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Rhysjones106

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Hello,
I currently have a i5 6400 2.7 GHz which is in my PC which I built 5 months ago (first build). Despite the fact I've only used it for maybe 2 months max and there is absolutely nothing wrong with my system at all I want to optimise. I've seen online that it is possible to overclock even non k series cpu's now and my case can take water cpu cooling which I have found at a reasonable price. As I don't mind the risk of overclocking my cpu do I get a cooler and overclock or buy a better CPU. P.S. I am tight on funds and I also need to upgrade my graphics card
 
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Well no, not out of the box. There were early motherboard bios's that allowed for non k overcloking via the base clock. You would have to find one of these old bios's for your motherboard and install it, if it ever had one. Base clock overclocking is a bit harder than overclocking via the multiplier as you can do on k processors, chaning the base clock will also change some other values other than just core clock, like memory clocks.
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Well no, not out of the box. There were early motherboard bios's that allowed for non k overcloking via the base clock. You would have to find one of these old bios's for your motherboard and install it, if it ever had one. Base clock overclocking is a bit harder than overclocking via the multiplier as you can do on k processors, chaning the base clock will also change some other values other than just core clock, like memory clocks.
 
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No problem. Are you sure you need to upgrade the cpu? What gpu do you have? Are you playing on a 60hz monitor? It may not be beneficial for you to upgrade your cpu unless you have a setup that can take advantage of a more powerful cpu. Also in my opinion anything less than an i7 6700, or 7700 if you update your bios to support kaby lake, would not be worth the money
 
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beelzebluntz

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I run on a 3470 that's slightly OC'd

Really there is no noticeable difference

Unless you play <mod edit> games like the Division or Battlefield (lazy <mod edit> devs) devs expect you to have a CPU just like you have, and design their games around it.

I'd hold off on that upgrade until I ran into a game I couldn't get playing at my preferred fps

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beelzebluntz

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Then your CPU will be more than good enough at 60fps for a while

You may want to consider upgrading to an i7k compatible with your mobo in time (or maybe a new mobo/more cores deep into the future). But for now you should be good to go on just about ever game made but a few ones that have terribly optimized multiplayer.
 
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beelzebluntz

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Yea there is no reason to change your board for a long time, maybe a decade at 60 FPS. Sort of depends on what the average gamer CPU looks like and what devs design their games around.

Hard to predict far into the future. But for the forseeable future that board is more than good enough. Overkill for your current CPU
 
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