Upgrading CPU from G3220

[Acetone]

Hi, I built a PC awhile ago and went with a cheaper CPU (Pentium G3220) as I was only really planning on playing CS:GO and don't really mind playing games in lower quality. My FPS in CS:GO are perfectly fine (~200 most of the time) but I've started playing other games and using lightroom a bit and notice my CPU is maxing out and my system gets noticeably slower.

I have an Asus B85M-G R2.0 with 8gb 1600 ram (I know that the G3220 doesn't support 1600mhz RAM but it was on sale and cheaper than the 1333mhz) and a R7 260x.

I'm thinking on upgrading my CPU but not sure which to choose. I won't be overclocking btw and have a budget of ~$300 and want to use my existing mobo (socket 1150).

I've been looking at the i5 4690 but the cheaper 4590 looks good too. Would the performance difference be noticeable and worth the extra $$$?? Also, I'm assuming either of these will bottleneck my GPU, would you suggest upgrading that next?

 

[jaguarskx]

With only a 200MHz difference between the two you are not going to notice much of a difference in games or average use.

For Lightroom that 200MHz difference again is not a big deal unless I suppose you set up a massive batch of image files (thousands of them) that will be enhanced using the same effects for each photo. Then you can shave a few minutes off of the entire process I suppose.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I used a 4590 in this system, and it was plenty fast. A Xeon 1231v3 is within your budget (as are some of the other Xeons) and gives you hyperthreading too, if you think that would help your non-gaming.

No i5 will limit your GPU, except in coding circumstances where even an overclocked i7 4790K struggles. An i5 can drive powerful SLI GPUs in well-coded applications. I'd be looking at an i5 4460 or 4590, or a Xeon 1231v3 for the Hyperthreading.