Time to upgrade CPU?

Gdot

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Nov 17, 2014
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I am currently looking to upgrade my CPU as i feel im not getting the most out of my GPU and maybe slightly bottlenecked by my CPU as i have frame drops when gaming.

I recently brought a EVGA 1070 FTW and i am still using my OC 2500k @ 4.5ghz

I have a asus vg248qe and play at 144hz @ 1080p

I have been looking at the 7700k (bundles) but would like to hear others two cents.

My budget is around £600


Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.50GHz

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (9-9-9-24)

ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V GEN3 (LGA1155)

VG248 (1920x1080@144Hz)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (EVGA)

111GB OCZ VERTEX-PLUS (SSD)

931GB Seagate ST1000DM000-9TS15E (SATA)

Thanks in advanced


 
Solution
Yes, the once great but aging i5-2500K has reached its limitation keeping up with that class of GPU at much anything over 60 Hz. The new i7-7700K build would do the trick.