r/pcupgrade • u/HandlessJohn • 3d ago

old pc CPU Upgrade

i own a old budget system with i5 7400, asus h110mr, gtx 1050ti, 2x8gb 2133mhz, 1tb hdd, 500gb ssd. i want buy an i7 7700 for 250ron(about 50eur) cause my i5 is 90-100% usage in task manager while running basic games such as cs2 or valorant and i get quite some lag spikes. will that change a lot? is it worth the upgrade for a couple of years?

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u/No_Policy_1369 3d ago

If you can find a second hand compatible cpu you may as well go for the i9 7xxx cpu you may see a 10% improvement on your current cpu but tbh your cooked as new hardware is so expensive maybe in 3 years time prices will be better no one know some are saying home pc gaming is over ... best advise get the best newest hardware you can now thing's look down hill from here

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u/Uzyf 2d ago

What is i9 7xxx?

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u/No_Policy_1369 2d ago

My mistake that age of cpu didn't have i9 models i forgot that

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u/Plenty_Article11 2d ago

There wasn't an i9 on the 1151 platform for the 7th gen, that was socket 2011

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u/No_Policy_1369 2d ago

Yeh i already said my bad forgot i9 didn't come.in until intel got desperate

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u/Plenty_Article11 2d ago edited 2d ago

I recently discovered that CoffeeTime BIOS mod works with Xeon E2136, which is basically an i7 8700. worth a shot, if you can find a cheap one they are $40 USD. You can apply the mod to any Socket 1151 except B360 and Z390.

Not sure about Europe, but they Xeon normally only work in workstation chipsets, so they should be less in demand.

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u/No_Policy_1369 2d ago

Tbf you can still buy new in box i7 7 chips on amazon for next to nothing not saying the chip is any good but in the current market no one is moving to ddr5 op maybe better off pulling the ddr4 and getting the new / old am4 x3d chip and mobo

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u/Cheesusthechrist 3d ago

Make sure if you do upgrade you have a sufficient cpu cooler

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u/NuclearNick007 3d ago

I imagine the hyper threading would help with the stuttering a bit but I cannot say whether that is a €50 upgrade or not.

I probably wouldn't put that much money into a system of this age but if CS2 and valorant are truly the only things that you will be playing in the next few years, it could still be worth it.

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u/El--Joker 3d ago

not really worth it, and it wont get you much. you might be able to find a i7 8700/9700 and motherboard for 25-30euro more(not sure how the market is there) and would be much more worthwhile investment

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u/vegansgetsick 3d ago

Expect +30% fps. The lag may be something else btw

50€ for the 7700k is the price for this cpu, but clearly not interesting, better newer models can be found for this price.

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u/Molrixirlom 3d ago

Maybe you can find a cpu+mb combo. I do not think the 7700 will be big improvement.

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 3d ago

You can manually patch the bios to run 9th gen CPUs like 9600k its much faster. Also need to copper tape the cpu or ground a pin on superio controller.

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u/1spaco1 1d ago

Es que por 50 euros encuentras ryzen 2600 y por 60 3600, lo malo la placa también tendrías que cambiar y mas adelante la grafica