What CPU to buy with my GPU (r7 265 dual-x) ?

[Stalker2400]

I have this graphic card and i wonder what cpu will be best so it would not have bottleneck,
also for a motherboard i am thinking MSI Z97 gaming 3 or 5 depends on budget.

 

[Woody1999]

That card would match up easily with an overclocked Pentium G3258 or an i3, it's not a very high end model. For the motherboard, I would save a little money and get the MSI Z97S SLI Krait edition, it packs most of the features of the gaming boards along with much nicer looks and a cheaper price tag.

I recommend the i3-4150 with a the Krait motherboard, you can always upgrade to an overclockable i5 or i7 in the future.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.12 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £174.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-19 12:00 BST+0100

Woody

 

[Stalker2400]

That card would match up easily with an overclocked Pentium G3258 or an i3, it's not a very high end model. For the motherboard, I would save a little money and get the MSI Z97S SLI Krait edition, it packs most of the features of the gaming boards along with much nicer looks and a cheaper price tag.

I recommend the i3-4150 with a the Krait motherboard, you can always upgrade to an overclockable i5 or i7 in the future.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.12 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £174.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-19 12:00 BST+0100

Woody

i was thinking for an i5 , cause the one i have now is i3 550 and i wanted to have one not to upgrade in the near future , the point is will it go well with my card if not then probably i would have to wait for newer cpus.

 

[Stalker2400]

How can you decide on a motherboard before a cpu? Practically no sensible gaming processor will bottleneck a 265 so you need to decide what YOUR budget is and tell us what the usage of the machine will be. We can not tell you how much money you have to spend.

Yeah you right i decided on this motherboard seeing the i5 4690k as an example at first , well the usage is of course gaming,
how much money i don't know i want suggestions so i can gather money.

 

[sizzling]

Do you intend on upgrading the gpu later? If you get a Z97 board then you might as well get a 4690k otherwise you should have got a H97 board. Thing is you gpu will be way lower in performance than you CPU.

 

[sizzling]

How can you decide on a motherboard before a cpu? Practically no sensible gaming processor will bottleneck a 265 so you need to decide what YOUR budget is and tell us what the usage of the machine will be. We can not tell you how much money you have to spend.

Yeah you right i decided on ethis motherboard seeing the i5 4690k as an example at first , well the usage is of course gaming,
how much money i don't know i want suggestions so i can gather money.

A 4690k pairs perfectly with a GTX 970 or GTX 980 if gaming at 1080p

 

[Stalker2400]

Do you intend on upgrading the gpu later? If you get a Z97 board then you might as well get a 4690k otherwise you should have got a H97 board. Thing is you gpu will be way lower in performance than you CPU.

not really thats the problem, cause i got the r7 265 6 months ago can't change it not that much money , thats the issue if i get a 4690k cause i really want a good CPU to last but then i won't have good performance cause of GPU so i need a good CPU to go with my GPU.

 

[Woody1999]

That card would match up easily with an overclocked Pentium G3258 or an i3, it's not a very high end model. For the motherboard, I would save a little money and get the MSI Z97S SLI Krait edition, it packs most of the features of the gaming boards along with much nicer looks and a cheaper price tag.

I recommend the i3-4150 with a the Krait motherboard, you can always upgrade to an overclockable i5 or i7 in the future.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.12 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £174.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-19 12:00 BST+0100

Woody

Woody, your off your chops. An i3 in a Z97 board, and a bargain basement M.S.I. Christmas cracker job at that? Any reasonable quality H97 board would be ideal. Asus, gigabyte, asrock.
The H97 chipset would give an upgrade path up to xeon or i7 8 threaded cpu's, if the poster ever becomes 'flush' ,whilst including essentials not found on H81 and B85.

I think you'll find that the Z97 Krait motherboard is in fact very high quality, it's a great motherboard for the price of only £90. I only suggested an i3 to the OP because that is a good balance to go with the R7 265.

Seeing as the OP is upgrading from an i3, an i5 now makes a lot more sense. If you have the budget for it, I recommend an i5-4690K and an Asus Z97-A. The board is probably the highest quality you can get if you're not venturing into Maximus VII or Deluxe boards and the processor can handle any graphics card on the market right now. A decent air cooler like the Raijintek Aidos should get a decent overclocking result as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.90 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.01 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.24 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £300.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-19 12:47 BST+0100

However, if you're looking to spend this much money on a CPU and motherboard, you'd probably be better off upgrading to a better graphics card. The R7 265 is roughly equivalent to a GTX 750Ti, which is in a completely different league compared to the enthusiast grade i5-4690K. If you want the perfect balance of processor and graphics card, you want a new i3 and a H97 board, but if you want to upgrade to a much more powerful graphics card in the future (GTX 970/980) you should probably go for the i5.

Woody

 

[Woody1999]

The O.P. doesnt have a cpu. In fact, 'the o.p.' doesnt even have any wonga and said so; Go on, admit it. Your PXSXED, arent you? ;#}

"i was thinking for an i5 , cause the one i have now is i3 550 and i wanted to have one not to upgrade in the near future , the point is will it go well with my card if not then probably i would have to wait for newer cpus."

Feel silly much? If the OP really wants the perfect CPU for his current graphics card, he isn't looking at anything more than a Pentium or i3, we can both agree on that. If he wants to upgrade in the future, an i5 would be a good investment in the future. We can both agree on that as well.

Then where, may I ask, is this unnecessary aggression coming from?

Woody

 

[Stalker2400]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/H97-PLUS-Intel-Motherboard-Express-Socket/dp/B00K80N54K/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1429443266&sr=1-3&keywords=H97
Get this and the i3 4160. Its so close to an i5 in the vast majority of games as to be un noticeable, whilst the motherboard will happily run every current haswell chip on the market, including k chips at + 400 megahrtz turbo overclock.

this one is interesting aswell
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-265-review,3748-2.html
but anyway thanks for your suggestion.

 

[Stalker2400]

The O.P. doesnt have a cpu. In fact, 'the o.p.' doesnt even have any wonga and said so; Go on, admit it. Your PXSXED, arent you? ;#}

"i was thinking for an i5 , cause the one i have now is i3 550 and i wanted to have one not to upgrade in the near future , the point is will it go well with my card if not then probably i would have to wait for newer cpus."

Feel silly much? If the OP really wants the perfect CPU for his current graphics card, he isn't looking at anything more than a Pentium or i3, we can both agree on that. If he wants to upgrade in the future, an i5 would be a good investment in the future. We can both agree on that as well.

Then where, may I ask, is this unnecessary aggression coming from?

Woody

Yes actually i want a CPU both for future and now but its hard to find a perfect one so i guess i either get the best one and hope to change the GPU aswell in the future or i just wait for prices to lower or new CPU to come out.