Question Need help to find the best bang for the buck to improve my PC mostly for gaming

[pavlinpsl]

Hello everyone

I have the following pc build:
-CPU- Intel Core I7 6700
-Memory- Corsair DDR4 2400 2x8GB
-GPU- GIGABYTE GTX 1660OC 6GB

• 512GB SSD
• 800W PSU

-27 inch LG ULTRAGEAR monitor

I am playing mostly at 1080P . I live in Bulgaria , its hard to find good deal for pc components. My budget is around 600$

 

[drivinfast247]

Hello everyone

I have the following pc build:
Intel I7 6700 cpu with asus z170 pro gaming mobo. 16GB Corsair ddr4 2400mhz memory . Video card is GF GTX 1660OC 6GB. 2 Samsung 512GB SSD's(EVO+PRO). I am planning to buy I5 11600K + 16GB DDR4 3200MHZ , and new mobo ASUS - Prime Z590-P. My question is will this new upgrade increase fps, because i think that now my video card is bottlenecked by cpu. What do you think ?

What monitor?

 

[pavlinpsl]

What monitor?

LG ULTRAGEAR 27" 2160P RES / I play at 1080P max

 

[Ralston18]

And I will ask about the PSU:

Make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)? History of heavy use for gaming, video editing, or even bit-mining?

The PSU must be able to support the installed components' power demands and especially when those power demands peak during gaming.

 

[pavlinpsl]

its old 800w fortron psu , but i can change it with new one .

 

[Nighthawk117]

Hello everyone

I have the following pc build:
Intel I7 6700 cpu with asus z170 pro gaming mobo. 16GB Corsair ddr4 2400mhz memory . Video card is GF GTX 1660OC 6GB. 2 Samsung 512GB SSD's(EVO+PRO). I am planning to buy I5 11600K + 16GB DDR4 3200MHZ , and new mobo ASUS - Prime Z590-P. My question is will this new upgrade increase fps, because i think that now my video card is bottlenecked by cpu. What do you think ?

In some games yes a 1660 will perform better with a 11600K. Assassins Creed Odyssey/Valhalla, Cyberpunk, Battlefield V are examples. This of course assumes your graphics settings aren't so taxing that they crush the GPU.

Can I ask why the 11600K though, can you get it for a very good price? In the UK at least the 5600X is dirt cheap now. That's a better option than the 11600K unless you need Intel for some reason.

The i5 12400F is also fairly good value.

 

[pavlinpsl]

In some games yes a 1660 will perform better with a 11600K. Assassins Creed Odyssey/Valhalla, Cyberpunk, Battlefield V are examples. This of course assumes your graphics settings aren't so taxing that they crush the GPU.

Can I ask why the 11600K though, can you get it for a very good price? In the UK at least the 5600X is dirt cheap now. That's a better option than the 11600K unless you need Intel for some reason.

The i5 12400F is also fairly good value.

well now i'm thinking about i5 12400F. My budget is to get new cpu, mobo and ram, or better GPU ( rtx 3060, but bottleneck will be huge)

 

[Nighthawk117]

well now i'm thinking about i5 12400F. My budget is to get new cpu, mobo and ram, or better GPU ( rtx 3060, but bottleneck will be huge)

What sort of budget do you have exactly? Yes a 3060 is a little bit over the top for an older 4 core/8 thread chip.

 

[pavlinpsl]

What sort of budget do you have exactly? Yes a 3060 is a little bit over the top for an older 4 core/8 thread chip.

about 600$ budget

 

[neojack]

you should change your question to :

• i live in <place> (important to know what the options are)
• i have this rig with this monitor
• i do this a, b ,c stuff
• i have this budget

please help me find the best bang for the buck to improve my PC in x and y ways.

 

[pavlinpsl]

you should change your question to :

• i live in <place> (important to know what the options are)
• i have this rig with this monitor
• i do this a, b ,c stuff
• i have this budget

please help me find the best bang for the buck to improve my PC in x and y ways.

will do , good idea .

 

[geofelt]

To answer your question, run this simple test:
Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

A current gen cpu upgrade will be good regardless.
I would buy the I5-12400 in preference to the I5-11600K
The performance is similar, but the 12400 will cost less.
The 12400 can use any lga1700 motherboard, and there is little value in the more expensive Z motherboards.
B660 works just fine. MATX motherboards will be cheaper if you do not need more than 4 expansion slots.
The 12400 is not overclockable.
Nor would you want to overclock. It turns out that for gaming, performance is better using the turbo mechanism on a few cores than an all core overclock. The 12400 comes with an adequate lga1700 cooler.
FWIW, I am not in favor of the F suffix processors. The extra $20 or so for integrated graphics can be a lifesaver in testing and diagnosing gpu issues. You also get quicksync if that feature is of use to you.
If your time frame is flexible, the 13th gen I5-13400 is due to launch soon.
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-c...faster-than-i5-12400-in-first-retail-cpu-test

Intel is not much dependent on ram speeds. I would reuse your 2400 speed ddr4 ram.

 

[DSzymborski]

about 600$ budget

Does the budget also need to include the PSU? Because a good one in Eastern Europe will take a pretty good chunk of that budget.

 

[pavlinpsl]

Does the budget also need to include the PSU? Because a good one in Eastern Europe will take a pretty good chunk of that budget.

Without PSU .

 

[neojack]

If i were you, i would check for a used GPU that you could buy local. then decide if an upgrade to a better CPU is needed. anything in the 200-300$ range (radeon 5700, Nvidia 2070, 1080/1080ti , etc)

 

[Bazzy 505]

Hello everyone

I have the following pc build:
-CPU- Intel Core I7 6700
-Memory- Corsair DDR4 2400 2x8GB
-GPU- GIGABYTE GTX 1660OC 6GB

• 512GB SSD
• 800W PSU

-27 inch LG ULTRAGEAR monitor

I am playing mostly at 1080P . I live in Bulgaria , its hard to find good deal for pc components. My budget is around 600$

certainly do not put any money towards upgrading that system, it's pretty much a dead end platform, should you want to venture into building a new one

a cheap B660 DDR4 motherboard paired with i5 12400F will set you back around 250 bucks
a healthy helping of 3600 DDR4 will set you back around 70 for 16GB kit and about 100 for decent 32 gb kit

you probably can still easily score at least 120 for the old motherboard memory and cpu
and likely another 150 for that 1660 if you don't want to wait too long and you care to dust it off before posting in on ebay

add that to leftover 250 bucks from the 600 budget + what you get from selling off old components, and you have just about enough to buy yourself 3060ti (around 400) ,
even 3070 (around 550) if you are lucky on a good deal

you may ask, what about the cooler ? you don't need anything pricey, 12400F runs fairly cool and there plenty decent choices on the dime there.

 

[pavlinpsl]

Thank you for the answers guys! I decides do biuld new rig . Started with rtx3060 and new PSU