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AS08RT

Looking to upgrade processer, need some suggestions and advice

Hey everyone!

I'm looking to upgrade my processer this fall. I'd like something a little beefier as the original build was on a tight budget. I am currently running the following:

ASUS Z97-P LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-4590 Haswell Quad-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1150 84W BX80646I54590

Rosewill ARC Series 450W Gaming Power Supply, 80 PLUS Bronze Certified, Single +12V Rail, Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready - ARC-450

DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 400 CPU Air Cooler 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan with Blue LED, Multi-platform Intel/AMD CPUs (AM4 Compatible)

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 24GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

Recently upgraded to a 1050 Ti for cheap as well

Ideally, I would like to upgrade the processor with as little need for change as possible. Is there a worthwhile option for that motherboard that I can grab? Will I need a different CPU fan as well? Maybe a bigger power supply?

I generally don't upgrade my machines, usually I just gut them and make a new build but I'm happy enough with everything else that I'd like to just make some small upgrades instead.

Thanks in advance!

Posted Oct 16, 2020, 3:52 PM UTC

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IanMo55•

Not really worth spending money on such an old build.

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Some_Derpy_Pineapple•

worthwhile option for that motherboard that I can grab?

used 4790k i guess? 4770k if you can't find that? although unless you find one for ~100 (or even <150) i think you should save up more to get a new platform like 3100/b550 or 10100 (10100f)/b460 and 16gb of ddr4 ram. besides that, there's not really anything else to get. t

cooler/psu is probably fine.

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AS08RTOP•

Is there a motherboard and cpu combo that would work with the memory I have so I don’t have to replace that?

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Some_Derpy_Pineapple•

nope. there is no better gaming cpu than the 4790k/4770k that supports ddr3.

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AS08RTOP•

Okay, so let's go backwards a bit then. Is there a CPU/MB/RAM set up that will work with my current CPU cooler, power supply, and video card? Maybe in the neighborhood of $400 total? for the 3?

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Some_Derpy_Pineapple•

r5 3600, b550-a pro, and 16gb of 3600 cl18 ram should be great. pcpartpicker should help.

if you want to spend less, you could downgrade the motherboard to something like a b550m pro vdh wifi. you could also downgrade cpu to the 2600 or 3100 - the 2600 performs about the same as the 3100 in gaming and has more cores but costs $25 more most of the time. both are like 15% behind the 3600 in gaming i think?

edit: also the 2600 does not work on x570 so you could save costs further by getting a b450 motherboard instead like a b450m pro4 or b450-f

connections and standards from motherboard to the rest of the system have stayed the same for years so it'll all work fine.

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