Should i upgrade my i7-860?

[sebastianszczep.sebas24]

Hi. I have MSI Gtx 970 and i7-860. Im thinking to upgrade it to i5-2400 or i5-2500. I would buy i3-8100 but all intel CPU's in my country went up and it's currently impossible to buy for me. Although Ryzens didin't. Should i buy used i5-2400 or i5-2500k? Or maybe buy Ryzen. I need help because my CPU isn't good for games like BF1 in bf1 no matter the settings i can not get 60 fps (I know it's ram game too) Same in games like Far Cry 4 or 5. I get drops to 30 in 4 in some places on V.High and i should get 60 fps on ultra.


Ps: Sorry for my bad english.

 

[dontlistentome]

An i5 2400 or 2500 would be better than what you have. However, you should be aware that some games really need more than 4 cores/4 threads in order to avoid framedrops.

Battlefield 1, multiplayer, is just such a game. Far Cry 5 also can use a lot of CPU power.

You have a lot of threads right now, but the problem is your CPU is older technology. If you move to an i5 2xxx series, you will have newer technology but fewer threads. Since the games you seem to want to play are newer and more demanding, I recommend that if you decide to move up to a Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge CPU then you get something like an i7 2600.

In Ryzen you'd want a Ryzen 5, so you get at least 4 cores/8 threads. An i3 8100 wouldn't really fix this problem either, in new Intel you'd want an i5 8400 at least. Bottomline, if you're upgrading don't settle for less than 4 cores/8 threads or 6 cores/6 threads.

 

[mdd1963]

what about an R5-2600/B450 mainboard combo, and of course some new DDR4 RAM?

 

[richiestang_78]

Issue with going to Ryzne or a new Intel CPU is that you'll also have to buy new DDR4 RAM along with the motherboard. If this isn't a concern then a Ryzen would be a great upgrade, I would recommend on the lower end the 2200G (you get integrated graphics as well) over the 1200. If it's in your budget the Ryzen 2600 would be the best price to performance.

For an older solution the best CPU you can get that uses DDR3 RAM is the i7-4770, which you would new a new motherboard for.