i7-790 with r9 390 ? if not some suggestions for a new CPU

[yarraaaaam]

Hi there!
I have been planing to build a new desktop for a while (just for gaming on 1080p and maybe 1440p in a few months ) and finaly got my hands on a Saphire nitro r9 390 and a new PSU and a SSD.
My current mobo is Foxxconn H55M-S and the Cpu is a i7-790. I am well aware that i should upgrade those parts asap but i am kinda short on cash right now and would like to keep em for a while. Afaik the real req for the modern games like Fallout 4/Witcher 3 etc is the GPU and i guess R9 390 pretty much covers it.

I wonder if keeping them is only a fantasy ? I know it will cause bottlenecking to some extent but how much really?

If thats the case l really would love some suggestions for a new motherboard and a cpu. And even tho ıf it turns out to be manageable i would love suggestions since i will upgrade them some time.

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  ■ I would like to buy an Intel CPU
  ■ Allthough i say i might one day, the truth is: I probably will never OC
  ■ No intention of buying more GPU's
  ■ Afaik for daily use and gaming there is practically no difference between an i7 and an i5, so i guess i will go for an i5 this time.
  ■ I can spare around 450 € max for the mobo + Cpu but i really dont want to spend more than 300 for both of them.
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    Bonus Question: is going something other than Skylake + DDR4 a foolish investment ? i am really not a fan of older tech but i am really doubtful about this.
    
    I really will appreciate some answers. Thanks in advance.
    
    

 

[Supernova1138]

You have an old Lynnfield i7, it's getting long in the tooth, but it can still play current games. I would tell you to overclock, but that's likely not going to be possible on a Foxxconn board. You'll be able to play Fallout 4 and Witcher 3, but you will run into some stuttering the busier areas of the game. Stuttering in the urban parts of Witcher 3 is part of the reason I upgraded my i5 760, I just couldn't get the framerate in that area stable even with an overclock.

If you're looking for an upgrade, a Haswell i5 or i7 (4xxx series LGA 1150) is a viable option, and would allow you to keep your old RAM. Skylake is a little bit faster and offers additional features like DDR4 support and much better support for high speed M.2 SSDs compared to Haswell. If you want to keep your build for a long time, it may be worth getting Skylake just to have access to newer features like that so if you do want to grab a really fast SSD in the future, you have the option to get one without it being severely bottlenecked by the bandwidth limitations imposed by the 9 series chipsets Haswell uses. DDR4 is also going to be the new RAM standard, and you'd be able to carry it over to future builds, while DDR3 is pretty much a dead end at this point, and it will need to be replaced whenever you do your next build after this one.

 

[yarraaaaam]

Thanks for the answer. It pretty much covers what i needed to hear. I am still waiting for the GPU atm and when it arrives it will give it a go with my current CPU/mobo. But when the time to upgrade comes, i decided to go with a z170 mobo and a Skylake, since the price difference isnt that huge and i really plan to use my new sytem for a few years. Again thanks for the insight