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Jeremy7020
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Hi everyone,

I want to upgrade my old G3258 pentium cpu, that I overclocke, to a new CPU.

My motherboards socket is a LGA1150.

I was thinking of an I5 4690K or an i7 4790k.

Maybe I should upgrade my motherboard in whole? My budget is around 400 euros

I have an Z97 PC-MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard, with an GTX 960 Strix OC edition 2gb

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The i5 4670K/4690K will complement your GPU nicely, but if you want to go for maximum longevity for your system, I would try to get a 4770K or 4790K. Your motherboard is fine. I would focus more on your CPU cooler. What do you have right now?

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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i7 if you game frequently.

Average to Most Games use MORE than 4 threads now and are tuned for more threads as time goes on... BF5 right now is 6/12 thread aware.

Give the game a great GPU, watch the 4core max out.

 

Get 8 Threads to prepare for better GPU's,.... (before switching platforms altogether)

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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25 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

The i5 4670K/4690K will complement your GPU nicely, but if you want to go for maximum longevity for your system, I would try to get a 4770K or 4790K. Your motherboard is fine. I would focus more on your CPU cooler. What do you have right now?

I got an CRYORIG H7

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8 hours ago, Jeremy7020 said:

I got an CRYORIG H7

Yeah that’s good for an i7

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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You don't need a HUGE cooler for 95w CPU's for the most part these days...
It's when you push clocks and voltage, that you'd really need something greater than a 12mm AIO or Half Decent Small Aircooler.

 

I've got my 4790K 4c8t 4.7Ghz at 1.3v (also 4.5Ghz at 1.258v) on a single 120mm AIO with PushPull and top out at 81*c with AVX workloads, but average low-mid70's when 100%'ing without AVX.

Gaming also has me in the 50-60*c mark.

 

As long as "case" airflow is decent,.. "Good" aircoolers can do their job properly, as do crappy single 120mm AIO's like mine :)

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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