Processor recomendations

[jontten]

Hey.
Im looking to improve my computer.
I currently have installed a Intel(R) Core™ i5-4460 3.2GHz,
asrock H97 A motherboard,
Kingston XMP 10th Anniversary Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory and
Nvidia Gforce Gtx 1050Ti graphics card.
I want to replace the old processor with a new one, but i want the next one to have more than 4 cores, as the one i am currently using only uses 4 and with some games don’t perform so well.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

[Bruce]

it’s going to come down to your budget.
all 9th gen i5’s have 6 cores, i7’s and i9’s have 8 cores.
some top end 7th gen i9’s have 10 cores with the 7980XE having 18 cores, but at $AUD2800.00 I think you’d be passing on that one.

what socket is that H97 - 1150 or 1151?
cause all the Intel chips are 1151.
you’ll also be looking at a BIOS update for that mobo to support the latest CPU’s.

what is your hard drive, mechanical or solid state?

[jontten]

it’s going to come down to your budget.
all 9th gen i5’s have 6 cores, i7’s and i9’s have 8 cores.
some top end 7th gen i9’s have 10 cores with the 7980XE having 18 cores, but at $AUD2800.00 I think you’d be passing on that one.

what socket is that H97 - 1150 or 1151?
cause all the Intel chips are 1151.
you’ll also be looking at a BIOS update for that mobo to support the latest CPU’s.

what is your hard drive, mechanical or solid state?

Thanks for your reply, my budget is somewhere between 100-400 euros.
The h97 socket is 1150
My hard drive is mechanical, but thinking about switching to an ssd instead.

[Bruce]

your best bang for buck will be to get the SSD.
the speed difference between those and mechanical drives is just awesome.

since your mobo socket is a 1150, your CPU upgrade is at very best limited and more likely dead in the water.
getting a new modern CPU will force the upgrade of the motherboard and most likely the RAM unless you get a mobo with DDR3 slots which were easy to find in the change over period when the mobo manufacturers were introducing DDR4 but near impossible now.

[jontten]

your best bang for buck will be to get the SSD.
the speed difference between those and mechanical drives is just awesome.

since your mobo socket is a 1150, your CPU upgrade is at very best limited and more likely dead in the water.
getting a new modern CPU will force the upgrade of the motherboard and most likely the RAM unless you get a mobo with DDR3 slots which were easy to find in the change over period when the mobo manufacturers were introducing DDR4 but near impossible now.

okay thanks very much, is there any specific ssd you would recommend?

[Bruce]

I’ve only tried a few SSD brands (Samsung, Intel, Kingston, Crucial, maybe 1 or 2 more) and have found the Samsung EVO range the best.
when ever I have bought based on price, I’ve been let down.
you’d think a SSD is a SSD and on paper the specs don’t differ too much but in real world testing, the EVO’s really stand out.
yes they cost more but I can see the performance differences.

I’d be looking at the 250GB size as a starting point.
and instead on cloning your current system, I’d also go the whole hog and load a fresh Windows 10 system on my new SSD.

[jontten]

I’ve only tried a few SSD brands (Samsung, Intel, Kingston, Crucial, maybe 1 or 2 more) and have found the Samsung EVO range the best.
when ever I have bought based on price, I’ve been let down.
you’d think a SSD is a SSD and on paper the specs don’t differ too much but in real world testing, the EVO’s really stand out.
yes they cost more but I can see the performance differences.

I’d be looking at the 250GB size as a starting point.
and instead on cloning your current system, I’d also go the whole hog and load a fresh Windows 10 system on my new SSD.

Thanks, looked quickly at some products, would this one do the job?

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-500GB-MZ-V7E500BW/dp/B07BN217QG/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=samsung%2Bevo&qid=1588079852&sr=8-2&th=1

[phillpower2]

Is the MB here the same as what you have

[jontten]

Is the MB here the same as what you have

yes that is the correct one

[phillpower2]

You will need the SATA type SSD then as your MB pre-dates the advent of M2 SSDs so does not have the required slot on the MB, something like the one here will do you, if that is more than you wish to pay, the 500GB version costs 90 €

[jontten]

okay

You will need the SATA type SSD then as your MB pre-dates the advent of M2 SSDs so does not have the required slot on the MB, something like the one here will do you, if that is more than you wish to pay, the 500GB version costs 90 €

okay thank you, i will definetly upgrade to an ssd then.
Thanks for all the help.

[phillpower2]

You are welcome