[SOLVED] Will an i5 10400f hold a GTX 1080 Ti?

[abellote]

Hello,

So, I'm (finally) upgrading my PC and got a really nice deal on a GTX 1080 Ti from a friend.

I'm thinking on building it together with an i5 10400f and I have doubts that it could hold down the GPU.

I'm planning on gaming on a 1080p ultrawide monitor, so no 1440p or 4k for now.

Upgrading the CPU to an i7 would greatly impact my budget, since here in Brazil the i5 costs now US$260,00 and the i7 US$445,00 (1.7x).

Any ideas? Will the i5 hold down my 1080 Ti? Some youtube videos don't show any bottlenecks at all with the GPU usage at 99% and CPU at average 30%.ty https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTgpS84y3MyX-fMDRXAspOhAiLhmEWALL

Thanks,

 

[AndrewRoyal]

It definetly will, but I recommend that you not get the f and get the k.

 

[Thenacker]

Can you save some cash and just get the i7 or i9? I would never use the i5 for gaming unless I jsuf couldn’t put together the cash.i7 -k is way to go. For VR it’s i9.

 

[boju]

10400 handles 1080Ti quite well.

As reference, see Battlefield 5 test. https://www.techspot.com/review/2032-intel-core-i5-10400/

To compare 1080Ti in Battlefield 5, one of the most demanding games out there.

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10400 was still able to dish out more fps for the 2080Ti in the first link. I'd say 10400's 6c/12t, not far off from the 7700k, will be fine for most things gaming with the 1080Ti at 1080p if it was still able to serve a faster card.

 

[abellote]

It definetly will, but I recommend that you not get the f and get the k.

The i5 10600k 33% more expensive than the 10400. Does the increase in performance worth it?
User benchmark only shows 8% increase in effective speed: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-10600K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-10400F/4072vs4079
So, the i5 10400 is $260, the 10600k $340 and the i7 10700 $445

Can you save some cash and just get the i7 or i9? I would never use the i5 for gaming unless I jsuf couldn’t put together the cash.i7 -k is way to go. For VR it’s i9.

I could, I think, but would it really increase my gaming in 1080p? As @boju pointed out the i5 could serve an 2080Ti.

10400 handles 1080Ti quite well.

As reference, see Battlefield 5 test. https://www.techspot.com/review/2032-intel-core-i5-10400/

To compare 1080Ti in Battlefield 5, one of the most demanding games out there.

How Does the GTX 1080 Ti Stack Up in 2020?

Today we're taking a look back at the mighty GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, the previous-gen Nvidia flagship that has become somewhat of an iconic GPU, and for...

www.techspot.com

10400 was still able to dish out more fps for the 2080Ti in the first link. I'd say 10400's 6c/12t, not far off from the 7700k, will be fine for most things gaming with the 1080Ti at 1080p if it was still able to serve a faster card.

Thank you. Will definitely take a look at the link.

 

[shady28]

I currently have a Phenom ii 955 x4, and ASUS motherboard, 4 X 2Gb G Skill 1200Mhz DDR3 memory, a 500Gb Samsung Evo 860 SATA SSD, a 650 watt power supply, and an MSI GTX 980ti Seahawk. I plan on building in the same case, and keeping the SSD, power supply, and the GPU. My PC runs SUPER slow in any demanding game. I want the replacement to be as cheap as possible, while not bottlenecking my 980ti at all.

The i5 10600k 33% more expensive than the 10400. Does the increase in performance worth it?
User benchmark only shows 8% increase in effective speed: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-10600K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-10400F/4072vs4079
So, the i5 10400 is $260, the 10600k $340 and the i7 10700 $445



I could, I think, but would it really increase my gaming in 1080p? As @boju pointed out the i5 could serve an 2080Ti.



Thank you. Will definitely take a look at the link.

IMO the 10400 is the best deal going. You can power unlock it to get more from most modern games even using the stock cooler, though its boost is lower so in single threaded games (mostly older titles) it won't do as well - so you might get 400 fps instead of 450 fps in old title...

However, with a 2060 KO Ultra I pretty much never get CPU limited on mine it is always GPU. From what I have read you won't see any difference until you get past 2070 Super levels of GPU performance, unless you are playing turn-based strategy games which are generally not GPU limited outside of synthetic benchmarks (which don't reflect actual gameplay in a turn based game).

Really I think the next step up is in the 10700 / 5600X space, but that's almost double the 10400's price.