Question Looking for a cpu upgrade

[painessoupei]

I currently have i3 9100f asus h310m r r2.0 and rx 570 8gb and 8gb ram im looking for a cpu upgrade im playing modded skyrim and ive been getting 30-40 heavily modded with enb would like to get 60 fps any suggestions?

 

[rgd1101]

could get i7-9700

 

[painessoupei]

could get i7-9700

Is there anything else i should know like bios update or temperatures or something?

 

[logainofhades]

With you already having a 9100f, I don't think a bios update will be necessary. You can look on the board maker's site and check, for your specific model, though.

 

[rgd1101]

retail box come with a cooler, but might want to spend $ to get a better cooler

 

[Zerk2012]

You sure it's the CPU and not the video card.
Run the game and check the % used for both of them.

 

[painessoupei]

Im not i just read that skyrim is a cpu intensive game and usually when i go around in places with lots of npcs i get less fps but maybe its because i have 8gb ram? Would upgrading ram to 16gb be good too?

 

[rgd1101]

yes, more ram would help

 

[painessoupei]

Whats your estimated performance boost in percentage if i get more ram?