[SOLVED] Plan to upgrade i5 7400 to i7 6700k

[frast666]

Hello,
I have noticed recently that my CPU goes 95-100% of usage while I am playing more demanding games (Battlefield 5, Resident Evil 2, Anthem beta) and because of that I often get some fps drops (not big ones, but droping from 60 fps to 55 every few minutes is very irritating). While i5 7400 is only 3.0GHz and has only 4 threads, is it reasonable to switch it to let's say: i7 6700k?
My GPU is GTX 1060 6GB and I have 16GB of RAM.
Before you suggest upgrade to CPU like i7 8400 which cost almost 1.5 times of i7 6400, I don't need really high CPU power. I just don't want my CPU to slow down my GPU, so If I will be changing my GPU let's say after year or two, I will probably change my CPU as well. It's CPU change just for now.

 

[mdd1963]

The 6700K, especially if run at a moderate all core turbo (on an MCE capable board) of 4.5 GHz is still quite capable fo good framerates with most GPUs, and it can more than saturate a GTX1060. (Only issue is they are not cheap , last time I checked...

 

[jay32267]

" is it reasonable to switch it to let's say: i7 6700k?"
I think the 6700k will run the GTX 1060 no problem where I could see you having a little problem with the i5.
I used to run an i7-920 with a GTX 1060 and ran into the same thing until I bumped it to an i7-980.

As far as....going with the 6700k over something faster...

I think that typically people would generally max out the CPU for the MB....but it's not like you have to max it out if money is an issue.

 

[frast666]

Ok, thank you very much for the responses. The other thing is that I am not a big fan of overclocking. At least now I don't want to go through buying all the stuff needed for efficient overclock (like water cooling), so is it ok to buy i7 6700k instead of i7 6700? Funny thing is that in my local shop they are at the same price now so I guess it's not a big deal, but I am worried about temperatures on my box air cooling. Will it be enough, if I won't overlock it or should I buy i7 6700 which has lower power consumption?

 

[jay32267]

I'd go for the K. It has a higher base and turbo clock speed and it will perform better.

As far as heat.....I wouldn't be concerned if you don't plan to OC.

Try and look at the temps and see. The worst thing that could happen is you need a new air cooler....but I think it's likely that you won't....and I don't think you will you ever have to go to water cooling if you don't OC.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-6700+%40+3.40GHz
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-6700K+%40+4.00GHz

 

[TJ Hooker]

How much would a 6700/K cost you?

 

[frast666]

I7 6700k and 6700 will cost me about 320€ (It is my calculation because I am from Poland and I am buying it in my country in zloty currency)

 

[TJ Hooker]

I know you said you don't want to upgrade anything other than the CPU, but if you can get a new motherboard and CPU for the same or less than what you would pay for a 6700k, why wouldn't you? Like what would a Ryzen 2600 + B450 motherboard cost you?

 

[frast666]

Hmm, it would cost me bit less than i7 6400k. That's not a bad idea, but in that situation could my GPU bottleneck CPU? Is there a point to have such powerful CPU with that GPU? Besides, that was supported to be a quick simple switch, and now I would have to change also my motherboard along with selling my older one, which still has warranty. I will probably choose i7 because of my trust to intel, but maybe in a year when I will change GPU as well, I will consider switching to even more powerful ryzen.

 

[frast666]

Hmm, after some thinking I am finally considering ryzen 2600. How is that possible that ryzen 2600 is so much better in benchmarks than i7 6400 which cost almost 2x more? I wonder If ryzen 2600 is really so much better than i7 6400 so it is ok to switch also my motherboard for it.

 

[frast666]

I bought i7 6700k. After reading some info about ryzen 2600 I was scared about lower single core scores than i7 6700k and decided that it was just easier to buy i7 6700k than buy ryzen along with new motherboard. I will probably buy ryzen when I will be changing my graphic card in next few years (because I would change motherboard to newer anyway).

i7 6700k is so far great, way better than my old i5 7400. I changed my graphic settings in Battlefield 5 to much higher and have much smoother experience than before.
I also needed to buy new air cooler (Thermaltake Frio Silent 14) because my temperatures were around 75-80C in battlefield V with old box cooler.

 

[se7enX89X]

Hello,
I have noticed recently that my CPU goes 95-100% of usage while I am playing more demanding games (Battlefield 5, Resident Evil 2, Anthem beta) and because of that I often get some fps drops (not big ones, but droping from 60 fps to 55 every few minutes is very irritating). While i5 7400 is only 3.0GHz and has only 4 threads, is it reasonable to switch it to let's say: i7 6700k?
My GPU is GTX 1060 6GB and I have 16GB of RAM.
Before you suggest upgrade to CPU like i7 8400 which cost almost 1.5 times of i7 6400, I don't need really high CPU power. I just don't want my CPU to slow down my GPU, so If I will be changing my GPU let's say after year or two, I will probably change my CPU as well. It's CPU change just for now.

I have a 6700k and a 2080 and currently getting bottlenecked in Battlefield 5