Need Advice on CPU bottleneck

Enrique_Melendez

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Hello all,

I am planning to upgrade my PC. I am almost positive it is my dual core CPU that is the bottleneck in my system so I plan to buy a CPU and a motherboard and possibly ram. My budget is flexible but around $300. My system specs are :

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 overclocked to 4.3 Ghz
Motherboard: MSI H81 P33
Graphics Card:Gigabyte G1 GTX 960 4GB overclocked to 1578 Mhz clock speed and memory clocked at 4555 Mhz
RAM: 2 sticks of Crucial 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 clocked at 1333 Mhz because of CPU
HDD: WD Green 2TB
SSD: Crucial BX100 250GB

I know I should have chosen an i5 in the beginning but I didn't know any better.
I know AMD Zen is going to be released sometime later this year but I don't know anything else. I'm open to any suggestions, AMD or Intel.
 
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OC:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($105.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $420.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-13 16:18 EDT-0400

NO OC:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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Enrique_Melendez

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I you are willing to also get a new board, DEFINITELY go for the newer gen i5 6500(no OC) or i5 6600K if you want to overclock.
 
OC:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($105.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $420.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-13 16:18 EDT-0400

NO OC:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $322.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-13 16:19 EDT-0400
 
Solution

Enrique_Melendez

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Jul 13, 2016
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Thank you so much! I will go for an i5-6600k for overclocking.