Hi all, I'm a bit out of the loop when it comes to the newest Intel chips, post spectre etc, and what motherboards clock well with them.
I'm currently on a venerable 3770k at 4.5ghz with 16gb ram and would be keeping my gpu, case, psu, cpu cooler etc, so just cpu, mobo and ram required.
So for almost exclusively gaming, including the likes of bf5 which is giving my cpu a beating, can you guys spec me out something best bang for buck? I'm tempted by amd, but have concerns about the ipc and clockspeed increase over my current chip. Willing to be talked around on that, but also willing to go Intel if it's worth it for gaming.
Budget is as little as possible, but I'm accepting that it might need to be around the 700 mark.
Thanks!
I'm currently on a venerable 3770k at 4.5ghz with 16gb ram and would be keeping my gpu, case, psu, cpu cooler etc, so just cpu, mobo and ram required.
So for almost exclusively gaming, including the likes of bf5 which is giving my cpu a beating, can you guys spec me out something best bang for buck? I'm tempted by amd, but have concerns about the ipc and clockspeed increase over my current chip. Willing to be talked around on that, but also willing to go Intel if it's worth it for gaming.
Budget is as little as possible, but I'm accepting that it might need to be around the 700 mark.
Thanks!