Upgrade from i5 3570k?

[MrBeefkins]

I am currently running on an r9 290, i5 3570k, 8 gb of ram (likely to up to 16 soon). I want to upgrade my cpu because i want to be able to run arma 3, and fallout 4 at a good framerate (as well as have more consistent fps in csgo). Please don't respond with that i shouldnt upgrade because i5 3570k is fine, but if you do tell me why and what would be more beneficial to upgrade to help me run these games. Edit: I am playing on 30 fps in arma 3, 250 fps in csgo (drops in some dm servers) , 800x600 in csgo, 1080p in arma 3.

 

[Ecky]

Arma 3 is poorly threaded, so you want the best single-threaded performance possible. An i5 6600K has about a 20% per-clock advantage, and you might be able to overclock it a little higher too, but that's about as good as it gets. Arma 3 runs like poo on any and all hardware. Where you're getting 30fps now, you might expect ~36-38fps with a heavily overclocked 6600K, which is the absolute best chip on the market for this game. If you feel the ~$400 of a 6600K + board + RAM is worth 6fps, that's your chip.

Fallout 4 is well-threaded so one could make an argument for an i7. An i7 6700 performs a bit better in well-threaded games than an overclocked 6600K, but you'll want the overclocked i5 for Arma.

 

[ComputerSecurityGuy]

You will get more initially out of a new GPU. A GTX 1070 would be good.

But what resolution are you at?

 

[Ecky]

You will get more initially out of a new GPU. A GTX 1070 would be good.

But what resolution are you at?

Not in Arma. It's horribly CPU limited.

 

[PatrioticPickle]

You will get more initially out of a new GPU. A GTX 1070 would be good.

But what resolution are you at?

Not in Arma. It's horribly CPU limited.

Yep, GTX 970 and 1080 perform the exact same, its madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfJuMBdGIhg

 

[PatrioticPickle]

Whats wrong with your Framerate on CSGO? with that hardware you should be well and truly sitting over 140FPS at all times. The game can run on anything well.
What res are you playing at?

 

[elbert]

I suggest waiting for the 7600K given its only 3 months away.

 

[dudeman509]

Have you OCed the 3570k yet? If not, do so. You can get it up to current [stock] Skylake levels of performance.

 

[MrBeefkins]

Have you OCed the 3570k yet? If not, do so. You can get it up to current [stock] Skylake levels of performance.

I have tried before, even with a evo 212 fan i couldnt get it to even go up to 4ghz.

 

[elbert]

Have you OCed the 3570k yet? If not, do so. You can get it up to current [stock] Skylake levels of performance.

I have tried before, even with a evo 212 fan i couldnt get it to even go up to 4ghz.

You may need to bump the voltage a small bit. Just watch your temps but the CM 212 allowed me to OC the old Thuban 6 cores to 3.72Ghz stable. Its remained that for the past 6 years solid and stable. It should be no problem to hit 4Ghz with the 3570K.

 

[MrBeefkins]

Have you OCed the 3570k yet? If not, do so. You can get it up to current [stock] Skylake levels of performance.

I have tried before, even with a evo 212 fan i couldnt get it to even go up to 4ghz.

You may need to bump the voltage a small bit. Just watch your temps but the CM 212 allowed me to OC the old Thuban 6 cores to 3.72Ghz stable. Its remained that for the past 6 years solid and stable. It should be no problem to hit 4Ghz with the 3570K.

Im probably not going to try again for a while, takes too long to benchmark it all. Plus, ive had bad luck with fans in the past where they end up dying really quickly. My evo 212 is dead, ordered a new one acouple days ago. Same with 2 of my case fans sadly