Is it worth upgrading i5-4590 to i5-8400?

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Hi, i just bought a GTX 1060GB and it seems my i5-4590 can't get the best out of it, when playing games my CPU reach above 80% usage most of the time and it decrease my FPS when driving a car, so my friend recommend me to buy 8400. and to my surprise it is actually cheaper or at the same price with 4590?!

so what im asking is, is it worth upgrading it to 8400? i usually play AAA games like GTA V, Tom Clancy's Wildland, Far Cry 5, etc in 1080p 60hz monitor

i'm maybe planning to upgrade my GPU to 1070Ti in 1-2 years, should i aim for i7 instead? or is i5 enough?

[Omega]

You will have to get a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM aswell so this will be an expensive upgrade.

If you want to upgrade, sure, go ahead. It will be a nice upgrade but nothing astronomical.


And in 1-2 years we will probably have way better GPUs then the 1070 ti, 1100/2000 Nvidia series or AMD Vega 7nm/Navi.

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Escrito originalmente por Omega:

You will have to get a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM aswell so this will be an expensive upgrade.

If you want to upgrade, sure, go ahead. It will be a nice upgrade but nothing astronomical.


And in 1-2 years we will probably have way better GPUs then the 1070 ti, 1100/2000 Nvidia series or AMD Vega 7nm/Navi.

for those gpu you mentioned, which CPU should i buy instead then? can you recommend me?
a good gaming CPU that maybe will last for 3-5 years

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Escrito originalmente por Mashiron:

should i aim for i7 instead? or is i5 enough?

Still the same, i5 for gaming, i7 for rendering / editing and so on.

But keep in mind u need a new mobo and ram (ddr4) if u wanna upgrade.
if, go with 8600k.

But tbh, don't worry so much about the 80%.
Should still give you 60 fps since u have 1080p @ 60hz.

[Omega]

Escrito originalmente por Mashiron:

Escrito originalmente por Omega:

You will have to get a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM aswell so this will be an expensive upgrade.

If you want to upgrade, sure, go ahead. It will be a nice upgrade but nothing astronomical.


And in 1-2 years we will probably have way better GPUs then the 1070 ti, 1100/2000 Nvidia series or AMD Vega 7nm/Navi.

for those gpu you mentioned, which CPU should i buy instead then? can you recommend me?
a good gaming CPU that maybe will last for 3-5 years

The 8400 would be fine. The AMD Ryzen 2000 series also launches in a few days so they might be worth a look, reviewers will post their benchmarks in a few days when the embargo lifts.

And there is zero info on these upcoming GPUs, so we don't know what CPU you should buy. These GPUs are still 6 months to a year away from release.

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Escrito originalmente por Mashiron:

should i aim for i7 instead? or is i5 enough?

Still the same, i5 for gaming, i7 for rendering / editing and so on.

But keep in mind u need a new mobo and ram (ddr4) if u wanna upgrade.
if, go with 8600k.

But tbh, don't worry so much about the 80%.
Should still give you 60 fps since u have 1080p @ 60hz.

then i wonder why i can't get stable 60fps on wildland? benchmark shows i get 53 minimum and 73 maximum with 65avg FPS but when i actually play it decreases a lot especially when driving (i get around 43fps even on medium setting) is it because of my ram? i have 8GB ddr3 ram

i guess my current CPU is just not enough? is i5 8600k the best i5 for gaming?

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Escrito originalmente por Mashiron:

then i wonder why i can't get 60 fps on tom clancy wildland even playing on medium i only get 40-50 fps??

Coz wildlands is unoptimized pos..
But maybe u can tweak some stuff to squeeze out some extra fps.
It's still a good 4 core cpu.

But on the other hand, an upgrade to 8th i5 will give you a nice boost and your have enough juice for the next x yrs. Even enough to go with a 1080 ti.

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is i5 8600k the best i5 for gaming?

It's a better option, slightly stronger and you have the overclocking feature.

But keep in mind if intel k, u need to buy a cooler, only the non-k comes with an intel stock cooler.

Would aim for:

Cpu: i5-8600k
Cooler: Bequiet dark rock 3 or noctua d15 if u wanna do overclocking, if not a decent one like the Cryorig H7, bq pure rock or so.
Mobo: Asus prime z370-A or Strix-H
Ram: 2x8GB DDR4 3000 Mhz.

And add a 1070/ti or 1080 (depends on your budget)

[Monk]

Wildlands is crazy demanding, its size and scale are pretty much unmatched, and the benchmark is a very bad guide.

If you are prepared to drop around 500 bucks for an upgrade, then I would aim for an 8600k or see how the new and ryzen 1700x does in a few days time, overclock either to get the best out of them, especially Intel.
The new i5 chips have 6 cores so are actually more powerful than 7th gen i7's.

What makes the 8400 a good chip is boards that have MCE (multi core enhancement) that will boost all cores to the max boost frequency instead of just the 1 core as stock, this sort of overclocks a locked chip.