Upgrade older system or wait

[jon0161]

Hi guys so I have a PC I've slowly put together over the past year currently I have a OEM h61 Acer mobo, i5-2400, GTX 660ti and 8GB DDR3-1333.

I find the 2400 is lacking I plan on getting a more powerful used GPU soon (GTX 970 or better) but I'm worried my CPU wont be good enough I'm not looking to play anything very recent most demanding recent game i play mainly is BF1 but the i5-2400 is really struggling its pinned at 100% usage in BF1 most the time.

Would an i7-2600 work better ? Or would investing anymore money into this platform be better spent/saved for a new build when prices are improving? I do know that my motherboard would support Ivy Bridge CPU's with a bios update if that would be a better option, but I cant figure out how to update it.

Here's a link to the bios files from the Acer website ( https://www.acer.com/ac/en/ID/content/support-product/3820;-; ) if anyone could help me out, the instructions show the bios update being done in windows I thought bios updates were done via booting from a USB but I'm still new to all this and probably wrong.

 

[gussrtk]

would greatly depend on the games that you like to play. If you are really into newer titles and want to keep up, I would suggest that it's time to move on to a new system. From some of your comments it would seem that it's the case. A lot of 2500s and 2600s are being retired, and at a much faster rate this year. This is due to the 8th gen intel CPUs, which delivered a big jump in performance (mainly due to them having 6 physical cores).

Main suggestion would be to save money now, and wait for nVidia's new line of graphic's cards, which are coming... "sometime" later this year. That would be a good plan. Some advice, don't bother with i5s-8600k, if that would be in your budget, you could just pick up an i7-8700 (non overclockable) and you'll be very happy with that

 

[dontlistentome]

If that's an OEM Acer motherboard then it came out of an Acer pre-built right? Then you'd get the bios update from Acer. Not only that, but Acer should have a CPU support list for that computer as well.

As far as what you should do, my opinion is that an older i5 or i7 is a good budget choice for someone willing to compromise a bit on performance or games in order to save on money. You sound to me like someone who is past the point of making that compromise. You sound like what you really want is much better performance.

That being the case, I think saving towards an all new system is the best choice for you. A 2600 might work better right now but I think you'll be right back where you are now(unhappy) in a short amount of time if you get one.