cpu I need help

[Matthew_innes]

Hi my name is Matthew and i am looking to upgrade my CPU,mobo,CPU cooler and ram.

i have £500 budget that about $700 us. I am looking for a CPU that can play games and stream 

the games i play are arma 3 , the division , rainbow six and fallout 4.

i need the mobo to have and m.2 slot and 2 way SLI capable.

and if you pick any aio the rad has to be a dual 120 or singel 120

 

If any can help it would be appreciate thanks matthew

 

[HPWebcamAble]

What parts do you currently have (and their brand and model)?

[Wiflare]

Do you have room for a tower cooler in your case?

[Seminole]

Since you have a very clear idea of what you want, use pcpartpicker.com

[Matthew_innes]

i have some real bad amd parts cpu is an fx6300 with a cheap mobo and ram it BAD 

[Matthew_innes]

yeah i have room for a tower cooler

 

[Streetguru]

Just now, Matthew_innes said:

yeah i have room for a tower cooler

 

So then what's your current case?

[Wiflare]

1 minute ago, Matthew_innes said:

i have some real bad amd parts cpu is an fx6300 with a cheap mobo and ram it BAD 

how much ram do you have? you may be able to carry it over if you choose haswell.

[Matthew_innes]

i have a h440 case and 8Gb of ddr3 

 

[Moonzy]

you should list your full spec in pcpartpicket.com so we can help you more effectively

with compatibility and such, and might be able to save some $$ too

[Wiflare]

Just now, Matthew_innes said:

i have a h440 case and 8Gb of ddr3 

 

what's your psu? and gpu?

[Matthew_innes]

750w evga and gtx 970 evga 

 

[Sentryy]

Keep the RAM and get A 8gb stick for 30$.

Next get a core i5 4790k,

And a z97-a ASUS board to accompany it.

Get a cooler master Hyper 212 EVO.

also you might want to upgrade your power supply for SLI as we don't know what it is.

 

 

[Matthew_innes]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/matthew_innes/saved/V4WNnQ   

this is my current specs

 

[HPWebcamAble]

2 minutes ago, Matthew_innes said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/matthew_innes/saved/V4WNnQ   

this is my current specs

 

I'd recommend upgrading your CPU to an i5 (maybe 4690k), you'd have to get a new MOBO too, but you can use the same ram (its fine)

[Matthew_innes]

5 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

I'd recommend upgrading your CPU to an i5 (maybe 4690k), you'd have to get a new MOBO too, but you can use the same ram (its fine)

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tBB4XL

 

[Sentryy]

5 minutes ago, Matthew_innes said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/matthew_innes/saved/V4WNnQ   

this is my current specs

 

Get everything I told you to, except the cooler your current one is fine. If you can, get this this also includes an SSD because hard drives are slow. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s7NWMp Just install windows on the SSD along with a few programs. 

 

[HPWebcamAble]

1 minute ago, Matthew_innes said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tBB4XL

You might want to also get an SSD, but that's good.

[Sentryy]

1 minute ago, Matthew_innes said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tBB4XL

 

That is good, you could go with the one I just linked to you. It has an SSD, Motherboard, Core i7 6700k, and 16gb of DDR4 and just sell the 8GB DDR3, Motherboard, and the CPU on ebay or something.

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, Matthew_innes said:

i have a h440 case and 8Gb of ddr3 

 

Looks like you can fit large radiators into that case so here

Also 8gbs of DDR4 is pretty cheap, so you might as well jump to skylake for the extra 5% performance, maybe even grab a 16gb kit so you never have to worry about it, that would leave about 50 pounds more for the motherboard or something

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/M4xtXL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/M4xtXL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£200.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£92.13 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£25.12 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £418.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 23:49 BST+0100

 

 

It's not that your CPU is horrible exactly, it's more that it isn't OC'd to like 4.5ghz, but yes in CPU intensive games like ARMA or Total War an AMD CPU's weak Per core performance is going to hold you back.

But ya, start there, maybe spend a bit more on the motherboard for a bit nicer one for overclocking

 

also if you want SLI you need an SLI motherboard because nvidia hates freedom I guess. But going for 2 GPUs is almost never worth it anyways.

Did you already list your power supply?