I ran some tests on a very dated C2Q with DDR2 and the results weren't much better on newer CPUs.
What game was this?
Is the current RAM in dual channel mode?
Is there a Seagate drive in the mix?
If so, what do the smart values 01 and 07 report?
As to shopping boards, I'm not in your country so I can't do concierge service for you.
Also, looking the CPU load is not how to determine if there is a bottleneck.
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Hello, I'm looking for a new CPU to pair with GTX 1060 6GB. Currently I have i5-4430 and its bottlenecking this GPU.
I'm thinking about i5-9400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, (if you think there are better choices let me know).
Also to make any of these CPU's work I'd need a new motherboard too because the one I currently have has this old LGA1150 socket and only supports DDR3 RAM which means that I'll need new DDR4 ram too.
What I'm asking you is to help me choose a new CPU/Motherboard/RAM which together would not exceed 350€ as I currently can't spend more than that.
My current setup:
GTX 1060 6GB
16GB RAM
i5-4430 @ 3.00
250GB SSD / 1TB HDD
Asus B85M-G

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