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I have an i5-6500, and i'm looking for a CPU to upgrade to for overclocking. My question is, should I get the i5-4690k, the i5-6600k or the the FX-8350.

 

EDIT: My motherboard can't overclock so I don't care if the platform is different or I need a new motherboard.

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2 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

I have an i5-6500, and i'm looking for a CPU to upgrade to for overclocking. My question is, should I get the i5-4690k, the i5-6600k or the the FX-8350.

4690k isnt the same platform.

 

so 6600k is your only choice out of the list.

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I know it isn't the same platform, I just was wondering which is the best choice since my mobo can't oc anyways

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4690k isnt the same platform.

 

so 6600k is your only choice out of the list.

 

 

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I would get the 6600k since it's the only thing that wouldn't require a new motherboard

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

I would get the 6600k since it's the only thing that wouldn't require a new motherboard

I have a motherboard that won't OC so regardless I'm going to need a new one.

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1 minute ago, bugs399 said:

I have a motherboard that won't OC so regardless I'm going to need a new one.

ah.  Well in that case I think it's still the best option ;)

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

ah.  Well in that case I think it's still the best option ;)

But the FX-8350 is cheaper, so I was leaning towards that at one point.

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4 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

But the FX-8350 is cheaper, so I was leaning towards that at one point.

Assuming you game, I would recommend the 6600K. The FX 8350 has much lower single core performance, which in games that often don't use more than 4 cores will suffer from.

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1 minute ago, bugs399 said:

But the FX-8350 is cheaper, so I was leaning towards that at one point.

I think you'll be much happier with the 6600k; out of the box, it isn't too far behind on total performance (nothing a good OC couldn't fix), and regardless the single threaded performance is much better so games that don't use more than 4 threads will for sure be better in the i5

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I think you'll be much happier with the 6600k; out of the box, it isn't too far behind on total performance (nothing a good OC couldn't fix), and regardless the single threaded performance is much better so games that don't use more than 4 threads will for sure be better in the i5

 

The 6600k seems like the better option, yes but i won't need DDR4 memory also.

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The 6600k seems like the better option, yes but i won't need DDR4 memory also.

exactly.  Buying DDR3 for either of your other choices would be another additional cost

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

exactly.  Buying DDR3 for either of your other choices would be another additional cost

I already have 16GB of DDR3 memory.

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8 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

But the FX-8350 is cheaper, so I was leaning towards that at one point.

the 6600k will be 100x more better. trust me.

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3 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

I already have 16GB of DDR3 memory.

oh... well, skylake does technically support it... if it's been working I guess stick with it

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16 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

I have an i5-6500, and i'm looking for a CPU to upgrade to for overclocking. My question is, should I get the i5-4690k, the i5-6600k or the the FX-8350.

 

EDIT: My motherboard can't overclock so I don't care if the platform is different or I need a new motherboard.

Don't even change from a 6500, it's fine. If you do want more performance, turn RAM down (no XMP, sorry) and turn up BLCK until RAM matches or comes close to the same speed it had before. Linus did that with a Xeon, and he was able to do a 5% overclock on all 18 cores

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1 minute ago, PCIsMasterRace said:

Do you even really need to upgrade? The i5 6500 is still a capable gaming cpu.

I want overclocking, and this is more of a thing for the future.

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18 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

I have an i5-6500, and i'm looking for a CPU to upgrade to for overclocking. My question is, should I get the i5-4690k, the i5-6600k or the the FX-8350.

 

EDIT: My motherboard can't overclock so I don't care if the platform is different or I need a new motherboard.

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To be honest, I don't think it would be worth it to upgrade from the 6500 to the 6600k considering that you would have to buy a new motherboard, cooler and processor. For the cost, you would be getting minimal performance increases.

 

What gpu do you have? It would probably be much better to upgrade that instead of the cpu.

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3 minutes ago, deviant88 said:

get i7 6700k and new z170 motherboard

What about H170

 

EDIT: Just found out that there's no overclocking on H170... oops

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What about H170

you won't be overclocking with that

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Got confused because I beleive you can OC on H81 so I thought H81=H170 but Skylake.

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3 minutes ago, bugs399 said:

Got confused because I beleive you can OC on H81 so I thought H81=H170 but Skylake.

as far as I know you always have needed an X or Z chipset (not counting the pentiums since they're weird)

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