New processor needed to power GTA on decent frame rate and gfx please

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Hi all

I'm trying to get more performance and added a new graphics card but still unable to get decent fps and gfx in GTA 5.

Rig is as follows

Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2
GTX1050Ti 4GB GFX
16 GB RAM
AMD A8-7650K Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G 4.20Ghz

I've not long bought the graphics card and wondering if I can upgrade the CPU ( I dont mind spending upto £500 or there abouts) on a new processor to get better gaming performance.

Many thanks for any advice.

 

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Thanks for the replies

I'm not going to be buying second hand, it needs to be new.

I take it if I were to move over to Intel processor I'd have to change Motherboard as it's an AMD mobo?

 

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Ok so if I'm upgrading the CPU, and I'll need a new mobo and RAM I might as well be buying a new system completely .

Only a few months ago I upgraded the PSU and GFX card though :\

 

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Ok so what's the best I can get (in stock) for around £500. Mobo, CPU and RAM ? please

 

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Thanks for the shopping baskets. I'm looking to get on with this. I can go a bit higher with the budget now, would it be worth considering the
Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) instead of the 8400?

I realise prices may be high now for CPUs but I need this build this month.

 

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Anyone? Or is the 8400 fine enough?

 

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Ok thanks guys, stupid question but i guess Windows 10 would need reinstalling, can't just plug the existing HDD into the new build as it'd be configured for the old Motherboard etc.?

 

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with the OEM 8400 I take it I have to apply thermal paste and add a heatsink and CPU Fan ? Been a while since I've used thermal paste !

 

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Hi all,

Ready to order these parts, only thing I need is some thermal compound for the cpu and a fan to cool it with - cheapest which will get the job done please. I take it arctic silver thermal paste is still good?