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X51 R2 cpu bottleneck / cpu upgrade.
Hello all,
I have these following 3 questions regarding my CPU and a possible upgrade I'm thinking, but firstly I would like your opinion if an upgrade would be really worth it.
So my build is the following:
X51 R2
WINDOWS 10/ x64
BIOS A10 (up to date)
16GB DDR3
i5 4460 3.2 ghz / max turbo 3.4 ghz
GTX 1060 6GB (EVGA mini - upgraded from GTX 745)
SSD Corsair 480GB (upgraded from a 2TB HDD which is removed from the machine).
330W Power Brick (upgrade from the 240W).
DVD Rom also removed.
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Overall my X51 boots like in 5 seconds and performs very well.
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However, I would like your opinion on the following:
1. Do you think that my the i5 4460 3.2 ghz bottlenecks the GTX 1060 6GB? , and
2. Do you think that upgrading to an X51 R2 compatible i7 would make a difference on gaming or not really ? - would it be worth it? On which case a compatible i7 would make a difference anyway?
3. Which i7 is compatible with my machine R2 BIOS A10 ?
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Thnk u :) !!
Thnks!!! :-)
CometusCrimsonion
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January 31st, 2017 02:00
Follow up:
Here's a reddit post with your same question basically.
The real right answer here is you'll need to check CPU usage for whatever specific games you're playing.
Likely the ~$300 price point isn't worth it for most games it seems?
89fordprobee
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January 31st, 2017 06:00
Well I can somewhat put it in a better perspective for you .... real time hahah
X51 r3 6700 970. Upgraded to 6700k and 1070gtx
The 970 gtx is sitting in a previous Asus system with a i5 4460 now. The difference was almost nil intake with exception of a few games like ark survival that are CPU and Ram intense while loading but fps is 5% but I account that for the faster bus speed of the 6th gen
CometusCrimsonion
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January 31st, 2017 02:00
I can't answer #1 exactly as I don't know the relationship here, but I did find this youtube video with your i5 vs the top-of-the-line i7 offered in the R2. Even with the i7 having a slower 960 (vs the i5 having a 970), it looks like it i7 was faster all around. I'm guessing the thread count helps a little, but the 400-600Mhz bump is most of the difference.
You'll only be able to run those 4th gen (Haswell & Devil's Canyon) Intel's in the R2. This means the i7-4770 & i7-4790 variants. I'm also not positive what you're running, but with the proper power supply, you should also be able to run the K variants of these chips as well. (e.g. i7-4790k) but you'll want to watch your PSU/TDP.
Also be careful the K variants shipped with liquid cooling, so your temps might get a little rough on stock air if you really push for power here.
Cheers,
Ravgov
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February 3rd, 2017 00:00
Thank u all for the replies!
Well my understading is that the difference in framerates would be minimal, about 5% or smthin like that.
Would u agree?
For 300 euro (greece here) I dont know how worth it is it really. And in terms of a longetivity of the machine I dont know how much it would add... probly a waste of money...