Looking to upgrade CPU

[Ocarinajoe98]

Looking to upgrade my CPU this is what I currently have HERE

Now I don't know too much about whats good or bad and I'm conflicted between these to processors. HERE First thing is that one of them is a 6 core with a lower clock speed and the other has 4 cores but a higher clock speed. I'm mostly this for gaming so i'm assuming that the quad core one is better but idk. Also what is Haswell-E i have heard of haswell but never haswell e. Is it just a newer generation? Last thing is that they both have a different socket type than what I currently have so would that mean I need a new motherboard also? If there are any better options than these please let me know aswell

[Shd0w2]

Don't get any of those.

 

Grab a 4690k.

 

 

For the reocrd, your CPU should still be fine, but whatever.

[Jodomcfrodo]

Need new mono for both I believe. I don't think ivy uses lga1150.

What are your uses?

[Clyne]

if your gaming then a i5 4690k is enough, if your upgrading then you would have to get a new mobo with a lga 1150 socket, the cpu you have is still fine, i wouldn't recommend upgrading your cpu now, possibly 2 or 3 years later.

[tengarp]

Need new mono for both I believe. I don't think ivy uses lga1150.

What are your uses?

he says its for gaming, so I think that the current cpu he has is fine, I would use that money for a new gfx card

[seiny]

You don't have to upgrade that cpu, it's still really good, going to a 3570k wont be that much of a performance increase, the other option is the 3770k but you might not even "need" this

[arnavvr]

If you are just gaming you should SLI that 770

[Wingfan]

Your setup is fine, is there a reason you want to upgrade?

[eLucid]

Looking to upgrade my CPU this is what I currently have HERE

Now I don't know too much about whats good or bad and I'm conflicted between these to processors. HERE First thing is that one of them is a 6 core with a lower clock speed and the other has 4 cores but a higher clock speed. I'm mostly this for gaming so i'm assuming that the quad core one is better but idk. Also what is Haswell-E i have heard of haswell but never haswell e. Is it just a newer generation? Last thing is that they both have a different socket type than what I currently have so would that mean I need a new motherboard also? If there are any better options than these please let me know aswell

Your processor is more than capable for gaming. There's no real reason to upgrade unless you want an i7 for video editing/e-peen purposes.

[Ocarinajoe98]

Your setup is fine, is there a reason you want to upgrade?

I have been getting bad performance lately in BF4 and its not my gpu I just got a new 770 last year.

[Ocarinajoe98]

So the general consensus is that upgrading is unnecessary, I guess i'll just buy games  

[Ocarinajoe98]

This brings up another question, are sockets backwards compatible. Like if you had a newer motherboard with an older cpu would that work?

[Wingfan]

sockets must match .... ie, 1155, 150, etc

[Wingfan]

you could upgrade to a 3770K, but your not going to see performance increase really