Upgrading cpu

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, Nick James said:

 I'm being lost in the language of computers ok so the main thing it would need is a wifi adaptor and the ability for me to be able to put m gtx 750 into it otherwise i could do a overhaul but i would need recommendations on it otherwise it could get painful to do since i have a mini itx not the bigger variation so i am limited right now on what i can do rip me

Nah you're fine. Don't upgrade the board for now. I ask again, what are you using the PC for? TL;DR of the whole thread is just buy the i5-4460 if you're just gaming, and get the i7-4790 if you need more power for editing or whatnot. With either one you'd want to slap a new cooler onto it like the Hyper 212 Evo, and you're good to go without changing anything else.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

because people are telling him to buy a z97 board and get an i5-4690k, lol for that cost and considering his budget it is better to just upgrade to the up-to-date system already.

 

Otherwise getting the locked i7 from 4th gen works out fine enough too.

Nah

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.45 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($379.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $555.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-08 11:20 EST-0500

[Nick James]

4 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Nah you're fine. Don't upgrade the board for now. I ask again, what are you using the PC for? TL;DR of the whole thread is just buy the i5-4460 if you're just gaming, and get the i7-4790 if you need more power for editing or whatnot. With either one you'd want to slap a new cooler onto it like the Hyper 212 Evo, and you're good to go without changing anything else.

i use it for casual gaming but i want to make it able to run stuff like BO3 and such and be able to record because as of right now i cannot do it EX: if i play minecraft i get around over 100 fps but when i start recording with abs the frames drop to like 15 frames per second

[Brooksie359]

4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

because people are telling him to buy a z97 board and get an i5-4690k, lol for that cost and considering his budget it is better to just upgrade to the up-to-date system already.

 

Otherwise getting the locked i7 from 4th gen works out fine enough too.

yeah idk why everyone was suggesting getting a new motherboard. that basically defeats the purpose of staying on the same 1150 socket otehr than the bonus of keeping the ram. 

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Nah

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.45 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($379.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $555.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-08 11:20 EST-0500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.45 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB XXX OC  Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $436.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-08 11:27 EST-0500

 

Both here are good alternatives, if he finds your alternative in the used market where it meets he 500$ budget it is even better indeed, what bothered me was how every one automatically tried to shove overclocking down his throat when it was clearly not the best alternative but like any youtuber out there ´´if you don't OC it sucks for gaming´´

 

heh, cheers

 

[CostcoSamples]

I'm impressed with the number of people wanting to help on this thread!

 

I think you need more CPU cores for recording.  An i5 should do it, and an i7 would be a little better.  For casual gaming your GPU is OK.  I see no need to spend the full $500.

[Nick James]

i might swap to another case but the mini itx will still be the case type could someone recommend me one by any chance

[CostcoSamples]

Guys, he said he has an ITX case so I don't think the 212 EVO is going to work.  He will probably need a low profile cooler.  There are a few good ones, such as the Noctua NH-L9 

[Nick James]

If anyone knows a good/cool looking mini itx case even if it is custom post it

[Spork829]

34 minutes ago, Nick James said:

i use it for casual gaming but i want to make it able to run stuff like BO3 and such and be able to record because as of right now i cannot do it EX: if i play minecraft i get around over 100 fps but when i start recording with abs the frames drop to like 15 frames per second

Protip: Just use Nvidia NVENC for recording. Even the 4460 can't handle recording while gaming that well, but Nvidia GPU's have a hardware encoder to use. Just switch to it in the encoding settings of whatever program you use.

[deleted_member_030719]

1 hour ago, CostcoSamples said:

I disagree. 

 

stick with the non K CPU such as i5 4460 and save the cost of new motherboard.  The i5 will provide a nice upgrade and free up some budget for other things.

 

If a new motherboard is to be considered, there is no point buying Haswell.  Wait a month for Ryzen, we may see some very strong competition.

Then he'll likely have to buy new RAM as well as a new board and CPU... I don't see the point when i5-4690k and i7-4790k are still really good CPUs.

[Nick James]

ok so if say i gutted the entire rig and set a budget of $500 send me some ideas i am still going to use my current rig and can someone tell me how i can get better frames when recording please i need to know