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Fx 8350 or i5 4690k

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I have a GTX 970 paired with a FX 6300 im planning on upgrading.... Any ideas? I plan to use this pc for gaming, no video rendering.

 

Budget Max: 250

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Budget?

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a Skylake i3 or i5 would work the best.  However, the Xeon E3 1231 V3 would also get you great results without spending a premium on the i7 if you need the extra threads.

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the minimum CPU I would pair a 970 with is an i5

look at the 4460 and 6400

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4 minutes ago, Nazilad said:

I have a GTX 970 paired with a FX 6300 im planning on upgrading.... Any ideas? I plan to use this pc for gaming, no video rendering.

 

Budget Max: 250

250 not including motherboard and DDR4: 6600k

$250 not including motherboard: 4690k

$250 with motherboard, CPUL: 6500 or 4460

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I also forgot to mention my psu is 500W, so I dont know if it will hold overclocking. Plus I already have my 970 powered by it...

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at least a low end i5. or a high end i5 would be best because you wouldn't get any CPU bottlenecking

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I'd go with a 4690k so you can reuse your ram. Otherwise $250 isnt enough for skylake i5, ddr4 and motherboard.  Or just ride out the high hope train, grab a 8320 when they are on sale for $100 bucks and wait for zen.

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I have a Fx 6300 atm. I Just got a gtx 970. I am looking for a New cpu, so I can use the 970 to its full potential. I plan on using my pc Just for GAMING. 

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4690k, this shouldn't even be a question

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4690k. That being said, I haven't been terribly CPU-bottlenecked with my pentium G4400 I don't think. YMMV of course and I'm running linux so that gives me an advantage, but whatever.

 

If you've got the money for the 4690k, GET IT.

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4690K.

 

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you got gtx 970 and u have amd fx-6300. that means u have motherboard based on amd am3+. so if u have enough money to buy i5-4690k than u have to change your motherboard based on intel lga-1150 or u just need to upgrade to amd fx-8350 (same socket like amd fx-6300) without changing your motherboard
Both of processor are good for gaming. Overclock is possible for two processor. Just choose with your current budget :3

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An 8350 can allegedly bottleneck a 390 (which, by the way, in terms of raw performance, is basically identical to the 970 despite the 390 beating it in some games and the 970 beating it in some games). I haven't heard of an i5 legitimately bottlenecking even a 980 Ti (which runs rings around the 970 and the 390), so yeah... go with the 4690k.

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Definitely a 4690k if you can afford it and new motherboard.

Better yet would be 6600k but that would require you to also get new DDR4 RAM.

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