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Intel Core i5-4590 good enough for upcoming titles (GTA V,BF:Hardline, and others)

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September 30, 2014 12:01:55 PM

is a core i5 4590 with water cooling a good upgrade to my current rig? also should i get 8 gb ram at 900 frequency or 1600 frequency?

current rig:
*i3 2120 @ 3.3Ghz
*4gb ddr3 ram
*nvidia geforce gt 545

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September 30, 2014 12:12:34 PM

What you really need is a total upgrade.

The i5 4590 is not overclockable so watercooling isn't necessary. Anything with k after the chip is overclockable (i5 4690k, for example). If you upgrade to this CPU, you'll need a new motherboard that supports the newest chipsets.

You'll need at least 8 Gb of DDR3 RAM at 1600.

Your video card will severely bottleneck your computer if you make these upgrades so your next step is getting a new video card. If you go this route, you'll likely need a new power supply (please post your power supply if you know what it is).

So your best bet is to save up and upgrade everything at once. Otherwise you'll be spending money and not receiving full benefit because of a bottleneck somewhere.
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September 30, 2014 12:15:33 PM

yes, that processor is about the same speed as the 3570k and my computer runs game perfect with that one, but you really should upgrade your ram to 8gb, and if possible upgrade your graphics card. if your on a budget then a 750 ti is a good choice. and also can you tell us what power supply you have? we need to know that if your planning an upgrade
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October 1, 2014 10:46:13 AM

Zombiefighter57 said:
yes, that processor is about the same speed as the 3570k and my computer runs game perfect with that one, but you really should upgrade your ram to 8gb, and if possible upgrade your graphics card. if your on a budget then a 750 ti is a good choice. and also can you tell us what power supply you have? we need to know that if your planning an upgrade


I was thinking about a gtx 760. Forgot that the non unlocked processors can't benefit from Intel turbo boost.

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October 1, 2014 11:55:18 AM

The core i5 has turbo boost. Does than mean i can over clock to 4.6 Ghz on an msi motherboard?
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October 5, 2014 3:13:39 AM

You need to replace your GPU and cpu and more ram. But I would say you may experience a better experience from a new GPU how much money do you have to spend in total.
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October 5, 2014 4:47:19 AM

all you need is 8gb ram and a better gpu, the cpu will be fine.
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October 5, 2014 4:47:56 AM

and a gtx 760 is a very very good choice
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October 21, 2014 7:36:02 AM

Zombiefighter57 said:
yes, that processor is about the same speed as the 3570k and my computer runs game perfect with that one, but you really should upgrade your ram to 8gb, and if possible upgrade your graphics card. if your on a budget then a 750 ti is a good choice. and also can you tell us what power supply you have? we need to know that if your planning an upgrade


also forgot to say power supply is a 500 watt atx powersupply
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October 21, 2014 11:43:32 AM

deadsmoke84 said:
Zombiefighter57 said:
yes, that processor is about the same speed as the 3570k and my computer runs game perfect with that one, but you really should upgrade your ram to 8gb, and if possible upgrade your graphics card. if your on a budget then a 750 ti is a good choice. and also can you tell us what power supply you have? we need to know that if your planning an upgrade


also forgot to say power supply is a 500 watt atx powersupply


the i5-4590 will work with a 500 watt power supply, the i5-4590 is only 5 watts higher than mine and i have a 500 watt power supply,
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