Do i need a faster CPU to play modern games at a good resolution?

Kelt · 13 Jul 2016 at 03:32

dubcat said:
ps Will it really be a big improvement on what i have? I thought the mobo was the limiting factor.

Yes.

And as said, will run cooler as well.

Total no-brainer for you with that board.

yashiro · 13 Jul 2016 at 04:30

He will still need to overclock it. Hence the OP might as well learn how his current CPU can be overclocked. The 5650 won't be much better for gaming than a 920 save for it being cooler.

As for RAM, you can just buy a 16GB dual channel kit. There's no need to fish around for 'triple channel kits' or any of that nonsense. If you really feel the need for triple channel just buy three of the same stick.

HACO · 13 Jul 2016 at 05:03

i7 920 will bottleneck most current games with a 1070, if it's not overclocked. However most of them (if they're D0) can easily do 4.0 GHz or beyond. At that point, nope, it won't bottleneck.

JanxSpirit · 13 Jul 2016 at 06:23

I'm seeing useful gains in many modern games in terms of minimum framerates up to and beyond 4.5GHz with an i5 6600K. Even if a CPU isn't bottlenecking by sitting at 100% occupancy, it can still bottleneck in terms of IOPS and often will.

http://pclab.pl/art66945-25.html

chrcoluk · 13 Jul 2016 at 07:13

the doom vulkan videos are heavily working 6700k chips as an example, I would upgrade the 920 personally.