[SOLVED] Upgrade for a i5 9400f?

[ReservationsAtDorsia]

Hello i'm looking for a upgrade for my i5 9400f due to it being a bit out of date at the moment when playing newer titles. My motherboard is a PRIME H310M-A R2.0 which only accepts 9th gen intel CPUs with this in my mind and my budget being a factor the i7-9700k is a good candidate as I can get a used one for £150 and it gives me more cores and threads. I was just wondering however if it would be a better idea to just buy a new motherboard entirely and a CPU with it. My budget would be around £200 at most. My GPU is a 3050 so that isn't a problem. Thanks in advance.

 

[KyaraM]

I highly doubt the power phases on an H-series board would be able to reliably deliver power to an i7. They are the bottom of the barrel in every regard, and I wouldn't even try, frankly. I would upgrade the board too, and when you are doing that already, you can just as well grab a newer CPU generation than what you got right now. Your budget is quite restrictive, though...

 

[ReservationsAtDorsia]

I highly doubt the power phases on an H-series board would be able to reliably deliver power to an i7. They are the bottom of the barrel in every regard, and I wouldn't even try, frankly. I would upgrade the board too, and when you are doing that already, you can just as well grab a newer CPU generation than what you got right now. Your budget is quite restrictive, though...

Was afraid I was gonna have to get a new motherboard as i'm not exactly the best when it comes to PC building. If I sold my cpu going off ebay prices I could bump up the budget to £300. What CPU and motherboard combo would you recommend? I heard ryzen is better then intel but not sure where to get started on that front. All the other parts are fine (RAM,GPU,PSU) so it would just be those two.

 

[Eximo]

You could get a newer 6 core, and it would gain SMT.

But if we stick the cheaper side of things, you are going to end up in the exact same situation. A board with an upgrade path, that isn't really suited to the high end chips.

Something like an i5-12400F and an okay B660 motherboard would do. Or a 5600X, but if I were buying AMD I would stretch to the 5700X.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£157.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B660M-A WIFI D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £281.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-16 16:01 GMT+0000

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£150.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£131.37 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £281.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-16 16:03 GMT+0000

 

[KyaraM]

The MSI Pro B660M-A isn't too expensive, that one can take a 12900K as a later upgrade, even. Most likely also a 13700, especially since that one should have a lower PL2. Those are really potent chips.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FhKJyK

The test I base this on:

Best Budget Intel B660 Motherboards, VRM Thermal Test

Our first look at VRM thermal performance of entry-level Intel B660 motherboards. On hand we have models boards from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Asrock, Soyo and Maxsun. Pricing...

www.techspot.com

The MSI board is only 10 bucks more, but a lot better than the Asus board imho.

 

[ReservationsAtDorsia]

You could get a newer 6 core, and it would gain SMT.

But if we stick the cheaper side of things, you are going to end up in the exact same situation. A board with an upgrade path, that isn't really suited to the high end chips.

Something like an i5-12400F and an okay B660 motherboard would do. Or a 5600X, but if I were buying AMD I would stretch to the 5700X.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£157.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B660M-A WIFI D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £281.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-16 16:01 GMT+0000

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£150.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£131.37 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £281.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-16 16:03 GMT+0000

Apologies for the late response life got in the way. But i'm gonna go with what the i5 12400f but get the mobo that KyaraM recommended instead. Thanks for the help,