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jmcphe01
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depends on usage and budget

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My base system is a asus 970 motherboard 1600 16gb of ram 6100 amd cpu r9290 a ssd and a hdd and 620 watt psu I was thinking a i5 with a asus z97 motherboard the one that has wifi built in

Which i5?

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OP sorry you have a 290 and a 6100?

 

Coundlt understand your post honestly.

I like your 970 in a nutshell analogy but I love lukes version: Say you buy a box of cookies but 1/8 of the cookies are 1/7 the size of the others but you're not expected to finish the first 7/8 cause they're so rich and delicious

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I like your 970 in a nutshell analogy but I love lukes version: Say you buy a box of cookies but 1/8 of the cookies are 1/7 the size of the others but you're not expected to finish the first 7/8 cause they're so rich and delicious

 

Yeah I loved lukes analogy as well.

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Yeah I loved lukes analogy as well.

I didn't understand why people were so up in arms about the 970 vram issue until he explained it in cookies, I love cookes and would be pissed if I got a box of them where 1/8 of the cookies are 1/7 the size

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An i5 would be a nice upgrade. I would get one of these combinations for a pretty low budget. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($48.97 @ OutletPC)
Total: $225.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-02 18:07 EST-0500

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($120.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $298.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-02 18:09 EST-0500

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An i5 would be a nice upgrade. I would get one of these combinations for a pretty low budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.97 @ OutletPC)

Total: $225.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-02 18:07 EST-0500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($120.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $298.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-02 18:09 EST-0500

I was looking at the Asus motherboard with WiFi built in

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One that is for the Z97 chipset and one I can overclock

Aren't all cpus compatible with all chipsets, its the socket that is different last time I knew

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I was looking at the Asus motherboard with WiFi built in

I assume you mean this one? I wouldn't pay the extra money for that, you can get one just as good for less and get a cheap wifi card.

 

One that is for the Z97 chipset and one I can overclock

Then the 4690k.

 

Aren't all cpus compatible with all chipsets, its the socket that is different last time I knew

Only the 4690k can overclock. Also haswell refresh CPUs aren't guarantied to work with an original haswell boards (though almost all of them will by now).

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My base system is a asus 970 motherboard 1600 16gb of ram 6100 amd cpu r9290 a ssd and a hdd and 620 watt psu I was thinking a i5 with a asus z97 motherboard the one that has wifi built in

punctuation is nice

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I assume you mean this one? I wouldn't pay the extra money for that, you can get one just as good for less and get a cheap wifi card.

 

Then the 4690k.

 

Only the 4690k can overclock. Also haswell refresh CPUs aren't guarantied to work with an original haswell boards (though almost all of them will by now).

 

i knew there were available pcie wifi card with bluetooth!! i just hope there're some available here!!

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I game from time to time on it

what about budget...?

CPU: 5820K GPU: Gigabyte G1 970 RAM: 16 GB Crucial Ballistix Mobo: EVGA m-ATX Cooler: Corsair H100i Case: Xigmatek Aquila PSU: NZXT 700W Monitors: 2 x Wasabi Mango (1440p)

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I like your 970 in a nutshell analogy but I love lukes version: Say you buy a box of cookies but 1/8 of the cookies are 1/7 the size of the others but you're not expected to finish the first 7/8 cause they're so rich and delicious

I thought that was Linus's analogy, no?

CPU: 5820K GPU: Gigabyte G1 970 RAM: 16 GB Crucial Ballistix Mobo: EVGA m-ATX Cooler: Corsair H100i Case: Xigmatek Aquila PSU: NZXT 700W Monitors: 2 x Wasabi Mango (1440p)

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My base system is a asus 970 motherboard 1600 16gb of ram 6100 amd cpu r9290 a ssd and a hdd and 620 watt psu I was thinking a i5 with a asus z97 motherboard the one that has wifi built in

the FX6100 is absolutely no match for an R9 290 GPU...your card is twice as strong as you think it is, once you'll upgrade to a proper CPU for it you'll be blown away..get an i5 or i7 ASAP.

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