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I'll try asking the guy which CPU he used on it before, see if it was Haswell Refresh. Since I can't find many H97 boards for sale. Thanks for your help.

Hi guys, I'm planning a new build for a friend and needed some help. I've got an old i5 4460 that I plan on using for the build. However, motherboards with socket LGA 1150 are no longer made as far as I can tell, so I'm having to resort to using ebay. I know that some motherboards need an upgrade to work with Haswell refresh cpus but I'm not sure on how to know if the upgrade has been done. Also i've seen a few motherboards that are the correct socket pulled from old prebuilts for really cheap like £15. Are there any disadvantages to using those? Examples: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MSI-H81M-P33-Micro-ATX-Motherboard-LGA-1150-DDR3-I-O-SHIELD-INCLUDED/124099175371 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-3020-MT-Socket-LGA1150-Motherboard-With-I-O-Shield-040DDP-40DDP/392164873324

Ok i've looked into it a bit further, and i'm a bit sceptical of whether or not this upgrade will fix the bottleneck. In some levels in hitman where there are a large number of NPC's the GPU is only sitting at about 50% while the CPU is at about 90-100% When I compare the benchmarks of the i5 4460 and the Xeon E3-1270 v3, there is only an 11% increase in performance.

Ok thanks a lot then! I'll definitely look into this, because this seems like the better option.

So are you saying that a Xeon E3-1231 v3 is about the same as an i7 4790, and that too would eliminate the bottleneck? Because they are quite a bit cheaper.

Also is there any performance difference between an i7 4790 and a 4790k both at stock speeds?

Tbh until new games require better hardware, since im only looking to play games at 60fps 1080p max settings, all i'm looking to do is eliminate the bottleneck. I probably won't be upgrading to a new platform any time soon.

Hi, I upgraded my GPU a while ago to a 1070 from my original build where all my parts where quite evenly matched. I didn't have the funds to upgrade both my CPU and my GPU at the time, so my i5 4460 has just been bottlenecking it ever since (in some CPU intensive games like hitman, the GPU was sitting at only 50% while the CPU at 100%). I'm now looking to upgrade my CPU to something like an i7 4790 or 4790k (but my motherboard can't overclock anyway). The reason for me not upgrading to a newer generation like Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake, is because this would mean I would have to upgrade my RAM to DDR4 and my Motherboard which would cost much more, and i probably couldn't afford it. Would the upgrade to either of these processors eliminate the bottleneck? Or at least decrease it? And by how much? Would the upgrade be worth the money? (I would probably get the CPU second-hand).

I thought getting a i3 coffee lake or anything non k was pointless since the only chipset out right now is z370, and I would have to get a 1050 ti instead of a 1060 for even more.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/34vHYr What about this?

Hi, I was wondering if someone could give a good PC build for £500. He will mostly be playing PUBG on it. Thanks in advance.

Found it, Thanks for the help

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=i7+4790&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=i7+4790&_sacat=0 could you please link some?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=i7+4790 And I cant find any on ebay

i7 4790's seem to be very expensive like £300 compared to only like £270 for an i7 7700k. Although if an 4770 is sufficient then that might be an option.