I have an ancient i7 920 running at ~3.7hz. I build this system when the CPU was released, and it's been fine for the nearly 10 years that I've owned it.
That said, I recently upgraded the GPU to a GTX 1060 6GB. The card is fine and games run at low settings, but I feel like I'm still somewhat limited with the cpu.
1) Am I CPU bound on modern games? I'm playing mostly FPSs
2) What would a moderate upgrade look like? for <$500 for CPU, MB, Ram. I assume everything else I have will be fine. Power supply is good, drives, etc. I think my Noctua D14 Cooler should still work, too. Happy to spend less if I can get away with it.
I don't want to spend a ton, and I don't want to go crazy with high end ram to overclock to the max. I'd be happy with moderate overclocking with basic parts, or even no overclocking if there is a decent value upgrade that will easily outperform what I've got now
That said, I recently upgraded the GPU to a GTX 1060 6GB. The card is fine and games run at low settings, but I feel like I'm still somewhat limited with the cpu.
1) Am I CPU bound on modern games? I'm playing mostly FPSs
2) What would a moderate upgrade look like? for <$500 for CPU, MB, Ram. I assume everything else I have will be fine. Power supply is good, drives, etc. I think my Noctua D14 Cooler should still work, too. Happy to spend less if I can get away with it.
I don't want to spend a ton, and I don't want to go crazy with high end ram to overclock to the max. I'd be happy with moderate overclocking with basic parts, or even no overclocking if there is a decent value upgrade that will easily outperform what I've got now
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