Intel i7-2600 vs Intel i5-4690K

[JellyfishRave]

Hi everyone! So here's the situation:
My graphics card is very old, and is starting to work less efficiently/break. Upon ordering a replacement, the Radeon r9 380, I found out it's not compatible with my motherboard. The issue is, the current processor is an i7-2600, which uses an LGA 1155 socket, which are very old. Looking for new processors with more updated sockets so I can get a newer motherboard, the i5-4690K looked decent, but CPU Benchmark says it's about 550 points worse than the 2600. Is that because the 2600 has 2 logical cores per physical core? How much does that really matter in a practical situation? Price isn't necessarily a huge object, but obviously low price high quality is preferred. Any advice here is appreciated! Thanks!

EDIT: It turns out that the Dell XPS 8300 BIOS is incompatible with the R9 380. Thank you all so much for the help, I truly appreciate it!

 

[Mr Hat]

For the B150, that's indeed what I meant, I bought the MSI B150M Night Elf, for under a €100, and it's even got fancy red lighting xD. It's a great board if you're not planning to OC, I highly suggest it.

Oh wow, that looks super cool! Was the Night Elf version a sort of limited promotion thing though? Because I can't seem to find any major sites selling it. It sounds fantastic, because overclocking isn't typically my goal!

My local store had it in stock, unless you live in Belgium, I can't recommend a store :/
Maybe this can help, it's the official MSI site. https://www.msi.com/service/wheretobuy#10,3,

 

[JellyfishRave]

When you say CPU Benchmark, do you mean Passmark or something else, if else, please link to it?

Passmark measures 'area'; 'width' x 'depth' The top CPUs all have huge numbers of slowish cores and are all weak gaming choices, as well as being crazy expensive.. Passmark is a mostly worthless guide for gaming systems because as long as it is 'wide' enough (has enough cores) all that matters is 'depth'; core speed and throughput.

Passmark measures total throughput. The top chips are like locomotive engines of 20,000h.p., but no use for a race car.

I'm pretty sure this is Passmark: http://www.cpubenchmark.net
Your explanation would make perfect sense for as to why despite being super old, the 2600 is almost impossible to beat in score. You've been a huge help this far by the way and I appreciate it, thanks a bunch!

My CPU score 9620 ! It is decent for gaming and great for computation.

If you do an 'upgrade' you are essentially building a new system.

More unfortunate news, you will likely have to get a new OS license. Your old license is an OEM Dell license, keyed to your old motherboard and according to the EULA, non-transterable.

Just how much do you want to spend. You can get a decent, mostlyt new computer for $500 to $600, salvaging the parts you have.

Hmmm, well the $500-$600 is definitely doable. I noticed that I would probably end up with more new parts than old ones early on in this adventure haha! A new OS license isn't the end of the world, just a moderate inconvenience. Mr Hat mentioned the i5-6500 and B150M motherboard combination which looks very appealing. I assume a new case would also probably be in order where the current one is the default XPS 8300 as well?

 

[JellyfishRave]

For the B150, that's indeed what I meant, I bought the MSI B150M Night Elf, for under a €100, and it's even got fancy red lighting xD. It's a great board if you're not planning to OC, I highly suggest it.

Oh wow, that looks super cool! Was the Night Elf version a sort of limited promotion thing though? Because I can't seem to find any major sites selling it. It sounds fantastic, because overclocking isn't typically my goal!

My local store had it in stock, unless you live in Belgium, I can't recommend a store :/
Maybe this can help, it's the official MSI site. https://www.msi.com/service/wheretobuy#10,3,

It almost looks like it was never available in the USA. None of their stores for anywhere in the US have it/look like they've ever had it. Congrats on landing such a cool looking motherboard though! Do you suppose any B150M will do the trick?

 

[Mr Hat]

For the B150, that's indeed what I meant, I bought the MSI B150M Night Elf, for under a €100, and it's even got fancy red lighting xD. It's a great board if you're not planning to OC, I highly suggest it.

Oh wow, that looks super cool! Was the Night Elf version a sort of limited promotion thing though? Because I can't seem to find any major sites selling it. It sounds fantastic, because overclocking isn't typically my goal!

My local store had it in stock, unless you live in Belgium, I can't recommend a store :/
Maybe this can help, it's the official MSI site. https://www.msi.com/service/wheretobuy#10,3,

It almost looks like it was never available in the USA. None of their stores for anywhere in the US have it/look like they've ever had it. Congrats on landing such a cool looking motherboard though! Do you suppose any B150M will do the trick?

I'm pretty sure it would, but just to be a 100% sure: Select your B150(M) of choice, and check if the socket is 1151, should be on the official site of the mobo company. Good luck! Don't forget to select the best answer!

 

[JellyfishRave]

For the B150, that's indeed what I meant, I bought the MSI B150M Night Elf, for under a €100, and it's even got fancy red lighting xD. It's a great board if you're not planning to OC, I highly suggest it.

Oh wow, that looks super cool! Was the Night Elf version a sort of limited promotion thing though? Because I can't seem to find any major sites selling it. It sounds fantastic, because overclocking isn't typically my goal!

My local store had it in stock, unless you live in Belgium, I can't recommend a store :/
Maybe this can help, it's the official MSI site. https://www.msi.com/service/wheretobuy#10,3,

It almost looks like it was never available in the USA. None of their stores for anywhere in the US have it/look like they've ever had it. Congrats on landing such a cool looking motherboard though! Do you suppose any B150M will do the trick?

I'm pretty sure it would, but just to be a 100% sure: Select your B150(M) of choice, and check if the socket is 1151, should be on the official site of the mobo company. Good luck! Don't forget to select the best answer!

Alrighty! Thanks a bunch to both of you, I really appreciate it, and good luck with your future endeavors in computer building and SUPER RAD looking motherboards!

 

[Mr Hat]

For the B150, that's indeed what I meant, I bought the MSI B150M Night Elf, for under a €100, and it's even got fancy red lighting xD. It's a great board if you're not planning to OC, I highly suggest it.

Oh wow, that looks super cool! Was the Night Elf version a sort of limited promotion thing though? Because I can't seem to find any major sites selling it. It sounds fantastic, because overclocking isn't typically my goal!

My local store had it in stock, unless you live in Belgium, I can't recommend a store :/
Maybe this can help, it's the official MSI site. https://www.msi.com/service/wheretobuy#10,3,

It almost looks like it was never available in the USA. None of their stores for anywhere in the US have it/look like they've ever had it. Congrats on landing such a cool looking motherboard though! Do you suppose any B150M will do the trick?

I'm pretty sure it would, but just to be a 100% sure: Select your B150(M) of choice, and check if the socket is 1151, should be on the official site of the mobo company. Good luck! Don't forget to select the best answer!

Alrighty! Thanks a bunch to both of you, I really appreciate it, and good luck with your future endeavors in computer building and SUPER RAD looking motherboards!

You too!