which Intel CPU ?

[Mal X]

i'm looking to upgrade, but i'm getting a bit confused reading all the Intel reviews, i have a few easy questions

1....which is the best CPU.....over mine, that's relatively cheap/ great for overclocking....i dont need loads of cores....i'll need about a 4.6 OC

2.....which is the best of the high end CPUs from 200 to 260 quid


BASICALLY i'm looking for a more modern version of mine.....thanks

 

[Mal X]

thanks, i was surprised to see that mine is still ok

i intend to stick to 1080p so i dont need anything too crazy, but i might go Crossfire; i'm not sure yet.

these ones you quote are the Devil's canyon....the 4690 is cheap enough not to worry me too much

 

[Mal X]

the 4690k is an i5 the 4790k is an i7.

I have a 2500k still and its still going well..

I don't think you need to upgrade, unless you go to a higher monitor res, 1440p, 4k ect..

thanks, I doubt i'll game via 4K TV, because i'm tv only

but the newer version will probably be more future proof, if you see what i mean

 

[Mal X]

according to Windows my bottleneck is the Seagate Hybrid hard drive, it only got a score of 6.2 compared to everything else at about 7.8....but i think the ASrock MOBO is slow too....because my rig takes ages to start up, it keeps flashing up Steam and the OCing software, i need to really look at this next time

 

[Mal X]

If it's flashing up software then you could streamline your windows to start up less stuff, make it faster for free

i've done it many times, i use AVG PC TURBO, but it still flashes up Steam and the ASrock stuff.

but the worst is Steam, it does ``updating Steam files`` before the rig has finished starting up, so it adds about 20 seconds straight away

 

[Mal X]

You right but if you have a GTX 780 already and upgrade to 4K and add a second GTX 780, your CPU will hold the cards back.

High resolutions also require a bit more general CPU Grunt too, but the GPU bottleneck is the main thing.

exactly......... it's not the card i'm worried about, it's modern games that tax my old i5 too much, because both Wolfenstein and sniper elite struggle a bit.

this isn't just a new Card, the whole rig needs replacing