AdviceI want to upgrade my CPU
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My current specs are -
GTX 1050TI
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz 3.40 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.5 GB usable)

I really would like to upgrade my CPU to improve some performance as I notice my CPU is the only thing which let's me down.

Would I be able to upgrade my CPU?
Do I need to do anything before upgrading my CPU?

I was thinking of upgrading to Intel Core i5-3570K(I will need to order it) but if you have any different thoughts please let me know at my budget.)
budget for CPU is around £60 as long as it's better than the one I currently have
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have you got hdd or sdd
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ReputationFairy wrote have you got hdd or sdd


hdd
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a ssd with increase windows performance dramatically making sure your motherboard supports ssd if not
depending on your socket then a i7 would work as a straight swap in some cases with no bios change, the best bet here is to upgrade your motherboard either intel or ryzen socket and run a ssd which will dramatically improve performance, any build now id recommend ssd for windows installation
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ReputationFairy wrote a ssd with increase windows performance dramatically making sure your motherboard supports ssd if not
depending on your socket then a i7 would work as a straight swap in some cases with no bios change, the best bet here is to upgrade your motherboard either intel or ryzen socket and run a ssd which will dramatically improve performance, any build now id recommend ssd for windows installation


ah I see what your trying to say, but ill be building a brand new computer next june, and I am just curious if I could upgrade my current CPU to something little better for the time being.
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personally if your upgrading soon save the cash, try overclock it, honestly be better building a new rig or upgrading motherboard, and cpu together, or replace hdd windows install on the ssd as its direct to motherboard
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ReputationFairy wrote personally if your upgrading soon save the cash, try overclock it, honestly be better building a new rig or upgrading motherboard, and cpu together, or replace hdd windows install on the ssd as its direct to motherboard


so do you think it would help at all if I were to upgrade my CPU to something better right now or would switching to SSD be better. because I notice I get high CPU percentage at some points when playing games.
And I notice on a lot of games I've played I see there requirements are always fine for me but the CPU isnt.
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what gou are you running and please state games
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ReputationFairy wrote what gou are you running and please state games


I'm guessing you mean GPU if that's the case im using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
and the games im talking about are
GTA 5
Red Dead Redemption 2
Borderlands 3
and more

I meet all the "minimal requirements" except the CPU requirement.
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hmm this is strange and yeah you can upgrade the cpu to i7 but check socket first and if need of bios and id recommend a gpu upgrade to 1650 super minimum will cause less bottlenecking
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