confused upgrading pc

[Chris Yahya]

hello,

currently my specs is :

 

i5 2400

GTX970

hdd 3TB

hdd 500GB

gigabyte H61M-S2P-B3

CX500

Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600mhz (throttled to 1333mhz because mobo limitation)

 

and recently my mobo died (reached lifespan)

 

i have 3 option :

option 1 : Upgrade to 6600K, corsair vengeance LPX 3200MHZ 16GB DDR4

and the mobo is Z170A Pro by MSi

 

option 2

4690k

asrock anniversary

 

option 3

buy again lga1155

(but lga1155 seems discontinued)

 

help me decide, by its value and price, and function

[Chris Yahya]

i was thinking to get option 2, which it lower cost and not far difference with 6600k... But let me hear your opinion!

[ReturnOfCzex]

Value: 2

Price: 3

Function: 1

[Chris Yahya]

3 minutes ago, ReturnOfCzex said:

Value: 2

Price: 3

Function: 1

is it right 4690k vs 6600k isnt significant?

[ReturnOfCzex]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

is it right 4690k vs 6600k isnt significant?

3-5% IPC increase. That won't do anything for you. Not worth the price difference either.

[Chris Yahya]

3 minutes ago, ReturnOfCzex said:

3-5% IPC increase. That won't do anything for you. Not worth the price difference either.

about ram performance, does it matter too?

im using computer for rendering video with premiere and effects in after effect.

[ReturnOfCzex]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

about ram performance, does it matter too?

im using computer for rendering video with premiere and effects in after effect.

RAM speed will have an effect. Not a massive one, but it will be minutely noticeable. 

 

If you're rendering, look into i7' s and low-tier Xeons.

[papapoi]

where are you at? amazon still has 1155 boards under $50.one as low as $40.

what to upgrade to will be determined by you budget and what you will do with the PC

 

option 1 - costly, also u need to add a cpu cooler if your going to overclock, if you are not going to overclock, don't get a k series cpu

 

option 2 - same deal, but a little cheaper, a little lower in performance for gaming, easy to find at used at 70% of the new price, non k's go for about $160 sometimes lower, my 4670k was $150 vs new $220

 

option 3 - quick fix , cheap, if your just gaming it's a good option since most titles are gpu heavy, in some 3dmark tests my i5-2500 beat out my overclocked 4670k.

[Chris Yahya]

3 minutes ago, papapoi said:

where are you at? amazon still has 1155 boards under $50.one as low as $40.

what to upgrade to will be determined by you budget and what you will do with the PC

 

option 1 - costly, also u need to add a cpu cooler if your going to overclock, if you are not going to overclock, don't get a k series cpu

 

option 2 - same deal, but a little cheaper, a little lower in performance for gaming, easy to find at used at 70% of the new price, non k's go for about $160 sometimes lower, my 4670k was $150 vs new $220

 

option 3 - quick fix , cheap, if your just gaming it's a good option since most titles are gpu heavy, in some 3dmark tests my i5-2500 beat out my overclocked 4670k.

at indonesia.

well they still sells 1155 boards, but cheapo motherboard from unknown model like Colorful and blahblah...

yeah the chipset all now H61.

 

and my ram cant run its maximum potential because throttled 1333mhz by mobo and cpu limitation..

 

well DDR4 vs DDR3, is it big deal?

 

im heavily confused, because i never tried DDR4's performance so i cant say which it better

[Chris Yahya]

so im now considering option 2...

 

my last struggle is ram. Ddr4 or stay ddr3?

[papapoi]

2 minutes ago, Chris Yahya said:

so im now considering option 2...

 

my last struggle is ram. Ddr4 or stay ddr3?

to be honest i cant tell the difference, if you are doing cpu intensive stuff life movie editing, rendering cad, etc, it might, gaming not so much.

 

idk about there but here the price of ddr4 is about the same as ddr3, though if you decide to go with option 2 there isnt any mb that supports it, ddr4 is for skylake cpus and motherboards

[Chris Yahya]

4 minutes ago, papapoi said:

to be honest i cant tell the difference, if you are doing cpu intensive stuff life movie editing, rendering cad, etc, it might, gaming not so much.

 

idk about there but here the price of ddr4 is about the same as ddr3, though if you decide to go with option 2 there isnt any mb that supports it, ddr4 is for skylake cpus and motherboards

hmm.

 

so,

DDR3 Vengeance 8GB 1600mhz CL9 9 9 24 vs DDR4 Vengeance LPX 16gb kit 3200mhz CL15

 

well I'll go for DDR3.

 

btw, thats single channel. What if i buy same vengeance 8GB, will it run as dual channel? I heard dual channels only works in KIT series.

[papapoi]

3 minutes ago, Chris Yahya said:

hmm.

 

so,

DDR3 Vengeance 8GB 1600mhz CL9 9 9 24 vs DDR4 Vengeance LPX 16gb kit 3200mhz CL15

 

well I'll go for DDR3.

 

btw, thats single channel. What if i buy same vengeance 8GB, will it run as dual channel? I heard dual channels only works in KIT series.

yes if you have two identical sticks in slots 1 & 3  it will run that way, another thing that i don't really see as much as a difference but in some cases it does.

this might help.

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/dual-channel-memory.htm