I have a rig built from 2015 by a friend. I am not super savvy with knowing compatibitities of hardware and wanted to reach out for a little help. I'm noticing some slowdowns lately in my gaming and figured it was time for an upgrade, read a 2019 review on my processor that said it was pretty much going to be a paperweight for 2020.
My cpu is a Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 88W BX80646I54690K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600.
Motherboard is ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
My biggest fear is that if I replace my cpu for a more up to date one, will my motherboard be incompatible and by extension more and more parts until I need to replace the whole rig?
I haven't even looked at parts since around 2015 so the whole thing has been pretty daunting to figure out.
If I need to post any extra info on my rig let me know, I'm new here and very clueless.
My cpu is a Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 88W BX80646I54690K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600.
Motherboard is ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
My biggest fear is that if I replace my cpu for a more up to date one, will my motherboard be incompatible and by extension more and more parts until I need to replace the whole rig?
I haven't even looked at parts since around 2015 so the whole thing has been pretty daunting to figure out.
If I need to post any extra info on my rig let me know, I'm new here and very clueless.