Would this CPU go well with a GTX 980?

Tripp0

Tripp0

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Hey there,

I'm looking to upgrade both my CPU and my GPU and I've already decided that i'll be going with a 980, but my current CPU will just completely bottleneck it as it's a i5 2500k. I just wanted to get any opinions on whether this would be a great CPU to go for?

This is the CPU:

Intel Core i7 4790K, S1150, Haswell, 4 Core 4.4GHz Turbo, 5 GT/s DMI, 1.2GHz GPU, 40x Ratio, 84W

This is the GPU:

4GB EVGA GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0, 7010MHz GDDR5, GPU 1266MHz, Boost 1367MHz, 2048 Cores, 3x DP, 1x DVI-I, 1x HDMI


My other specs off the top of my head are:
i5 2500k 3.3ghz
GTX 680 2GB
1TB HDD
8GB RAM
700W or 650W Power Supply (i'm at work atm and can't fully remember)

Also if yous would have any good suggestions about my current set up that would need fixed up?

Thanks a bunch guys! :)
 
What board do you have? theres most likely an overclocking guide that uses something similar on the net.

Find out what PSU you have (but if it is running a GTX680 then a 980 wont be any bother) and err, do you have a SSD and aftermarket heatsink?
 
I don't have an SSD.

Is that CPU I'm looking at real good though?

I know I could make do with my current one through overclocking but I am looking to do a full upgrade to my system over the course of the next year so that's why I'm looking at just upgrading the CPU and GPU now
 
It is a good CPU, but then you also need to buy a new board to fit it.

Next year Broadwell should be out.

Add SSD, overclock what you have and add a GFX card, then you are sorted for ages.
 
The 4790k is one of few top cpu's you can get, but you will need to get a new motherboard as well of you do want to do a full upgrade. But personally your 2500k is still a fine CPU.
 
Oh really? I thought my processor was really what was holding me back in terms of game performance.

I'll take your guys advice and grab the 980 and SSD and OC my current processor thanks :)
 
You may not even need a 980, a 970 is still a quick card.

Some SSDs,

YOUR BASKET
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
Total : £143.68 (includes shipping : £7.25).




Some quality 970s,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £293.99
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £289.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £275.99
Total : £1,769.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).




If you dont have an aftermarket heatsink then you just need to check what size coolers your case can take and whether your RAM is low profile or has huge heatspreaders.
 
Gonna sound like an idiot here, but I've never used SSD's before. Do you keep both the SSD and the HDD in the computer? Seeing as the SSD's seem to have lower memory and just boot from SSD as long as you have windows installed on it and the games installed on it?

And thanks for the links :D
 
Right,

So you install the OS/drivers and games as you can fit onto it, use the HDD as a storage drive (format it to remove the old OS installation).

Try and use native Intel SATA ports on your board and hopefully yours has SATAIII for the fastest speeds.
 
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