overclocking Overclocking an i5 processor

[alexgaitanis]

I have budget gaming pc and i have recently discovered that my cpu is helding back the performance of the Gpu.So I am asking for help. Wheather i should overclock my cpu or i should get a newer one. if i overclock the cpu what is the safe limit and which program should i choose.

specs:

GPU:geforce gtx 1060 g1 gaming 6gb Gigabyte rev.1

Cpu:Intel core i5 6500 3.2Ghz 

Ram: HyperX FURY 8GB DDR4-2133Mhz(HX421C14FB2/8)

Motherboard:MSI H110M Pro-D

SSD:Samsung 750 Evo 120Gb(Windows)

HDD:Western Digital Blue 3.5'' 1TB(5400rpm)

PSU:Corsair VS Serries VS550

Cooler: Deepcool Maelstorm 240T Blue

 

 

[3 Lions]

That CPU is locked so can't be overclocked. 

[alexgaitanis]

So what sre the possible alternatives to solve my problem

[Origami Cactus]

3 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

That CPU is locked so can't be overclocked. 

especially on that motherboard.

I technically overclocked the i5 6600 to 3.9ghz (applied the single core turbo to all cores all the time), but that was with a z170 motherboard and it was before intel released a patch for that.

[Origami Cactus]

Just now, alexgaitanis said:

So what sre the possible alternatives to solve my problem

How did you discover that your gpu was being held back?

Was the cpu usage at 100% while gpu usage was under 100% while gaming?

The i5 6500 shouldn't bottleneck the 1060 too much.

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, alexgaitanis said:

So what sre the possible alternatives to solve my problem

What makes you think the performance is being held back? 

 

Could you explain further in why you think this.

[alexgaitanis]

I run a benchmark and the cpu and rum usage were over 90% while the usage of the Gpu was at 40-50%

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, alexgaitanis said:

I run a benchmark and the cpu and rum usage were over 90% while the usage of the Gpu was at 40-50%

What about normal gaming? 

[alexgaitanis]

I run that benchmark at battlfield 1 on noramal graphics settings on a LG 24M38D-B full HD 60HZ monitor and it were under 50fps 

And as for normal gaming things aren't better. Eaven at normal setting it is avrege at 45-60 fps and there are lag spike droping down to 10 fps.

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, alexgaitanis said:

I run that benchmark at battlfield 1 on noramal graphics settings on a LG 24M38D-B full HD 60HZ monitor and it were under 50fps 

And as for normal gaming things aren't better. Eaven at normal setting it is avrege at 45-60 fps and there are lag spike droping down to 10 fps.

Okay, looking at your situation what I think you should do is upgrade the CPU to either an i7 6700 or i7 7700 (BIOS update required). 

[Alexzz_]

6 minutes ago, alexgaitanis said:

I run that benchmark at battlfield 1 on noramal graphics settings on a LG 24M38D-B full HD 60HZ monitor and it were under 50fps 

And as for normal gaming things aren't better. Eaven at normal setting it is avrege at 45-60 fps and there are lag spike droping down to 10 fps.

strange, i dont think it is a problem with the cpu not being powerful enough but with something that is holding back your pc. From what i have found online it seems like Battlefield 1 is not optimized for your cpu which is causing issues.

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/70739/i5-6500-bottleneck-gtx-1060

[alexgaitanis]

With the H110M pro-D can I upgrade to a 8700k

[matus177]

2 hours ago, alexgaitanis said:

With the H110M pro-D can I upgrade to a 8700k

No, it is not compatible. You would need 300 series chipset for that(e.g. z370). The best upgrade you can do without replacing the board is the i7-7700. Make sure you have the latest bios before doing that.

[alexgaitanis]

is this motherboard only limited to skylake processors?