Should i change my CPU?

[Bronky]

Hello forum

 

I recently got a new graphics card and a new motherboard. There were some good offers so i bought an ASUS GTX 1060 6gb and a MSI mortar b250m. My old graphics card was a GTX 960 4gb and i expected to get a good FPS increase. However, my FPS didnt change as drastically as i expected. My CPU is an i5 7400 and I could consider upgrading it to an i7 7700k. 

When I lower the resolution in games i only get a slight increase in FPS. I play games like LoL, overwatch and CSGO. Would a CPU upgrade help me out? :-)

[App4that]

What monitor are you using? Are you using VSYNC?

[jiyeon]

Regardless of GPU performance, it would definitely be nice to go from a 7400 to a 7700K.

 

CSGO is one of those games that needs more CPU power than GPU power because of how the Source engine works, so this would be one scenario where a 7700K would be a nice upgrade.

[cj09beira]

those games are mostly single threaded so don't expect many more frames unless you clock your cpu really high 

[Jurrunio]

 

2 minutes ago, Bronky said:

However, my FPS didnt change as drastically as i expected.

what were you using?

 

3 minutes ago, Bronky said:

My CPU is an i5 7400 and I could consider upgrading it to an i7 7700k. 

When I lower the resolution in games i only get a slight increase in FPS. I play games like LoL, overwatch and CSGO. Would a CPU upgrade help me out? :-)

Maybe in CSGO, but not LOL and overwatch because they are nowhere as dependent on CPU's single core performance.

[PaulWithaP]

It really doesn't look like your CPU would bottleneck your graphics card. You could monitor your system whilst gaming with open hardware monitor to see if your CPU or GPU are maxing out at 100% if your CPU is maxing out before your GPU then that would indicate that your CPU is your limiting factor when it comes to frame rates.

[Bronky]

11 minutes ago, App4that said:

What monitor are you using? Are you using VSYNC?

Im using a 144hz monitor but without gsync

[App4that]

Just now, Bronky said:

Im using a 144hz monitor but without gsync

Then I'd follow PaulWithaP's advice. 

[Stefan Payne]

22 hours ago, Bronky said:

. My CPU is an i5 7400 and I could consider upgrading it to an i7 7700k. 

no, its bullshit, because the i7-7700k is way too expensive for what you get.

Live with the CPU until next year and get a 7nm Ryzen. That's the best you can do right now...

Or if you see an i7-7700k for 150€ or less because that's what the CPU is really worth.

 

Regardless of GPU performance, it would definitely be nice to go from a 7400 to a 7700K.

Problem is the i7-7700k is sold for 250€ or more wich it isn't worth. Even 200€ its not worth, its 150€ at best.

But you don't get the CPU for that money.

 

So you have to stick with what you have or replace the Motherboard because new Board + something similar is actually chaper than an i7-7700K - wich is the bullshit.