Core i5 4400 upgrade?

[TheLegendOfMart]

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.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

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.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Yes I know the best upgrade is Ryzen. I don't want to spend that kind of money...

Where are 2600s £100, I only see them for £170...

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

They aren't worth that much. £20 for Ram and £25 for CPU if I'm lucky.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

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]

I need more than 8GB. Fallout 76 maxes out 8GB in areas.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

penny wise, pound foolish springs to mind

Yeah and only an idiot would waste £350 on a PC he barely uses and just wants to make do till PS5 comes out...