looking to upgrade my pc need advice on cpu and motherboard INTEL

otto24 · Dec 28, 2014

Hello Forums,

I am thinking of swapping my rig from AMD into Intel and I need some advice on what to get.

at the moment I have a AMD fx 8350 and a sabertooth 990fx.

What I am looking for is top of the range motherboard that will boost the fps and speeds of games (looking to spend around £200) and for the CPU I want the best 4 core you can get with hyper threading and will spend around £200-£300.

I prefer "already" overclocked components, as I cant overclock my self.

I want an upgrade from my existing rig so please do not recommend anything below of what I have.

Thanks in advance.

Slovenia rulez · Dec 28, 2014

Get an intel core i7 4790k and a gigabyte g1 sniper z97 motherboard

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 28, 2014

You can overclock. Its simple. Just watch this as the bios layout is almost practically the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk

You don't need to upgrade and a CPU upgrade wouldn't really help unless you are playing ARMA 3 a lot. Consider a GPU upgrade

A GPU upgrade would have a huge boost and you could get a GTX 980 for the price of a high end z97 board and i7 4790k.

otto24 · Dec 28, 2014

Im thinking of getting Two gtx970 g1 and I have heard the 8350 will bottleneck the sli

I have spent hours overclocking and I cant get it right so I cant be bothered to be honest with you rather have the company overclock it for me

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 28, 2014

otto24 :

No it won't. People will come here and say that a 8350 will bottleneck a single 970 and they are wrong. don't listen to them, and try to avoid that word here. If someone come here and tries to argue against this, I won't argue back as I am tired of people saying the 8350 bottlenecks the 970. I had a 970 with an 8350 and there was no bottleneck.

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 28, 2014

otto24 :

If you go step by step with the video, you will have a successful overclock. If you follow the video step by step and it still doesn't work, then there is an issue. The bios in the video should be the same as yours and this guy is great when it comes to overclocking.

Slovenia rulez · Dec 28, 2014

The bottleneck will only hapen if you are using an athlon or old pentium stuff,but not with this CPU,it is not that crappy after all...

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 28, 2014

What PSU do you have?

otto24 · Dec 28, 2014

Are you talking about a single gtx970? im talking about two gtx970, I dont think it bottlenecks one card.

I have a 600watts psu that will need a change I know that for sure.

ATM im just looking for the best motherboard for gaming, my friends has one with inbuilt ssd but forgot its name and his rig runs faster then mine and i have faster componants

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 28, 2014

otto24 :

I was saying that you would be fine with two 970's, but some people here don't understand what a bottleneck is and would say that it can't handle even a single 970.

otto24 · Dec 28, 2014

does the gigabyte g1 sniper z97 motherboard have inbuilt ssd? for faster boot ups if i recall the msi version does? or could anyone explain what id be expected from the gigabyte motherboard compared to the msi

TheMagicalWallaby · Dec 28, 2014

If you wanted an SSD, ADATA makes some fairly cheap ones for boot drives.

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