I3 - 530 Upgrade

[epicyetiz38]

Hi, first post but have an I3 -530 over locked to 4.1 GHz.  Bought it cheap off a mate and did this to make it run better.  Currently running a 980ti as well that is being bottlenecked by the CPU, I think. My question is whether I should bother upgrading with this graphics card and what I should upgrade to.  

[Wh0_Am_1]

1 minute ago, epicyetiz38 said:

Hi, first post but have an I3 -530 over locked to 4.1 GHz.  Bought it cheap off a mate and did this to make it run better.  Currently running a 980ti as well that is being bottlenecked by the CPU, I think. My question is whether I should bother upgrading with this graphics card and what I should upgrade to.  

Welcome to the LTT forums! That 980ti is super bottle-necked, at this point I would just recommend upgrading your CPU.

[PlayStation 2]

Protip: it's not your 980 Ti holding back your i3. 

What's your budget on a new CPU?

[jiyeon]

Having owned two Clarkdale CPUs - the i3-550 and i5-650 - I can tell you a CPU upgrade to at least Haswell such as an i5-4690K will be your best move.

[epicyetiz38]

7 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Protip: it's not your 980 Ti holding back your i3. 

What's your budget on a new CPU?

Can probably stretch to £500 all in, including motherboard.  Also wondering whether to wait for black Friday. 

[epicyetiz38]

6 hours ago, seoz said:

Having owned two Clarkdale CPUs - the i3-550 and i5-650 - I can tell you a CPU upgrade to at least Haswell such as an i5-4690K will be your best move.

So you recommend anything haswell and above?

[grss1982]

10 hours ago, epicyetiz38 said:

Hi, first post but have an I3 -530 over locked to 4.1 GHz.  Bought it cheap off a mate and did this to make it run better.  Currently running a 980ti as well that is being bottlenecked by the CPU, I think. My question is whether I should bother upgrading with this graphics card and what I should upgrade to.  

Yes. You might need to upgrade.

 

With a 980 Ti I'm assuming you play AAA games.