Question What is a good upgrade from an i5 7600k?

[YouMe69]

I've been rocking my i5 7600k for almost two years now and it's held up really well. However, I do find myself bottlenecked in certain titles seeing as a I have an RTX 2070 8gb. Which CPU would be a decent upgrade with noticeable performance increase?

 

[sizzling]

What’s your budget and what RAM do you have? Trouble is your only upgrade is an i7 but even the best i7 compatible with your motherboard is only a moderate improvement and usually over priced. To get a significant improvement requires at least a new cpu and motherboard.

 

[YouMe69]

What’s your budget and what RAM do you have? Trouble is your only upgrade is an i7 but even the best i7 compatible with your motherboard is only a moderate improvement and usually over priced. To get a significant improvement requires at least a new cpu and motherboard.

I have 16gb of crucial ballistix ram running on 3200mhz. I don't mind searching for a new mobo and cpu as I plan on handing off my combo to a friend. Budget in total would be around ~$400 - 500 both components included.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

honestly, almost any 'upgrade' would be a sideways move.

 

[sizzling]

honestly, almost any 'upgrade' would be a sideways move.

On the current platform maybe.

 

[sizzling]

I have 16gb of crucial ballistix ram running on 3200mhz. I don't mind searching for a new mobo and cpu as I plan on handing off my combo to a friend. Budget in total would be around ~$400 - 500 both components included.

Ok decent speed RAM makes Ryzen a very compelling option. I am not US based so will let others source parts but a Ryzen 3600, 3600X or 3700X with compatible B450 or X570 motherboard would be a great upgrade.

You could stay with Intel but really only an i7 makes sense. The current i5’s are not a range I can recommend compared to Ryzen options and are already showing some limitations in a few games.

 

[mdd1963]

Dead ended on your current 100/200 series mainboard, save for the 7700K's 8 threads, but which is wayyy too expensive relative to the R5-3600 and B450 mainboard (get an MSI capable of BIOS flash with no CPU installed) you could get for about the same money ($340+)

 

[NightHawkRMX]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | $322.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4 WIFI ax ATX AM4 Motherboard | $161.79 @ SuperBiiz
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $484.78
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-01 21:52 EST-0500 |

Even a Ryzen 5 1600 is an upgrade from a 7600k in many cases.

A 3700x will definitely gove you the speed bump needed especially since you have 3200mhz ddr4

 

[captaincharisma]

even an 8th gen i5 would offer better performance then your current CPU since an 8600K has 6 cores vs your 7600K's 4 cores

but you would need a new motherbord