Hi guys I will need your help as Im not sure which one should I go for i5-5675C £185 or i5 4690k £172 not sure how good broadwell is I want to build a micro atx pc for my sister who plays lego games, minecraft and other games for kids. I wonder what is the difference between this cpu's? Also if I go for broadwell would something like z97m-gd43 will be sufficient? Also can you over clock i5-5675C if so how hard is it compare to normal cpu eg i7 4770k?
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If it's for kids the 5675 has a decent onboard GPU that will play the games you mention with good performance.
For overclocking it's just the same as haswell so just up the multiplier and add voltage as required.
Mobo is fine for broadwell but will require that latest bios for 100% compatibility.
For overclocking it's just the same as haswell so just up the multiplier and add voltage as required.
Mobo is fine for broadwell but will require that latest bios for 100% compatibility.
No difference. The broadwell has 128mb of L4 cache that helps out with the onboard GPU and is available to the IA cores as well, this is shown in gaming benchmarks where the broadwell chips have been shown to keep up with the i7/i5 skylake K CPUs.
So yes broadwell is slightly faster than haswell.
As for mobo bios update, you just need a cheap 1150 celeron to update the bios with the MSI, some Asus mobos allow you to update via USB with no need to power up the system or even have an CPU in the socket.
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