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Upgrading from a 2500k

CliffyG

CliffyG

CliffyG

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Hello, need a little advise please. My current system is i5 2500K, Asus P8P67, 16GB 1866 memory and a GTX 1070. My processor is struggling playing PUBG even when running at 4.2ghz. I know this is going to be quite pricey considering I need a new motherboard and memory too but looking at the specs of the new processors I really can't tell how much real world improvement I am going to get from them.

I would hope spending £150 for example on a brand new i5-7640X 4.0GHz should smash it out of the park against a 6 year old one but is that really the case? The next step up would be a i7-7740X 4.3GHz but will the extra cores even make any difference?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
I did try going a little higher with the overclock but it kept crashing when my Son played rust so dropped it down a bit, I could try coaxing a bit more out of it I guess. The Ryzen clock speed is well below what I have now, won't that have a negative impact? Is there really not a cost effective upgrade for a 6 year old CPU?
 
So still quite a significant amount of money then for not a lot of improvement. Maybe I should just look for a 2700k instead and overclock that for now as that will work with everything I have already?
 
Ok, think I've settled with the idea of trying to overclock a little more first. Then if I want more out of it I'll try and locate a 2700k or a 3770k for sale.

Thanks for your help.
 
I have only had my graphics card a couple of days so can't really comment on that, had a 970 previously. What settings do you use? I have low AA, post processing and effects, very low foliage, ultra textures and high view distance I think. The FPS does go all over the place, as low as 40 during the starter island sometimes then in game generally between 70 and 110.

Yeah it does seem expensive to me but once I sell my 2500k it should be a minimal difference.
 
Seems to be stable at 4.4ghz at the moment now, might try and push a bit higher. I haven't changed anything other than the turbo speed setting.
 
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