Are you wondering which PSU is best for your i5-9400f with an RX 6800 XT?
Are you wondering which PSU is best for your i5-9400f with an RX 6800 XT?
I see... I think imma keep my old PSU and GPU even after the upgrade. If something goes wrong imma just roll back to my old rig and the old smaller 1080p TV. 😅 All I actually wanted in the first place was a bigger tv. But they don't sell 55" and 65" at 1080p or 2k any more. So I had to go with the 4k. And so this whole landslide started... 😓 As for the prices of hardware, I think no one is safe anymore. My friend built a 5000€ rig 6 months ago and has been without his 2000+€ GPU for a month already cuz it malfunctioned and now he's waiting for the manufacturer to send him a new one. Which will take another month at least. As for me, I sometimes regret for not sticking to the old TV, but it was already old and sooner or later I'd have to go for this 4k crap in the end. Not sure if I'm getting too old for this stuff or the technology is simply getting less and less reliable.
The games you play, such as sims, mmo and strategy titles (compared to fps shooters), are generally CPU focused. This means your 9400 might not perform as well as you expect for your needs.
I suggest using the test I mentioned earlier with reduced graphics settings.
This will help you understand what you require for your specific games.
It actually performed quite well so far. It never exceeded 60'C in any game, and usage stayed below 70% per core. I tried Genshin Impact and Sekiro on 4k and everything looked fine. That's why I decided to upgrade my GPU. If I had to swap out my CPU too, I'd stick with the old setup. I found a site that estimates your bottleneck per game, and at 4k it was 4-8% for the games I plan to play. The only significant bottleneck was Elden Ring (around 20%), but I wouldn't even consider playing it if someone paid me. Once I finish Sekiro, I'm done with all the Souls games 😂
Bottleneck calculators are viewed as unreliable on these platforms. If you observe a 70% total cpu usage, it doesn't necessarily mean you have enough CPU capacity left. Windows distributes CPU tasks across the available cores. It's possible your main thread is fully utilized even though its workload is spread, which would not be apparent in this scenario.