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okay guys I would like to buy new specs to my pc, I have amd pc at the moment and to be honest I really dont like this at all. Im looking for good cpu and motherboard to fill my gtx 660. Do you think i5 4690k would be good choice here? Im taking any suggests from you people who know alot of intel computers. (im using ddr3, wont buy ddr4)

Would be nice to have medium budget!
 
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It works fine.
Others on this forum have fitted a newer and much more powerful graphics card, and got better gaming performance without having any problems from the CPU. At some point I will do the same.
The motherboard I used is low budget, but still allows some overclocking, 16Gb of RAM, 4 HDD and one GPU. This is enough for most people. If you want more, get a Z series motherboard
May i ask what current AMD processor and power supply you are currently using? The i5 4690k is a solid gaming processor and will require a Z97 motherboard to overclock. Honestly, the GTX 660 isn't a very powerful processor and an i3 4160 would be enough for it. My personnel recommendation is (if your PX is primarily for gaming) is this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($52.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $157.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 15:28 EDT-0400

The G4560 is a solid entry level gaming processor which can be paired with cards like the RX 470/480/1060. This would be a very nice cheap option and you can also sell your current DDR3 ram for some cash. If you want to spend more cash, i would not recommend getting a better processor but rather a better graphics cards like the three i mentioned above. If you are not upgrading for gaming, i would still recommend the same prcessor/mobo/ram that i mentioned above but instead of upgrading your graphics card, i would recommend you get a reliable and fast SSD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($93.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $93.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 15:32 EDT-0400

I would also recommend this exact card (RX 480) as its currently at a very good prices and is coming free with a DOOM game code.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131706&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 

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Have a look at the build in my signature.
4690k and a gigabyte H81 HD3 with a mild overclock
The nice thing is, that when I buy a new GPU, the rest of the computer will be fast enough to run with it easily - I expect this processor to be good enough for at least the next 4 years.
 

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I have amd fx 8320 and cx600 power. I'm having odd fps problems on csgo.
 

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okay thx :). so you say it's till okay to have i5 4690k with gtx 660.
 

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It works fine.
Others on this forum have fitted a newer and much more powerful graphics card, and got better gaming performance without having any problems from the CPU. At some point I will do the same.
The motherboard I used is low budget, but still allows some overclocking, 16Gb of RAM, 4 HDD and one GPU. This is enough for most people. If you want more, get a Z series motherboard
 
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