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Core i5 4400 upgrade?

TheLegendOfMart

TheLegendOfMart

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My PC is pretty old now. I just bunged an RX570 in and Fallout 76, Rage 2, and a few other games are chugging. The GPU usage is never fully utilised even though the CPU is being pegged at 100% which I guess means my CPU is a bottleneck.

I have:

Core i5 4440
8GB DDR3 2133 but can only run at 1600 in the board I have
Gigabyte H87M-HD3 M-ATX Board
Corsair 600W PSU

I know the best course will be to just upgrade to Ryzen but that means having to shell out at least £350 on a CPU, Board, Ram and CPU Cooler.

I plan on buying 16GB of ram since it is dirt cheap 2nd hand now but I don't know what to do with CPU.

Would there be much difference between a 4770K and 4790K if I overlock?

At stock the 4770k is 25% faster than my 4440 so its a decent bump as well as hyperthreading.

The 4790K goes for around £150, the 4770K around £100. I could also get the 4790 non K for £120.

Part of the reason I don't want to buy basically a whole new PC is I am trying to stick it out till PS5 comes.
 
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You can't overclock with a H87 board and I'm not sure I would be upgrading to 16Gb of 1600Mhz of DDR3 and pairing it with a DC i7.
 
I can adjust 'cpu clock ratio' on my board. I set it to 33x for a little CPU boost on my non overclockable CPU and it runs fine at 3.3Ghz.

I know its not an 'upgrade' but its £150 vs £350. I'm not expecting Ultra graphics and 144fps+ I just want it to hold out a little longer.
 
I would sell it what you have and put the funds towards

Get a B450 £75
Ryzen 2600 £100
16gb DDR 4 £75

The 4790k is a decent chip but it’s a lot of money for a 4/8 cpu

When you can buy a 6/12 ryzen for less...

It won’t cost you 350 after you sell your old mobo combo.
 
I can get a 1600X which is around 2600 performance, a B450 Mobo and some used DDR4 3000 Ram for around £220-250. Would that be better?

I at least then have the option for a Ryzen 3000, without PCI-E 4.0 support, in the future?
 
TheLegendOfMart said:
I can get a 1600X which is around 2600 performance, a B450 Mobo and some used DDR4 3000 Ram for around £220-250. Would that be better?

I at least then have the option for a Ryzen 3000, without PCI-E 4.0 support, in the future?
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Yes mate..or new something like this below.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £350.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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TheLegendOfMart said:
I need more than 8GB. Fallout 76 maxes out 8GB in areas.
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £376.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)


Now is the time to buy used...there will loads of 1600x 1700x 2600 2700 used ryzens in the next couple of weeks...as people upgrade to zen 3000

I’ll be selling my 2600 myself very shortly​
 
Ryzen 2600 ~ £130
16GB DDR4 3000MHz RAM ~ £70
MSI Tomahawk B450 ~ £90


Total of £290, will be a great upgrade and allows for a 3000 series CPU to be dropped in at a later date if need be. This is the route I'll be taking soon.
 
TheLegendOfMart said:
Yeah and only an idiot would waste £350 on a PC he barely uses and just wants to make do till PS5 comes out...
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I don't see it as money wasted, you still have 18 months to wait for PS5 which is a long time. And at the end of that period you can sell your parts to fund the console, if that is what you want.
 
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