Which intel CPU should i get?

brandynmagers · January 10, 2015

Looking for a intel CPU to go with my z97 motherboard please help my budget is under 350$

other specs.

ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
GPU
ASUS Radeon R9 270
Case
White/Black NZXT Classic Series Source 210 ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case
Storage
Intel 730 Series - 240gb

niofalpha · January 10, 2015

What are you planning on doing with it?

christianled59 · January 10, 2015

What will you use your pc for? If for gaming, I would suggest the i5 4690k.

Enderman · January 10, 2015

are you just gaming or do you do 3d rendering or multitasking or streaming or video editing too?

xToFxREAPER · January 10, 2015

4690k for most purposes, If your planning 3d modeling, Rendering, Video/photo editing etc then i would lean towards a 4790K if its in the budget.

Doughnutnator · January 10, 2015

If you do a lot of stuff like rendering and that the 4770K it's a nice option.

If you're only gaming get an i5 4690K

And if you haven't bought the GPU I would get an i5 and strech to a beefier GPU.

Archangel1994 · January 10, 2015

If just gaming or primarily gaming: I5-4690k

If gaming and significant content creation as well: I7-4790k

The I7-4790k is also good if you run a lot in the background

LiamApex · January 10, 2015

4770k is no longer an option the 4790k is better and the same price 4790k is the best 1150 chip

Laputacake · January 10, 2015

1230/1 V3 if not overclocking

Nuc lover · January 10, 2015

Looking for a intel CPU to go with my z97 motherboard please help my budget is under 350$

other specs.
ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)

GPU
ASUS Radeon R9 270

Case
White/Black NZXT Classic Series Source 210 ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case

Storage
Intel 730 Series - 240gb

since you only have R9 270 i would suggest i5-4460 cuz the gpu doesn't have that much power so 4690k or 4790k would be a waist of money unless you're planning on getting another gpu in the futur and if so u should go for 4790k

brandynmagers · January 12, 2015

since you only have R9 270 i would suggest i5-4460 cuz the gpu doesn't have that much power so 4690k or 4790k would be a waist of money unless you're planning on getting another gpu in the futur and if so u should go for 4790k

If just gaming or primarily gaming: I5-4690k

If gaming and significant content creation as well: I7-4790k

The I7-4790k is also good if you run a lot in the background

If you do a lot of stuff like rendering and that the 4770K it's a nice option.

If you're only gaming get an i5 4690K

And if you haven't bought the GPU I would get an i5 and strech to a beefier GPU.

4690k for most purposes, If your planning 3d modeling, Rendering, Video/photo editing etc then i would lean towards a 4790K if its in the budget.

are you just gaming or do you do 3d rendering or multitasking or streaming or video editing too?

What will you use your pc for? If for gaming, I would suggest the i5 4690k.

What are you planning on doing with it?

Mostly just gaming and some porgramming. Not really any youtube stuff i do a fair amount going on in the background but not THAT much. I also do plan to upgrade my gpu in a month or two. Also would i be fine with my PSU? its a corsair 430 watz. or would i need to get a knew one? anddddd would having a second r9 270 help and someone said it would bottleneck my GPU would that harm it in anyway? thank you! (sorry for so many 'and's

niofalpha · January 12, 2015

Mostly just gaming and some porgramming. Not really any youtube stuff i do a fair amount going on in the background but not THAT much. I also do plan to upgrade my gpu in a month or two. Also would i be fine with my PSU? its a corsair 430 watz. or would i need to get a knew one? anddddd would having a second r9 270 help and someone said it would bottleneck my GPU would that harm it in anyway? thank you! (sorry for so many 'and's

A 4690K would be your best bet

Briggsy · January 12, 2015

if you're budget is 350 just get the i7, that way you will go longer without needing an upgrade.

xToFxREAPER · January 12, 2015

Mostly just gaming and some porgramming. Not really any youtube stuff i do a fair amount going on in the background but not THAT much. I also do plan to upgrade my gpu in a month or two. Also would i be fine with my PSU? its a corsair 430 watz. or would i need to get a knew one? anddddd would having a second r9 270 help and someone said it would bottleneck my GPU would that harm it in anyway? thank you! (sorry for so many 'and's

Sounds to me like a 4690k would do you well. If your planning to upgrade your gpu then you should plan to get a larger psu dependant on what gpu you decide on.

Nuc lover · January 12, 2015

Mostly just gaming and some porgramming. Not really any youtube stuff i do a fair amount going on in the background but not THAT much. I also do plan to upgrade my gpu in a month or two. Also would i be fine with my PSU? its a corsair 430 watz. or would i need to get a knew one? anddddd would having a second r9 270 help and someone said it would bottleneck my GPU would that harm it in anyway? thank you! (sorry for so many 'and's

If you're adding another Gpu so go with 4790k cuz it has the best single core performance in the history of Cpu's and it has Hyperthreading which 4690k doesn't have you will need that futur games currently BF4 is the only game that utilises 8 threads but there are plenty of games coming soon , and one more thing if you're siriously adding another Gpu you should upgrade your Psu cuz it won't be able to handle 2 cards

brandynmagers · January 13, 2015

If you're adding another Gpu so go with 4790k cuz it has the best single core performance in the history of Cpu's and it has Hyperthreading which 4690k doesn't have you will need that futur games currently BF4 is the only game that utilises 8 threads but there are plenty of games coming soon , and one more thing if you're siriously adding another Gpu you should upgrade your Psu cuz it won't be able to handle 2 cards

So im fine on watz right now?

i_build_nanosuits · January 14, 2015

So im fine on watz right now?

your CPU is powerful enough to drive your 270 in every games out there why would you want to replace it now? you plan upgrading GPU?

Mostly just gaming and some porgramming. Not really any youtube stuff i do a fair amount going on in the background but not THAT much. I also do plan to upgrade my gpu in a month or two. Also would i be fine with my PSU? its a corsair 430 watz. or would i need to get a knew one? anddddd would having a second r9 270 help and someone said it would bottleneck my GPU would that harm it in anyway? thank you! (sorry for so many 'and's

sorry nevermind...430watts would be cutting really close if you would go with say an i5-4690K and a GTX970 for example...and not enough if you pick a radeon R9 290 GPU for example or dual 270....so you'd need a new PSU IMHO.

these would be my suggested upgrades to your rig:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.98 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $552.95

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