Upgrading CPU?

[Bobybobp]

Hi i have had my PC for roughly 3 years now and was looking at upgrading my GPU, but wanted to see if people thought my CPU needed upgrading as well and what CPU's people would recommend. Looking to try and play games like Wither 3 and War hammer total war on ultra, I'm currently able to play most games on low/medium while only getting a few frame drops but want to try and be able to play some new stuff on higher settings.

My current CPU is - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge)
My current GPU is - MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5

Any help is appreciated


My PC specs are:

MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail

Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25)

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM (0F13178)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU)

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black

Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM



Many thanks, Sam.

 

[setter]

Tbh a gpu upgrade will yield much better results for gaming than a cpu change. The 3570k is still pretty decent, (also have you overclocked it?). Recent cpu's havent made a big difference in games.

 

[Bobybobp]

Yeah that's what i initially thought, I've never really had and problems with the CPU, but just wanted to check that it wasn't going to bottle neck me.

I've thought about overclocking it before but always seen it as a risk to do so, plus i would have no idea what i was doing and wouldn't wan't to break anything

Is there a good tutorial somewhere you would recommend?

Thanks, Sam

 

[setter]

Guide here using a gigabyte Z77 board.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1247413/ivy-bridge-overclocking-guide-with-ln2-guide-at-the-end