Question Potential GTX 4070 Bottleneck - Upgrade Advice

[Andross64]

Will a new 4070 be bottlenecked by the 9th gen i5? If so, by how much?

Current Build:

• MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151
• Intel Core i5-9600K
• 16GB Ram
• GTX 1080

I've run into the age old dilemma where I need a new motherboard if I'm to upgrade my CPU.
I'm trying to avoid spending the extra mobo/ram/cpu money if I can. Thanks!

 

[logainofhades]

Yes your CPU will hold that card back. How much depends on game. A 9900k would be an improvment, but for the cost of a used one, you could probabl get a faster 12600k, and DDR4 Z690 board for a similar cost, reusing your current ram.

 

[beyondlogic]

Will a new 4070 be bottlenecked by the 9th gen i5? If so, by how much?

Current Build:

• MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151
• Intel Core i5-9600K
• 16GB Ram
• GTX 1080

I've run into the age old dilemma where I need a new motherboard if I'm to upgrade my CPU.
I'm trying to avoid spending the extra mobo/ram/cpu money if I can. Thanks!

honestly if its tight on cash go with am4 you can reuse your old ram
cpu will blow the doors of the i5 9600k.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6NFKsL

otherwise amds am5 platform you can drop down to 6 cores but i always recomend 8 and bumped to 32gb as some games like hogwarts legacy need the extra
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4xFKvj

currently wouldnt recomend intel till there cpu issues are sorted.

 

[artk2219]

Will a new 4070 be bottlenecked by the 9th gen i5? If so, by how much?

Current Build:

• MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151
• Intel Core i5-9600K
• 16GB Ram
• GTX 1080

I've run into the age old dilemma where I need a new motherboard if I'm to upgrade my CPU.
I'm trying to avoid spending the extra mobo/ram/cpu money if I can. Thanks!

Definitely. It'll probably hold it back by between 40 - 50%. For reference here is the 13600k review with an RTX 3080 which is roughly similar to a 4070. Your current CPU would fall below the Ryzen 5 2600 at the bottom of the list by a fair amount. I would look at AM5 at this point over lga 1700 since it is EOL. AMD has some new chips out at the end of this month, and even the slowest AM5 chip would be a large upgrade from your 9600k.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-13600k/19.html