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Possible upgrade to 970?

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I'm currently thinking about upgrading from my old GTX470 to a new 970. My main concerns are whether my CPU will become too much of a bottleneck, or if it will do fine. I'm currently using a i5 2500k @ 3.3Ghz.

 

Do I need a new CPU before upgrading my graphics card, or will it be a sufficient upgrade until I can get a new CPU?

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should be fine =) i think that cpu is still quite beast 

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CPU-Intel I7 4790K- @ 4.5Ghz / Mobo - Asus Maximus Hero VII / GPU - GTX 980 @ 1592MHz / RAM - 16Gb Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2400Mhz / Cooler - Corsair H105 / SSD - Samsung 250gb 840 EVO / HDD - 2x 2tb Seagate/3x 3tb Seagate / PSU - Corsair RM1000 / Keyboard - Corsair K70 / Mouse - Corsair M65 / Case - Custom Glass panel Corsair Obsidian 750D -  Still saving for upgrades =)

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Hi, feel free to upgrade. Your CPU is not bottleneck at all.. in fact it will last you for at least another 2 generations (for gaming).

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Upgrade, the 2500k is still a great cpu, not much behind the 4690k to be honest.

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I'm currently thinking about upgrading from my old GTX470 to a new 970. My main concerns are whether my CPU will become too much of a bottleneck, or if it will do fine. I'm currently using a i5 2500k @ 3.3Ghz.

 

Do I need a new CPU before upgrading my graphics card, or will it be a sufficient upgrade until I can get a new CPU?

just overclock it a bit. it can go a bit faster than 3.3 no problem, you could do a 4.6ghz 40% oc easy if it feels a bit slow.

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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just overclock it a bit. it can go a bit faster than 3.3 no problem, you could do a 4.6ghz 40% oc easy if it feels a bit slow.

 

I'm currently running stock cooler, so my first step would be getting a new one before I begin tinkering with overclocking :P Any recommendations for a good CPU cooler? I'm thinking about getting a water cooler, but I haven't played around with those..

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Corsair H100i is your case can fit it , or H80i if you are limited on space :)

Specs 

CPU-Intel I7 4790K- @ 4.5Ghz / Mobo - Asus Maximus Hero VII / GPU - GTX 980 @ 1592MHz / RAM - 16Gb Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2400Mhz / Cooler - Corsair H105 / SSD - Samsung 250gb 840 EVO / HDD - 2x 2tb Seagate/3x 3tb Seagate / PSU - Corsair RM1000 / Keyboard - Corsair K70 / Mouse - Corsair M65 / Case - Custom Glass panel Corsair Obsidian 750D -  Still saving for upgrades =)

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I'm currently running stock cooler, so my first step would be getting a new one before I begin tinkering with overclocking :P Any recommendations for a good CPU cooler? I'm thinking about getting a water cooler, but I haven't played around with those..

well 2500k's run pretty cool, so anything with water in it or 4+ heatpipes should be able to keep it cool enough. 

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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