upgrade for i7-4930K cpu?

[robyn.rudisill]

is there a chip that i can slot in my current mb to upgrade my i7-4930k

 

[Barty1884]

The 4960X was top of the IvyBridge-E product stack.
https://ark.intel.com/products/77779/Intel-Core-i7-4960X-Processor-Extreme-Edition-15M-Cache-up-to-4-00-GHz-

But realistically, you net 200MHz clock increases, and a few MB of cache.

Given those still sell for a couple of hundred dollars, used:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=i7-4960x&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

It's probably not too wise to upgrade.


Why do you feel you need to upgrade the current CPU?

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

First off... why would you need to? You have a great CPU as it is. You'll be stuck with it as well as it looks like the only upgrade for you would be the i7-4960K which is nothing more than a step up in clock speed... which you could easily do with a little simple overclocking.

Anything more and you'll be looking at a total platform replacement.