Upgrade i5-8400

[User442]

Hi

Another upgrade question for you all please....

Currently running an i5-8400 on a B360 Aorus Gaming 3 MB with a GTX 1050 Ti, 16GB of Ram and SSD for OS and some games.

CPU is currently maxing out on games. (GTA, MS Flight sim, Rocket League, Call of Duty.......)

Was looking at i9-9900k but have read that the motherboard(Bios updated) is not ideal for that.

Could I go with the i9 for now and then change the MB later or should I switch to AMD as that would be cheaper to replace both.

Trying to keep it as cheap as possible (it's been a tough year!) but allowing for future upgrades.

Any recommendations welcome.

Thanks

 

[User442]

Hi

Thanks for the quick response.

It's running a 1060 sorry, not a 1050 (but that probably doesn't make much difference). It's on my boy's machine.

He tries to run everything as high as possible - many times we've had the conversation about lowering the resolution but it's a numbers game with his friends!

Would the i5-8400 be powerful enough to run a better GPU? It's normally at 100% now. If I was to change the GPU I'd probably go for a RTX 2070 super.

I'm running the 1050ti on a Ryzen 7 3700 and he was getting much better performance when he tried that, CPU was just ticking over. I don't use it for gaming.

Yes the budget is tight, but I'm looking to make a change that will last for a while. So I agree that moving to an i5-9600 would probably be a shorter term fix and he'd be looking to change that after a while.

The i9-9900K is probably the best that the motherboard will take.

The problem with these things is that you can always get something better for a few more ££££'s

Again, really appreciate your feedback. It all helps!