Worth the upgrade?

[MayorPotatoSalad]

I have a Pentium G3258 and a GTX 980 (yeah, I know, stupid match up), and was wondering if the upgrade to the i5 4690k or even the i7 4790k is worth it for a system used primarily for gaming. I am currently running my CPU clocked at 4.5 Ghz and I am worried I am bottlenecking my card. Thanks in advance for your opinions 

 

 

[XTankSlayerX]

I have a Pentium G3258 and a GTX 980 (yeah, I know, stupid match up), and was wondering if the upgrade to the i5 4690k or even the i7 4790k is worth it for a system used primarily for gaming. I am currently running my CPU clocked at 4.5 Ghz and I am worried I am bottlenecking my card. Thanks in advance for your opinions 

Holy cow that's worse than my i3 3220 and 770 combo! D:

 

All you need for gaming is a i5. So buy the i5 and get yourself a fancy cooler or RAM Or something.

[MayorPotatoSalad]

Holy cow that's worse than my i3 3220 and 770 combo! D:

 

All you need for gaming is a i5. So buy the i5 and get yourself a fancy cooler or RAM Or something.

Thanks heaps

[Paralectic]

Depends on the game, your CPU runs at a fine speed.

You also could check out CPU benchmarks to see if the price justifies the performance improvements.

[Un4tural]

it will help, especially considering newer games are starting to require quad cores. if you have the money you can spare, yes i will make a difference, i5 and i7 will be almost identical for gaming, wont bottleneck the 980 too.

[Atmos]

that is, so FAR beyond a good upgrade. You should have never gotten a g32 and 980 , you'd have gotten much better performance with a 970 and 4690K

 

So yes, please for the love of god do it.

[mapegl]

Thanks heaps

A 4590 would be enough. You don't NEED the 4690K overclocked. It is nice, but there will be almost no performance gain for you.

So basically the premium for the k CPU and cooler will give you no real return.....I mean I have a k CPU and a big cooler and I love it, I just want you to know how much that will be worth at the moment.

[ManIkWeet]

Yes go do it!

 

And about overclocking: some games (mainly beta/prerelease/early-access) can benefit from higher clockspeeds, your choice

[MayorPotatoSalad]

that is, so FAR beyond a good upgrade. You should have never gotten a g32 and 980 , you'd have gotten much better performance with a 970 and 4690K

 

So yes, please for the love of god do it.

I originally got the 980 a while ago as I knew I wanted to build a new system in the future. But by the time I got around to building a new system I realised that I diddent have enough at the time to get a decent CPU to go with it. So I settled for the G3258 while I saved up enough for an upgrade.

[Atmos]

I originally got the 980 a while ago as I knew I wanted to build a new system in the future. But by the time I got around to building a new system I realised that I diddent have enough at the time to get a decent CPU to go with it. So I settled for the G3258 while I saved up enough for an upgrade.

 

oh god... the horror... Like me having to use an 8800gts with my 4790K for few weeks. Those were dark times...

[MayorPotatoSalad]

oh god... the horror... Like me having to use an 8800gts with my 4790K for few weeks. Those were dark times...

You would have been better off using the onboard intel graphics with that rig hahahahaha   

[Guest]

Yes. I upgraded from an i3 2120 and that is a huge difference.

[Geldar]

i5 4690k is all u 'need', but if u going for overkill the i7 4790k is also wicked fast

[SkywardKkalox]

4690k.

[Caeradwyn]

4690k + 240mm closed loop watercooling. Will cost about the same as a 4790k and perform better due to the overclocking offered by the watercooling.

[MayorPotatoSalad]

4690k + 240mm closed loop watercooling. Will cost about the same as a 4790k and perform better due to the overclocking offered by the watercooling.

I already have a full custom hardpipe loop (overkill, yeah, I know)

[Caeradwyn]

I already have a full custom hardpipe loop (overkill, yeah, I know)

Nothing wrong with overkill if you can afford it

[MayorPotatoSalad]

Nothing wrong with overkill if you can afford it

It has always been a dream hahaha

[Gaben the Great]

A 4690k is all you need but if you want to get a bit more performance for about $100~ then go for it.