Good CPU to replace i5-6500?

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amyleehk

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My old set-up:
Monitor: ASUS 1920 x 1080 144Hz
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA
CPU: i5-6500
Graphic Card: MSI GTX-970 4GB
RAM: KLEVV 2133MHz DDR4 8GB x 1

My friend sent me a free graphic card and RAM last month so I recently upgraded my set-up into this:
Monitor: ASUS 2560 x 1440 144Hz **new
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA
CPU: i5-6500
Graphic Card: ASUS GTX-1080-A8G-GAMING **new
RAM: HYPERX 2400Mhz DDR4 8GB x 2 **new

I did some research and found GTX-1080 was an extremely expensive graphic card.

However, even though I upgraded my PC, I still couldn't reach constant smooth 144 FPS for most games (Overwatch, Rust, FF14), considering my settings were all set to medium to low.

I suppose my old CPU is the bottleneck.

So I'm wondering which CPU is a good replacement for my i5-6500?

Ps. I do not want to replace my motherboard.

Ps. Besides of gaming, I also do some streaming. Another thing I don't know whether it's important to tell is that I use some design software for work (AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop).
 
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Trafalgar747
You don't have to purchase a new motherboard to buy an i7 6700 or i7 7700. The i7 7700 is a newer version of the former, but it will require that upgrade your motherboard to the latest BIOS version. An i5 6500 + 1080 at 1440p at 144Hz will run well, you will see a greater increase from the i7 in video editing software.
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Resolution is entirely graphics intensive, so there isn't exactly a dire need to replace your processor, the i5 6500 is a strong processor and can handle the GTX 1080 properly. If you want an upgrade, i would recommend an i7 6700, but only if you can easily afford it, since your current processor is enough. For software like photoshop etc, you can take advantage of an i7 over an i5 very well.
 
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In and of itself upgrading the CPU seems difficult to justify. Only the creation aspect of your needs would merit considering an upgrade to an i7. Gaming-wise... not so much as far as I'm concerned. However, it might be worthwhile clean installing the graphics driver. Something there sounds a bit wrong.
 
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K series i7 comes with slightly higher stock clock, whereas i5's do not. i7 K series would benefit some even if not overclocking.
 
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amyleehk

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I think the problem's that I want to run at 1440p with 144hz :(
 
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amyleehk

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yes I can afford i7-6700, but is it same socket so I don't have to replace my mobo?

(Sorry I'm noob with this sort of stuffs)
 
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You don't have to purchase a new motherboard to buy an i7 6700 or i7 7700. The i7 7700 is a newer version of the former, but it will require that upgrade your motherboard to the latest BIOS version. An i5 6500 + 1080 at 1440p at 144Hz will run well, you will see a greater increase from the i7 in video editing software.
 
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amyleehk

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Thank you very much! I'll upgrade the BIOS tonight and buy i7-7700 tomorrow :D
 
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