Thinking of getting a new mobo\cpu

[treetops]

Thinking of getting a new mobo\cpu. Mainly for gaming. Will 300$ get me up to par? What kind of gains can I expect. What combo do you recommend? Iv read intel is far better at gaming since a lot of games go off of one core. One game I really want high fps in is Chivalry Midieval warfare.

Monitor 1920x1080
Budget 300$
Case xclio http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103010
GPU r9 280
Ram ddr3 4 x 2gb, 1600 mhz, patriot 1.8v, ripsaw 1.5v (running at 1.65v)
Hard drive 2x 7200 rpm
Cooling Cooler Master Seidon 120V (just got it a few weeks ago)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103195

Current Mobo cpu
Cpu Amd Phenom ll quad 3.2 ghz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674
Mobo GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128378

p.s. sorry my font got a little wacky

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

These should do nicely, I think:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $223.99

Might want to add an SSD to your build too; the Crucial MX100 series would be worth looking into, if you're interested.

 

[treetops]

These should do nicely, I think:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $223.99

Might want to add an SSD to your build too; the Crucial MX100 series would be worth looking into, if you're interested.

Thanks I am going to see if there are any better deal on black friday. And my 4x 2gig ram wont work on that mobo. But I was wondering what type of gains would I get from that cpu compared to mine?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Whoops, misread that as 2x4GB! This would be a better mobo recommendation in that case.

Exact performance gains will vary from game to game, but should be a minimum of 5-10% across the board, in my opinion. Of course, the biggest gains are going to be in other areas, such as heat dissipation and power consumption, as well as overall non-gaming performance (games are mostly GPU-bound anyways).

 

[treetops]

Whoops, misread that as 2x4GB! This would be a better mobo recommendation in that case.

Exact performance gains will vary from game to game, but should be a minimum of 5-10% across the board, in my opinion. Of course, the biggest gains are going to be in other areas, such as heat dissipation and power consumption, as well as overall non-gaming performance (games are mostly GPU-bound anyways).

Man that does not sound like its worth 230$, 10% gains bleh. Btw I oced to .37 on the cpu. The game I am really trying to get good fps on is Chivalry medieval warfare. Iv been told it pretty much goes off of a single core and is poorly optimized for multi cores. I just want to max that game and get 60 fps. With this setup I have to go down to medium or low on half the maps and the other half I can get 60 fps with max settings.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

For any single-threaded applications, Intel is king.

 

[treetops]

For any single-threaded applications, Intel is king.

What do you think about this cpu?
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-4690...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1415925424&sr=1-1

and whats a good board to match it with?

anyone know of any boss black friday mobo\cpu deals?

 

[treetops]

It doesnt look like either of these cpu can be over clocked. Hmm I have that water cooler would be a waste not to get a cpu I cant oc?

The 4690 does not have hyper threading. Will that hurt its single core value?


Im going for the 4690k, would that mobo be a good match? Does that mobo OC well?

New on amazon 214$ no rebate
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5...=UTF8&qid=1415944448&sr=8-1&keywords=i5-4690K

will the default mobo bios support that cpu?

will my video card fit on that mobo?

 

[treetops]

Amazon has some good Black November deals I went with
ASRock PRO4 ATX DDR3 214$
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KIRKKCS/ref=pe_385040_121528360_TE_dp_2
Intel Core i5-4690K 99$
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWB9G/ref=pe_385040_121528360_TE_dp_1

Getting the K version lets me overclock and it was only 5$ more. I went with free trial prime membership for 2 day shipping. Somehow it still charged me 1$.

I would have gotten a cheaper 8 series mobo but it was really difficult to try and find out what old mobo supported that cpu out of the box. I do not have a old intel chip I can upgrade the bios with.

The mobo has some other advantages over cheaper older mobos as well. This mobo supports overclocked ram, which is nice for the future and it has a 3.0 pcie slot. It is also supposed to be a great all around over clocker which will compliment my basic cpu water cooling.

Ill likely have to sell my current ram and buy a matched set to oc the cpu past turbo mode. My older ram is also 1.8v so idk if I should even use it on this mobo.

Amazon ended up being the cheapest way to go, but I had to look on newegg for warranty info and quality reviews.

The sad thing is I might have been able to buy a dual core cpu, mobo for 100$ combined and out classed most AMD cpus at gaming.

p.s. I was really tired of searching for that great discount older mobo that would work out of the box with a 4690k, I am sure their are better mobos out there but exhaustion won. Note to whoever it may concern this mobo seems to have a high dead on arrival rate according to newegg and amazon reviews.