reccomended cpu upgrade

[sjoerddz]

hello,

i would like to know the opinion of someone who knows a thing or 2 about cpu's.
i am looking to upgrade my cpu for gaming, because my current cpu is a heavy bottleneck for my gpu which is a ge force 970, does anyone reccomend a good cpu for a price under the 350euro mark?
thank you for your time.

 

[rockie_]

i5 4590 at least , i5 4690K,i7 4790K

 

[bob hays]

what motherboard or cpu do you have right now?

In general i'd recommend an unlocked i5 that is supported by the motherboard you have.

Examples: i5-4690k, i5-3570k, etc.

 

[sjoerddz]

what motherboard or cpu do you have right now?

In general i'd recommend an unlocked i5 that is supported by the motherboard you have.

Examples: i5-4690k, i5-3570k, etc.

i dont know i will check when i get home but prob not very good because its over 6 years old

 

[vampyiere6]

what motherboard or cpu do you have right now?

In general i'd recommend an unlocked i5 that is supported by the motherboard you have.

Examples: i5-4690k, i5-3570k, etc.

i dont know i will check when i get home but prob not very good because its over 6 years old

If its over 6 years old i would recomend getting a new motherboard too with a cpu, and if your budget is 350€ or under then you could get a i5-4670k or 4690k and still fit in a good mobo there, but then it depends if you run ddr3 or ddr2 rams then you might need to get a kit of ddr3 ram and a 8gb kit is about 60-70 euros for a nice one

 

[sjoerddz]

what motherboard or cpu do you have right now?

In general i'd recommend an unlocked i5 that is supported by the motherboard you have.

Examples: i5-4690k, i5-3570k, etc.

i dont know i will check when i get home but prob not very good because its over 6 years old

If its over 6 years old i would recomend getting a new motherboard too with a cpu, and if your budget is 350€ or under then you could get a i5-4670k or 4690k and still fit in a good mobo there, but then it depends if you run ddr3 or ddr2 rams then you might need to get a kit of ddr3 ram and a 8gb kit is about 60-70 euros for a nice one

how do i know if an new cpu wil fit in my motherboard?

 

[sjoerddz]

what motherboard or cpu do you have right now?

In general i'd recommend an unlocked i5 that is supported by the motherboard you have.

Examples: i5-4690k, i5-3570k, etc.

i dont know i will check when i get home but prob not very good because its over 6 years old

If its over 6 years old i would recomend getting a new motherboard too with a cpu, and if your budget is 350€ or under then you could get a i5-4670k or 4690k and still fit in a good mobo there, but then it depends if you run ddr3 or ddr2 rams then you might need to get a kit of ddr3 ram and a 8gb kit is about 60-70 euros for a nice one

how do i know if an new cpu wil fit in my motherboard?

 

[rockie_]

from the socket type and then from CPU supported list of the motherboard .

Sandy Bridge are from 2011 year , so likely a new motherboard is needed

 

[sjoerddz]

from the socket type and then from CPU supported list of the motherboard .

thank you, i will take a look when i get home then

 

[vampyiere6]

what motherboard or cpu do you have right now?

In general i'd recommend an unlocked i5 that is supported by the motherboard you have.

Examples: i5-4690k, i5-3570k, etc.

i dont know i will check when i get home but prob not very good because its over 6 years old

If its over 6 years old i would recomend getting a new motherboard too with a cpu, and if your budget is 350€ or under then you could get a i5-4670k or 4690k and still fit in a good mobo there, but then it depends if you run ddr3 or ddr2 rams then you might need to get a kit of ddr3 ram and a 8gb kit is about 60-70 euros for a nice one

how do i know if an new cpu wil fit in my motherboard?

If you know what motherboard you have you can check what socket the mobo have, and then you can check cpu,s that they have the same socket.

You can start with telling us what motherboard you have and we can check what cpu would fit

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€184.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€83.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€73.40 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Total: €342.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-14 12:55 CET+0100

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

 

[sjoerddz]

so my current CPU is an Intel Core i5 750 2,67GHz
sorry for the long wait

 

[vampyiere6]

so my current CPU is an Intel Core i5 750 2,67GHz
sorry for the long wait

if you want a newer cpu like the i5-4670k/90k you will need a new motherboard as yours is socket lga 1156 and the new one for haswell is 1150