Upgrade Advice

[eml6601]

I've been debating whether to upgrade my cpu. I built my machine in 2014 and when i did i decide to go with an intel i5 4570. little did i know that this was an unover-clockable chip and it is a bottle neck to my gtx 970. I would like to upgrade to either an i5 6600k or i7 6700k. In doiung so i would have top buy a new motherboard as my MSI z97 GAMING 7 has a 1150 socket Advice? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/JJwPgL

[8-Bit Ninja]

You would also have to replace your ram, as skylake only takes DDR4 

[eml6601]

Good point

[Energycore]

The cheapest route is a 4790K and some fast DDR3 RAM. Something like this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $340.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 18:43 EST-0500

 

Keep in mind you'd have to use this new kit only if you intend on running it at those high speeds, but the CPU and RAM will give you a small boost in game performance (it will range anywhere from 5% to 25% frames per second depending on game EDIT: actually those estimates of mine come from looking at benchmarks with a Titan X (maxwell) OC, with a 970 you'll get decidedly less gains.)

 

Or sell the 4570 and get a 4690K http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tvzv6h/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k and OC it

[eml6601]

10 minutes ago, Energycore said:

The cheapest route is a 4790K and some fast DDR3 RAM. Something like this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $340.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 18:43 EST-0500

 

Keep in mind you'd have to use this new kit only if you intend on running it at those high speeds, but the CPU and RAM will give you a small boost in game performance (it will range anywhere from 5% to 25% frames per second depending on game EDIT: actually those estimates of mine come from looking at benchmarks with a Titan X (maxwell) OC, with a 970 you'll get decidedly less gains.)

 

Or sell the 4570 and get a 4690K http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Tvzv6h/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k and OC it

CPU choice sounds good, I have a kit of Corsair vengeance 2x4 8GB DDR3-1600. if I got another kit of that would that still work?

[Energycore]

6 minutes ago, eml6601 said:

CPU choice sounds good, I have a kit of Corsair vengeance 2x4 8GB DDR3-1600. if I got another kit of that would that still work?

If you get the fast kit it will run at the slow speed of the vengeance one, but performance difference will be small so you could upgrade CPU only and still be fine.