Advice on CPU upgrade

[jamie045]

Hey guys I'm just wondering I've currently got an i3 4130 in my computer and I'm gunna upgrade to an i5 4690k as I want to play the likes to Advanced warfare and other fps games. I've also got an AMD radeon powercolor 7870 GPU. Thank you

 

[Akarin]

Well, are you going to overclock, if yes, do you have/plan to buy an aftermarket cooler to do so? If not going to overclock, then there's no reason to go with a 'K' processor, as a non-'K' is cheaper. For a GPU depends on your budget and your need to upgrade, but nowadays I can only recommend a GTX970 for an high-end performance at a good price.

 

[rockie_]

You should ba able to run the game even by i3 4130:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-530-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4130
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7870-vs-GeForce-GTS-450
where i3-530 + GTS 450 are the requirements

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

You did not say what motherboard you have
not all support overclocking

since you are getting a K i5 you presumably will want to overclock or save money on non K version

are you getting an Intel retail boxed cpu with intel heatsink & fan
or a oem version (without heatsink & fan) ?

if over clocking you may need a replacement heatsink & fan
if running at default speed use the intel Heatsink & fan


Finally do your games support multiple (4) cores ?

if not the playing speed improvement may not be as much as you expect
going from 3.4GHz to 3.5GHz or 3.9GHz

regards
Mike Barnes

 

[jamie045]

Hi guys thanks for your quick responses I'm trying to keep my GPU I currently have and because I'm not sure on how to overclock I'd rather just keep it standard so I don't muck nothing up. I also tried playing a friends copy of the game and the lag was too much. I just want a better processor so I can at least play some of the newer ganes

 

[jamie045]

Also as I'm at work I don't have the exact spec on my Mobo its an Asus board and that's all about I can tell you

 

[Akarin]

Then I'd recommend a non-'K' i-5 processor, could be the i5-4690 for example.