The best way to get past the I5-2400, if that's what you want to do, there's many good deals on refurb 7010/7020/9010/9020 MT's. Then PSU's can be upgraded too. Still somewhat limited by the CPU, but still more options. The 3010/3020 I skip on purpose since they're more limited than the aforementioned. Up to you what you want to do.
If you let us know what CPU you currently have, not too many options with an SFF, but a GPU can certainly be recommended.
Don't be fooled just by socket types though - the 390 can't take 3rd gen. While the I5-2400 is the top listed CPU in the tech guide, I don't know if it can take an I7 2nd gen.
I still don't know what CPU you currently have. So, for example, if you went from an I5-2400 to an I7-2600, it would give you 28% better performance according to game-debate. For daily tasks, you probably wouldn't notice the difference. Performance has to be almost double to notice a difference in speed.
However, here's what game-debate had to say about gaming: Jan 9, 2011 · In terms of overall gaming performance, the Intel Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz is massively better than the Intel Core i5-2400 3.1GHz when it comes to running the latest games. This also means it will be less likely to bottleneck more powerful GPUs, allowing them to achieve more of their gaming performance potential.
Intel Core i7-2600 (Clock speed at 100%) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce 100% of bottleneck. Everything over 10% is considered as bottleneck.
I could not immediately a lower watt GPU to go with the I7-2600 without bottleneck issues.
Graphic card is too weak for this processor:
Intel Core i7-2600 (Clock speed at 100%) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce 15.62% of bottleneck. Everything over 10% is considered as bottleneck.
When I checked the 1650 against the I5-2400, then the CPU was considered too weak.
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Posted May 27th, 2020 15:00
What CPU do you have? That way, any potential bottleneck can be checked before recommending one that's a good fit for both CPU and PSU.