2500K and R9 390

[VS5]

Hey Guys,

so I am buying a r9 390 (will OC) and Seasonic M12II-850 850 Watts PSU this month, and I wanted to know if I should

1.change my CPU with motherboard till mid 2016
or
2.change my motherboard keep this cpu while OCing it with MOBO.

I have 2500k which runs @ stock 3.3Ghz thnx to my non-OC board Gigabyte B75M-D3H, My main purpose is gaming you would have guessed by now, would be playing gta v and newer games on Ultra @ 1080p 60hz 1 Monitor

PS, Skylake is also here but I would not be able to afford a whole new set of RAM with MOBO and CPU :/

 

[Calnin]

850w? Seems a bit overkill for a single r9 390.
As for your CPU, i feel like the gpu would get slightly bottlenecked by it, but i don't really know how bad. Most games now are pretty good about utilizing hardware though... so i'd imagine it's still fine for newer games.

 

[azca]

depends on your resolution; if you are running 1440p, 2500k is fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_5p9wd2dk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4PP24dBXg

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/85193-intel-core-i7-6700k-14nm-skylake/?page=7

 

[atf_mart]

your 2500 is more than enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_5p9wd2dk

 

[rhysiam]

I'm fairly confident that a 2500k at stock is still more than enough to maintain 60fps in all but a tiny number of ultra-CPU demanding (or extremely poorly optimised) games. I don't think you'd see much, if any difference, from a CPU upgrade.

Do you have a retail or OEM copy of Windows? Because a retail copy means you can switch out your motherboard on your current Windows license. If so, it might be worth keeping an eye out for a decent second hand Z77 or Z68 motherboard so you can overclock.

But either way, I'd be very surprised if the 2500k pulled you up short of 60fps. Maybe if you had 120 or 144hz monitor there would be greater justification to spend on an upgrade, but not for 60hz IMHO.

 

[VS5]

depends on your resolution; if you are running 1440p, 2500k is fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_5p9wd2dk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4PP24dBXg

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/85193-intel-core-i7-6700k-14nm-skylake/?page=7

I am running @ 1080p

 

[RobCrezz]

Would be great if you could get a Z68 or Z77 motherboard, as the 2500k overclocks like a champ and will match the brand new i5s.

 

[VS5]

I'm fairly confident that a 2500k at stock is still more than enough to maintain 60fps in all but a tiny number of ultra-CPU demanding (or extremely poorly optimised) games. I don't think you'd see much, if any difference, from a CPU upgrade.

Do you have a retail or OEM copy of Windows? Because a retail copy means you can switch out your motherboard on your current Windows license. If so, it might be worth keeping an eye out for a decent second hand Z77 or Z68 motherboard so you can overclock.

But either way, I'd be very surprised if the 2500k pulled you up short of 60fps. Maybe if you had 120 or 144hz monitor there would be greater justification to spend on an upgrade, but not for 60hz IMHO.

Windows is not a problem, original copies are pretty cheap here....

 

[rhysiam]

If you can get windows for cheap then it probably is worth keeping you eye out for a second hand Z68 or Z77 board. Most 2500Ks get over 4.5Ghz without much of a stretch. You'll need a cooler as well, but that's a good long term investment as you can likely reuse it.

As I've said from the start, if you're only targetting 60fps, I don't think it will make any difference really, so I wouldn't be spending much money on a motherboard, but if you can get one for cheap it's probably worthwhile.