Bit of a quandary here.
Wanting to buy a 3070ti, but not sure about CPU bottlenecks. Calculators (as people say) are seemingly useless, so I'm not sure what to do.
Current System
CPU: i5-8500
GPU: 1070ti Gigabyte Aorus
Motherboard: Asus B360M plus gaming
RAM: 16GB DDR 4 2666hz Corsair
PSU: Seasonic 650W Gold.
Monitor: 3440x1440 (21:9)
Purpose: Resource heavy games like Returnal, Cyberpunk 2077 etc played at Monitors native resolution of 3K at highest possible settings.
FPS target: 60-144.
60 is good, if more possible then I won't cap it, but not essential.
The 8500 with 1070ti running Returnal shows 100% GPU with the CPU bouncing between 45-88% giving an average of 52 FPS at medium/high settings, so that's fine, but with 3070ti, not so sure.
If I upgrade, it's possible to throw in a higher level 8th/9th gen CPU, but saw there wasn't much performance increase from the 8500 on compare sites. I don't want to go the 9900 because of the high TDP, preferring to have another 65W to avoid possibly having to upgrade my PSU.
That leaves getting an i7-9700 or upgrading my MB to perhaps LGA1200~ to allow sth stronger, but even then I've no idea what would leave a little CPU headroom alongside the 3070ti in that socket category as I don't have much to spend.
What's the best route here?
Wanting to buy a 3070ti, but not sure about CPU bottlenecks. Calculators (as people say) are seemingly useless, so I'm not sure what to do.
Current System
CPU: i5-8500
GPU: 1070ti Gigabyte Aorus
Motherboard: Asus B360M plus gaming
RAM: 16GB DDR 4 2666hz Corsair
PSU: Seasonic 650W Gold.
Monitor: 3440x1440 (21:9)
Purpose: Resource heavy games like Returnal, Cyberpunk 2077 etc played at Monitors native resolution of 3K at highest possible settings.
FPS target: 60-144.
60 is good, if more possible then I won't cap it, but not essential.
The 8500 with 1070ti running Returnal shows 100% GPU with the CPU bouncing between 45-88% giving an average of 52 FPS at medium/high settings, so that's fine, but with 3070ti, not so sure.
If I upgrade, it's possible to throw in a higher level 8th/9th gen CPU, but saw there wasn't much performance increase from the 8500 on compare sites. I don't want to go the 9900 because of the high TDP, preferring to have another 65W to avoid possibly having to upgrade my PSU.
That leaves getting an i7-9700 or upgrading my MB to perhaps LGA1200~ to allow sth stronger, but even then I've no idea what would leave a little CPU headroom alongside the 3070ti in that socket category as I don't have much to spend.
What's the best route here?