Help with Motherboard and Processor combo/Compatibility?

[awesomeness031]

Hi I'm kind of new to pc building.

I currently have an I5-2500k and an H871 something motherboard.

I also have 2 g.skill ripjaws 4gb

Gtx 780 super jetstream.


Can you guys(experts or any people who knows and is experienced in pc building suggest some good motherboard for a i5 4690? Not some overpowered motherboard. I'm open to overclocking.

Another question is is it worth upgrading from i5 2500k to i5 4690? or should I choose i7?

thanks a lot!

 

[ScrewySqrl]

wait until next week, when you can upgrade to the 6000-series Skylake i5s

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I would not upgrade from a 2500K to a 4690 (as opposed to 4690K). If you are gaming, then an i7 will be of very limited value and not worth the cost. Even 2500K to 4690K is not really worth it.

Let's see what the new CPUs have to offer.

I'm running an i5 4690K at 4.7Ghz (4.8Ghz is the practical limit for this chip) on a $100 ASRock Z97M OC Formula board and enjoying every minute of it.

Here's some of the benchmarks I have done. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2719471/4690k-memory-overclocking-project-results.html

If you run some of the same benchmarks on your system, you will see the benefit, or lack thereof.

 

[awesomeness031]

wait until next week, when you can upgrade to the 6000-series Skylake i5s

Hmmmm ok.

doesn't motherboards also has some compatiblity like haswell or sandybridge something?

would that procee would make me buy another or look for some high priced mobo again?

or is it compatible with the existing ones?

 

[awesomeness031]

I would not upgrade from a 2500K to a 4690 (as opposed to 4690K). If you are gaming, then an i7 will be of very limited value and not worth the cost. Even 2500K to 4690K is not really worth it.

Let's see what the new CPUs have to offer.

I'm running an i5 4690K at 4.7Ghz (4.8Ghz is the practical limit for this chip) on a $100 ASRock Z97M OC Formula board and enjoying every minute of it.

Here's some of the benchmarks I have done. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2719471/4690k-memory-overclocking-project-results.html

If you run some of the same benchmarks on your system, you will see the benefit, or lack thereof.

So you mean 2500k and 4690k has no big difference when it comes to performance?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

New chips have a new socket and will need new motherboards with new chip-sets and newer memory in many cases. Some may allow DDR3.

There will be a full range of products.

2500K to 4690K may be 15%, but the limiting factor in a gaming build is mostly the GPU.

That's why I suggested running the same benchmarks as me on your system. Then you could see what benefit you might gets.

 

[awesomeness031]

New chips have a new socket and will need new motherboards with new chip-sets and newer memory in many cases. Some may allow DDR3.

There will be a full range of products.

2500K to 4690K may be 15%, but the limiting factor in a gaming build is mostly the GPU.

That's why I suggested running the same benchmarks as me on your system. Then you could see what benefit you might gets.

ohh so it means upgrading to the upcoming procee will only make me cost more money than upgrading to the ones I mentioned?

and how about i5-2500 to i7-4790?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

If you are mostly gaming with your system, upgrading the CPU will not get you very much because your system is limited by your GPU.

We are talking in circles a little. I was suggesting the you run some benchmarks, the same ones that I posted the data for above. If you do that and compare your results to the results I posted, you will be able to see for yourself how much more performance you will get with an i5 4690K and its overclock.

 

[awesomeness031]

If you are mostly gaming with your system, upgrading the CPU will not get you very much because your system is limited by your GPU.

We are talking in circles a little. I was suggesting the you run some benchmarks, the same ones that I posted the data for above. If you do that and compare your results to the results I posted, you will be able to see for yourself how much more performance you will get with an i5 4690K and its overclock.

hmmm yeah sorry about that haha.

can you recommend a benchmarking program?

I used novabench is that ok?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

No. To compare with my data, you need to run the same software as I did. PCMark 7, and PCMark 8 A and C

3DMark Fire Strike, Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, and Ice Storm, Unigine Heaven Low and Ultra and Unigine Valley Low and Ultra. All of these can be obtained as free or demo versions.

 

[awesomeness031]

No. To compare with my data, you need to run the same software as I did. PCMark 7, and PCMark 8 A and C

3DMark Fire Strike, Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, and Ice Storm, Unigine Heaven Low and Ultra and Unigine Valley Low and Ultra. All of these can be obtained as free or demo versions.

damn... that's too many haha.

I'll try to do that tomorrow. got lots of things to do 😀

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I didn't mean right now, but if you run something, maybe only 3DMark, it will give you an idea of the comparison.

 

[awesomeness031]

I didn't mean right now, but if you run something, maybe only 3DMark, it will give you an idea of the comparison.

Ok great thanks a lot!

I'll update tomorrow