NEW CPU ADVICE!!!

MurphyBrix · 26 Mar 2016 at 18:54

Hi all

Literally just made a thread on motherboards. Ive currently got a MSI B75MA-E33 Motherboard in my PC with a i7-3770 3.5ghz CPU. Neither of which can be overclocked. Been looking at getting a new motherboard and CPU to overclock for while.

Going to purchase this motherboard -https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-ga-z170-sniper-intel-z170-socket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-537-gi.html.

Regards to a new CPU which i could overclock, whats the best options for the money?? I did read in a mag that buying a i7-6700k would be abit of a waste and a i5-6600k would be good enough for gaming, i like my strategy's games btw.

Any ideas what would be the best for the money?? Cheers guys

Digital X · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:03

If you're mainly gaming the i5 would be plenty, but for rendering, music or video work then the i7.

theMilitant · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:04

6700k is the best LGA1151 gaming chip. Whether or not it's worth it for your gaming needs is entirely dependent on what games you play though. Most games only utilise 4 threads properly, so it's likely that the i5 would be plenty good enough for your gaming needs.

dink · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:11

What resolution do you game at? What graphics card do you have?

MurphyBrix · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:25

I game at 2560x 1440 at 144hz. Ive got a 980ti.

MurphyBrix · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:26

I do like playing a lot of strategy games total war etc.

mickyflinn · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:31

This is a nice bundle, What case and cooler do you have ?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£40 Saving**= £422.99

Total: £433.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)

dink · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:38

MurphyBrix said:
I game at 2560x 1440 at 144hz. Ive got a 980ti.

Ah ok I have the same CPU with the same card, although game on a 1080p TV and have not felt the need to upgrade.

BriT · 26 Mar 2016 at 20:01

I doubt you will notice to big a difference tbh.

MurphyBrix · 26 Mar 2016 at 20:14

Recently i bought Atila total war and on playing the game it ran terrible on my system, to the point i got a refund, had the same experience with company of heroes 2. Surely with my cpu and motherboard not being overclocked this would be the main reason wouldnt it????

theMilitant · 26 Mar 2016 at 22:29

^^Hmm, a 3770 and a 980Ti giving you poor performance sounds suspect to me. Overclocking a CPU doesn't usually yield a large increase in frame rates, so I don't expect you'd have gotten a lot more performance if you'd had a K CPU. At 2560 x 1440 you should almost certainly have been GPU bound in Attila, which is a very demanding game maxed out. When you say you were getting terrible performance, how many FPS are you talking?

MurphyBrix · 27 Mar 2016 at 00:07

I didn't actually do any FPS tests. I had the same problem with Rome total war. The game lagged and struggled so much when putting the graphics up to a decent standard looking game. I couldn't believe how bad the graphics were to make the game run ok. Napoleon Total war looked better and that came out how many years ago. I just came to the conclusion the game was struggling because of the cpu not being an overclocking version.

dink · 27 Mar 2016 at 11:13

I've been told to lower resolution to something really low, then test frame rates, if they considerably improve then the bottleneck isn't the CPU.

Also run task manager and see what your core useage is, if it's not maxed then upgrading your CPU won't see much benefit.

I did both of those when I thought I needed an upgrade, and decided not to waste my money.

I don't think games are very well optimised these days lol