: Corsair VS650

RAM: 1 Stick of 8 Gb DDR3-1600

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 200R

 

I would like to upgrade my CPU since I'm still happy with my GPU (maybe a mistake?). The main purpose of this build is gaming (Playerunknown Battlegrounds, Witcher 3, etc.). I'm not a whore for graphics, I prefer a stable high FPS (running a 144Hz Monitor at 1080p and a second 60 Hz monitor) with medium settings in favor of maxed out graphics settings. I would however like to be at least somewhat future proof with my purchase. I'm historically a user of Intel-CPUs but open to any change.

Since the socket on the Motherboard is quite old I assume that I would need to upgrade my MoBo aswell. I'm also not completely in rush for the upgrade, so waiting for the release of the new Intel Lineup next month or so (if I'm not buying a Ryzen) would be no problem.

 

All in all I would assume that i need a new CPU, a new MoBo and a decent Cooler (Air Cooling is preferred). Depending on the CPU I would also maybe need a new PSU?

My budget would be around 500-600 € (this is not factoring in a new PSU). This is not an absolute limit and I would be happy to pay a little more for a good value.

My Location is Germany, Amazon and Mindfactory.de is preferred.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

Haswel isn't that far behind modern Intel offerings, my i7 7700K at 5.2GHz core 4.8GHz Cache wouldn't beat an i7 4790K at 4.8GHz by all that much really. I don't know if you meant to say still happy with it, but there isn't much more unless you either want to overclock or get more cores. A Ryzen 1600 might be good but you said you like to game mostly so maybe the new Coffee Lake CPU's when they come out, IF the 6 core is the same price as the i7 7700K was, otherwise Intel is still playing the game they just lost and being dumb. The PSU might want an upgrade along with the GPU to something newer although the 970 is still Ok, maybe a GTX 1070 with an R5 1600, BUT I really recommend waiting to see how VEGA and Coffee Lake turn out

[Jurrunio]

I'd say GPU upgrade first, then CPU. Maybe a 980ti / 1070, then a 4770/4790.

[Sanctorum]

18 minutes ago, JDE said:

Upgrade the GPU first, your CPU is not a bottleneck.

For 144Hz the CPU will absolutely hold him back.

 

OP- no need for a motherboard upgrade. It would be useful if you had a Z87/Z97 chipset board so you could just swap in a 4770k/4790k and OC. You should be able to find a used Xeon E3-1230/1231 V3 for hyper threading which will help frame times and bring FPS up a little. A GPU upgrade would also be beneficial though. I'd grab the Xeon for now(or a Haswell i7 if you can't find a Xeon) and then grab a GTX 1070 or 1080(or a 980Ti if you find one at a good price).