cpu upgrade advice

[Kevelstone]

i currenly have an i5 3570 and am looking to get a i7 4790 doesn anyone know if i would need to but a new motherboard with newer chipset or if it would work on my current motherboard

 

[cin19]

You need the new lga1150 MB for the i7 4790, and the old cpu i5 has the lga1155 socket. You can get the H97 or Z97 MB for the i7 4790, if you want you can get the xeon E3 1231V3, which is the i7 4770 w/o intel HD graphics engine, and it is a honorable mention cpu in our site. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html

 

[Kevelstone]

You need the new lga1150 MB for the i7 4790, and the old cpu i5 has the lga1155 socket. You can get the H97 or Z97 MB for the i7 4790, if you want you can get the xeon E3 1231V3, which is the i7 4770 w/o intel HD graphics engine, and it is a honorable mention cpu in our site. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html

so this zeon e3 would work fine in my current motherboard? and its as powerfull asthe 17 4770k but without the intedhd built in? may seem like a stupid question but as i use my computer for games i wouldnt need the intel hd graphics engine as ill have a seperate gpu right?

 

[Kevelstone]

looking intothis xeon e3 it seems amoslt identically spec wise to my curent 15 3570k

 

[cin19]

xeon e3 1231 v3 is better than i5 3570k, but more expensive.

xeon e3 cache 8m, 4 cores, 8 threads
i5 3570k cache 6m, 4cores, 4 threads.