A decent but not to expensive upgrade required from an i5 4590

SpiritOfTheAge · 10 Jun 2021 at 15:14

My son has currently plays on the i5, with 16 gig of RAM. (can't recall the MB)

He has an Nvidia 3060ti and is itching for an upgrade in the CPU department, which as far as I can see (to make it worthwhile) will need a new MB and RAM as well, unless there is a CPU that will drop into his current setup that wont cost a fortune and will give a decent boost in performance.

So break it to me gently, what are his best (budget) options that will really see an overall lift in performance or is his CPU still good given his screen and gaming tendencies?

He games at 1080p@144Hz, plays mainly overwatch.

mickyflinn · 10 Jun 2021 at 17:00

You have 2 choices you could get a second hand 4770k which would see a slight improvement over your current cpu.

Or 6 core Cpu motherboard and memory upgrade which will cost you about £350.

11400f, b560 mobo 16gb ddr4 .

Does he have his games on a ssd ?

SpiritOfTheAge · 10 Jun 2021 at 17:36

Thanks for the response, seems a reasonable cost for a decent jump in performance. I'll look into it.

Cyber-Mav · 10 Jun 2021 at 19:14

4590 still not bad. Can slap in a cheapo xeon e3 v3 which is i7 equivalent.
Personally id not upgrade yet wait till next year ir end of this year and go with new platforms which are coming out.

BallistixOnZ490 · 10 Jun 2021 at 21:26

4c8t I3 10105f can be had for £80 but uses last gen cores.

I'd also recommend waiting for next gen.

Journey · 10 Jun 2021 at 21:36

A pretty solid, cheap upgrade would be the thing listed below.

Intel Xeon E3-1275 V3 @3.50GHz Quad Core LGA1150 (SR14S) (Listed as a Charity item)

SpiritOfTheAge · 11 Jun 2021 at 07:10

Cheers all, I'll look at the Xeon V3 !

Journey · 11 Jun 2021 at 08:27

SpiritOfTheAge said:
Cheers all, I'll look at the Xeon V3 !

Well it's a great deal for ~£65, especially as you'll get £30+ for the 4590, so a nice cheap upgrade which will allow you to wait another 6-12 months to see what happens in the CPU market.

HangTime · 12 Jun 2021 at 22:14

mickyflinn said:
Or 6 core Cpu motherboard and memory upgrade which will cost you about £350.

11400f, b560 mobo 16gb ddr4

I would go with this, although it's a shame the 11600KF has gone up in price, a week or two back they were around £180 so worth considering.

BallistixOnZ490 · 13 Jun 2021 at 03:35

HangTime said:
I would go with this, although it's a shame the 11600KF has gone up in price, a week or two back they were around £180 so worth considering.

11500 is £199 for the cheapest with UHD 750 too.

handyandy24 · 13 Jun 2021 at 07:52

Id try grab a cheap cpu for your existing setup as above

EsaT · 13 Jun 2021 at 08:56

SpiritOfTheAge said:
Thanks for the response, seems a reasonable cost for a decent jump in performance. I'll look into it.

Actually really nothing reasonable in prices of Intel's outdated quad cores...
Which are basically half the CPU in new consoles.

£50 would be lot from such.
Adding HT simply doesn't make quad core more than marginally better in more modern games.
And even single core performance for old/low CPU requirement games is behind, especially with the countless vulnerability patches nibbling it.

Game · 13 Jun 2021 at 18:25

EsaT said:
Actually really nothing reasonable in prices of Intel's outdated quad cores...
Which are basically half the CPU in new consoles.

£50 would be lot from such.
Adding HT simply doesn't make quad core more than marginally better in more modern games.
And even single core performance for old/low CPU requirement games is behind, especially with the countless vulnerability patches nibbling it.

its not a quad core cpu

the i5-11400f has 6 and is an excellent low power high performance gaming cpu without breaking the bank

faster than a ryzan 3600 for less money

EsaT · 13 Jun 2021 at 18:44

Game said:
its not a quad core cpu

All Haswells are quad cores and there's no real upgrade path for mobo of thread's starter.

Journey · 13 Jun 2021 at 19:23

Spending a net total of £35 to get 4c/8t from just 4c/4t is totally worth it, Vs buying an entire new EOL platform if you are looking for a quick cheap boost with little to no hassle or cost

Game · 13 Jun 2021 at 19:36

EsaT said:
All Haswells are quad cores and there's no real upgrade path for mobo of thread's starter.

I ment going to a 11400

jigger · 13 Jun 2021 at 20:50

I think I’d sit tight and save. 144fhz/FPS is going to require a pretty highend CPU.

BallistixOnZ490 · 13 Jun 2021 at 23:29

Intel's 10nm is due by the end of the year, also Ryzen 5 with iGPU and maybe Intel XE graphics too.

Id wait for the lot of that if you can.

greatash · 15 Jun 2021 at 18:32

cheap xeon usually does the trick - normally the same as the i7s of the gen.