should i upgrade my cpu ?

[zxcbn]

ok guys i have an i5 6600k atm but thinking to upgrade it to i5 8400 . so should i ?

[royalba94]

Any workloads or use case specifics that would help recommendations?

 

if it's just general use I can't think you'd see much of a difference in performance to justify the cost...

[Fokus]

4 minutes ago, zxcbn said:

ok guys i have an i5 6600k atm but thinking to upgrade it to i5 8400 . so should i ?

Depends on what you're doing. If you're just gaming then your current CPU should be sufficient. If you're planning on expanding your system into handling more demanding task like rendering, streaming, etc. Then yes i would recommend you upgrade to a 8400. 

[zxcbn]

4 minutes ago, coyotetracker said:

Depends on what you're doing. If you're just gaming then your current CPU should be sufficient. If you're planning on expanding your system into handling more demanding task like rendering, streaming, etc. Then yes i would recommend you upgrade to a 8400. 

well yeah i want to start rendering . Also some games are coming i feel like 4 cores are not enough anymore !! i was playing asc origin and my cpu wouldnt let me get more than 40 fps in ultra with 1070 oc like absolute bottleneck . or bf1 while i play on 1080 like 45 % gpu use pissing me off 

[.Apex.]

9 minutes ago, zxcbn said:

well yeah i want to start rendering . Also some games are coming i feel like 4 cores are not enough anymore !! i was playing asc origin and my cpu wouldnt let me get more than 40 fps in ultra with 1070 oc like absolute bottleneck . or bf1 while i play on 1080 like 45 % gpu use pissing me off 

yeah but don't forget you need a new motherboard for the i5-8400, 8th gen CPU's require 300 series motherboards to function.

 

they don't work AT ALL on 100 series or 200 series motherboards.

[dizmo]

If you're looking at doing streaming and such I'd probably look more towards a 2600x than something from Intel.

When your GPU is hitting 45%, is the CPU hitting 100%?

[zxcbn]

yep 100 %

[zxcbn]

14 minutes ago, dizmo said:

If you're looking at doing streaming and such I'd probably look more towards a 2600x than something from Intel.

When your GPU is hitting 45%, is the CPU hitting 100%?

yep 100 % i only bought this cpu because linus said it wont bottleneck 1070 and now here we are acs syndicate , origin , bf1 fucking bottleneck next time test it linus then talk 

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, zxcbn said:

yep 100 % i only bought this cpu because linus said it wont bottleneck 1070 and now here we are acs syndicate , origin , bf1 fucking bottleneck next time test it linus then talk 

Well, if the games weren't out when he said it, it'd be kind of hard to test

 

[zxcbn]

57 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Well, if the games weren't out when he said it, it'd be kind of hard to test

 

BF1 was out also syndicate