Is this upgrade worth having?

[BlueStripe_99]

Hi!

I currently have a MoBo which only supports Intel Xeon processors, I have two Xeon E5430's @2.67 Ghz. But I want to upgrade my PC so I can handle future high-end games.

New vs old specs
Old mobo -> Asus H97-PRO
Intel Xeon 5430 (2x) -> Intel i5-4460
8Gb DDR2 -> 8Gb DDR3
Nvidia GTX 670 DCII OC (already have it)

The upgrade would cost me around $400, but is it worth doing?

Thanks in advance

 

[ExKiller]

Yes its worth doing a upgrade, the upgrade is simply inside your cpu nothing else
This cpu would be a better choice: I5 4690K Quad Core

 

[lcp1109]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5430+%40+2.66GHz&id=1234&cpuCount=2

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4460+%40+3.20GHz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4460+%40+3.20GHz

I don't think you should upgrade, unless you're having some kind of bottleneck caused by the CPU. Can you tell us what games do you play and how your system performs in terms of average and minimum FPS?

It seems that the new CPU would only have a better single core performance, but I don't think that improvement is worth 400$

 

[BlueStripe_99]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5430+%40+2.66GHz&id=1234&cpuCount=2

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4460+%40+3.20GHz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4460+%40+3.20GHz

I don't think you should upgrade, unless you're having some kind of bottleneck caused by the CPU. Can you tell us what games do you play and how your system performs in terms of average and minimum FPS?

It seems that the new CPU would only have a better single core performance, but I don't think that improvement is worth 400$

I play all games at 1080p:

BF3 60fps
FC3 40-50fps
CS:GO 200fps
Skyrim (heavily modded) 25fps with drops
DayZ (very CPU intensive) 14-25 fps
Flight Simulator: 5-15 fps (with extra mods)
Metro Last Light (AA not maxed) (40-50 fps)

everything maxed ^

 

[lcp1109]

If you have windows 8:

Open a game that is not working well;, and then minimize it

Go to tansk manager, right click the game's process and select "go to details"

Here, right click again over the game's process and select "set affinity",

if it shows two CPUs and/or 8 cores and all are select, select only one CPU or 4 first cores and check performance

if not all the CPUs/cores are selected, select all and then check gaming performance

you can also try to use only one CPU and check performance, because I don't think you should be having so many problems with that CPU