[SOLVED] Which CPU should I upgrade to?

Jan 3, 2020
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I'm going to pick up a job during the summer vacation (it's far ahead, but doesn't hurt to plan thing through beforehand) so that I could upgrade my CPU, since the one I currently have is a little bit of a bottleneck. I'd like to stay around the 200-300 euro range. I definitely don't want to buy a Ryzen CPU, because I really don't want to pay for a new MOBO as well. I've thought about the i5-8400, because it seems like a good choice.

Here are my specs:
MOBO: Gigabyte H310M DS2
CPU: i3-8100
GPU: GTX 1050 4GB
PSU: Mars gaming MPII 550
 
Solution
i5 9400F or i5 9500Fmaybe cheaper since it does not have integrated Integrated Graphics. You may need to update the bios with your existing i3 8100 before put in the 9th gen CPU.

Headonastick

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Just jumped from an ancient AMD A8 6600K to i5 8400, it kind of made my head spin!

Processor – Intel i5-8400 Processor
RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB DDR4 2400MHz
GPU - Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 1060 Windforce 3GB
Motherboard – Gigabyte H310m DS2
PSU - Corsair VS 650
SSD - Samsung Evo 850 250 GB
HDD – WD 1 TB PC Hard Drive - Blue
OS – Windows 10 Pro
Case - Cooler Master Masterbox Lite 5
 

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