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I'm about to go back to school and I would like to upgrade to something a bit beefier than my current rig which is as follows:
CPU: AMD FM2 A10 5700 APU 3.4ghz (3.5 turbo)
Mobo: Asus A85-V Pro FM2
GPU: EVGA GTX 660 FTW edition
PSU: Seasonic X-series 80+gold 750w
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 120G
HDD: WD Black 1TB 7200rpm 3.5in.
Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
Case: Corsair air 540
Ram: Adata 1600 2x4g

I want to upgrade from my current motherboard and cpu, to a cpu from intel, at least a quad core. I don't need to worry about overclocking, I just want something fairly good for going to school for IT (Networking security) and gaming. Right now I can game just fine, but when it comes to multitasking this system falls apart.

I was looking at an H97 motherboard with an Intel core I5-4460. My main goal is to get the price of the motherboard, cpu, and if necessary a new windows install, under $400.

I am NOT looking to build another AMD machine. I would like to be able to do SLI, but that's not a necessity, and from what I understand the non overclocking motherboards generally do not support this. The only thing I plan on changing right now is the mobo and cpu, later on down the road I'll probably pick up a 760 or the 800 series equivalent.

All help greatly appreciated. I do prefer an all black or black gold board (please no blue boards, hate that color) if possible. Also I would like to have 4 DIMM slots, I have seen some with 2, I plan on adding in more RAM at a later date.

Help Greatly Appreciated
 
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Will I encounter any bottlenecking in gaming with a non overclocking board and cpu? My concern is how much better that I5-4460 is than my A10 5700 APU.

And why with the 4690's? is it really worth the extra 30 bucks over a 4460 without overclocking? Just curious.

Edit: Also, will I be able to run a sound card with a graphics card on these boards? Just in case I find the on board audio lacking.
 
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since hes moving from amd to intel and changing boards (guessing he has a oem copy of win 7) he will need a new os.

Check with your school and see if they give discounts on Microsoft products, you may be able to pick up the OS cheap at school.

Other then that I would look at the asus board as its chipset H97 is newer then the gigybite B85, but ether one of those setups look solid to me.


The only difference between the cpus is the 4690 is 3.5 - 3.9ghz and the 4460 is 3.2 - 3.4ghz, since you're not overclocking the .3 - .4ghz for $30 is a big step and you will notice it if you keep the computer for any length of time.
 
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Yes the 4690 is worth the extra $30 either one will blow a A10 5700 out of the water though. Yes a sound card will work with either board the only real difference is the 97 will support broadwell where the 85 is stuck with haswell refresh.
 
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I use a non OC board (B75 chipset) with an i7 3770 and gaming is great with my GTX 780 :D

You'll have to look up benchmarks to see how the performance compares, I reccomend websites like CPU World and CPUBoss.

I5 4460, i5 4590, i5 4690. Wichever suits you the best, the performance isn't much different when gaming, but for CPU heavy applications you might see a difference.

Yes you will be able to use a sound card (at least with the one I chose)
 
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Thanks for the help guys, I tried asking this on another forum that shall remain unnamed, all I got was "y u no overclock RAAWWWWRRRR AMD" for responses. If the 4690 really is that much better than the 4460 for cpu heavy tasks then I'll get that with an H97 board.

Thanks again for the help guys.
 
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My suggestion is to buy a Z97 based motherboard. Most any will do.
It should be in the $100 range.
The reason is to preserve your option for a future upgrade, either to a overclockable "K" cpu or to 14nm broadwell.

The i5-4460 would be reasonable upgrade. It's passmark rating is 6842, considerably better than the a10-5700 of 4223. The 4690 is 7762.
If you are considering a 4690, you might as well spend a bit more for the 4690K. It will give you 20% more cpu capacity with a conservative overclock.
 
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