Question CPU & Motherboard help

[Jmullins66]

Looking for a future proof upgrade Intel CPU and motherboard. A little background. I currently have a z390-P motherboard, I7-9700K CPU, GeForce RTX 4070ti with 12 GB VRAM, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, and 850W power supply. I run triple 1440P 165 MZ monitors. I only run Iracing and get 70-80 FPS with minimal game settings. I was told I should be getting at least 165 FPS. I’ve tried just about every solution that YouTube has.

 

[Lutfij]

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It's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
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CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
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[hotaru.hino]

Looking for a future proof upgrade Intel CPU and motherboard. A little background. I currently have a z390-P motherboard, I7-9700K CPU, GeForce RTX 4070ti with 12 GB VRAM, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, and 850W power supply. I run triple 1440P 165 MZ monitors. I only run Iracing and get 70-80 FPS with minimal game settings. I was told I should be getting at least 165 FPS. I’ve tried just about every solution that YouTube has.

The FPS you can get up to is determined by the CPU, not the GPU, and the CPU you have is a little old.

If you're dead set on Intel, then you should wait a while because they're about to release a new platform and CPU generation. But if you need something now, then I'd recommend at least an i5-14600K, but no more than an i7-14700K. i9's are overkill for gaming computers.

As for the motherboard, I can't really say what to get. At best all I can recommend is the one I'm using: an ASRock Z790 Riptide Wifi

 

[Jmullins66]

The FPS you can get up to is determined by the CPU, not the GPU, and the CPU you have is a little old.

If you're dead set on Intel, then you should wait a while because they're about to release a new platform and CPU generation. But if you need something now, then I'd recommend at least an i5-14600K, but no more than an i7-14700K. i9's are overkill for gaming computers.

As for the motherboard, I can't really say what to get. At best all I can recommend is the one I'm using: an ASRock Z790 Riptide Wifi

Thank you. I’m dumb when it comes to computers. LOL. I have been looking at the I7-14700K. I was told that it runs hot. My computer is a prebuilt CyberpowerPC and came with a liquid cooler with it but it looks like a single radiator with a fan. Can’t find any specs on it. Just has the Cyberpower logo on it. Any recommendations for a liquid cooler? I was thinking along the lines of a 3 fan 360mm.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Thank you. I’m dumb when it comes to computers. LOL. I have been looking at the I7-14700K. I was told that it runs hot. My computer is a prebuilt CyberpowerPC and came with a liquid cooler with it but it looks like a single radiator with a fan. Can’t find any specs on it. Just has the Cyberpower logo on it. Any recommendations for a liquid cooler? I was thinking along the lines of a 3 fan 360mm.

It runs hot because Intel designed the CPUs to hit their thermal limits first, and the higher power limit (PL2) on them is 253W. But this only really matters in workloads that use most of the CPU. For gaming, heat output is much more manageable since games don't use more than a handful of cores.

I also don't use liquid cooling. For one I have an i5-14600K so it doesn't really need it, for another, I just don't find as much value in them. Even if I went with an i7-14700K, I'd probably go with a dual-tower air cooler than a water cooler.

But otherwise, if you want to go the water cooling route, then I'd say get the biggest thing you case supports. As for who to recommend, I have no real input on this. The last AIO I used was from Corsair, but I didn't like their software.

 

[Zerk2012]

I'm not sure I would jump right to the CPU, you are running at pretty much 6K resolution. Also your right at the number of years where AIO water coolers start to fail.

I would download OCCT, run the CPU stress test and during the test click it to temperatures and see what your CPU temps are at. If the CPU temps look fine then unplug 2 of your monitors and keep the low settings and check your FPS again.