upgrading cpu from i3 4160 to...?

[76561198301222182]

so i want to upgrade me cpu to like an i5, or a good amd 1 i do not want to have to buy a new motherboard and ram etc, i have asrock fatal1ty h97 performence motherboard and ddr3 16gbs of ram. what motherboard should i upgrade to for modern games? like witcher 3 uncharted 4 etc

[CursedPanther]

Not wanting to change motherboard means no real upgrade can be done. The best you can do is the i5 4690, but that would be more money wasted than performance gained.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Nothing wrong with your board, it is decent one, not junk.

Just update to latest BIOS version and then go grab the best i5 or i7 that it allows.
And decent cooler that's better than the stock one; like a CM-Hyper-T4 for example

[_I_]

on the same mobo your choices are i5 4xxx or i7 4xxx

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/cpu/#xcx=0&sort=a7&page=1&s=12,13&k=24&f=34,40&Z=3100,4700

[vadim]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Not wanting to change motherboard means no real upgrade can be done. The best you can do is the i5 4690, but that would be more money wasted than performance gained.

Both statements are wrong.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea stop acting like he can't upgrade just the CPU; good lord

[CursedPanther]

Well that spun off the table pretty fast...

No one is saying there is no upgrade to the CPU or anything else ever. But the OP did say he wanted to keep the same board if possible, and an i5. Unless you want to introduce him the Broadwell stuff, which I say there is no point, then yea there is also the 5675.

[76561198301222182]

welp what cpu do u guys reccomend. and if i HAVE to upgrade motherboard i will ... but what 1 should i get that can run my current i3 4160 and ddr3 ram, so i can save up for a new cpu seeming if i have to buy a new one , idk how to update bios seems to confusing

[vadim]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20H97%20Performance/?cat=CPU
Any i5 will be able to run any modern game at max settings. if you want to have future-proof CPU, it would be better to buy i7, like i7-4790. I bet, such CPU will be able to run any game in nearest 5 years.

[hawkeye]

Your cpu can play modern games now. Btw what gpu do you have because that is just as important.? (In this video it is the gpu that is slowing things down.)

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Your cpu isn't that bad except it is a 2x2 - 2 physical cores with 2 threads per core. It is similar to an i3-6100 (also 2x2) which can play Witcher 3 at a decent framerate. Youtube has plenty of videos showing different cpus and gpus playing games.

Here is a video shoing the i3-4160 in action on 7 games (against a 6100 which is faster because it uses DDR4 RAM). The video resolution is 1440p, 1080p will run faster.

YouTube™ Video: i3-4160 vs i3-6100 | GTX 970 OC | 2560 x 1440 | in 7 games 

Views: 62,735

i3-4160 3.6Ghz DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 2x4GB i3-6100 3.7Ghz DDR4 2133Mhz CL14 2x4GB GTX970@ 1500/2000Mhz 1. 0:35 Grand Theft Auto V 2. 2:19 Project Cars 3. 3:59 Far Cry 3 4. 5:39 Total War: Attilia 5.

i3-4160 has a passmark benchmark single-threaded score of 2080 which is good. An i7-6700k is 2327, so roughly just 10% better. The i3-6100 is 2101. Any cpu with a score of 2000 is going to be able to play nearly all modern games.

So, the need is to buy a cpu that is actually faster and worth the expense. Here is a chart of all cpu's that should work in your mobo (check the mobo cpu list for ones which are supported).

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id7

So, as Vadim says, an i7-4790 k or non-k is the way to go. I wouldn't spend the money on an i5.

And you need a gpu that has the capability to run these games as well.

[76561198301222182]

im getting the 1070 when other companys get them and put better cooling on them, like windforce, asus, evga msi etc

[hawkeye]

As you are in Oz, a 4790k is going to cost near $500. But with a 1070 you should be able to run anything at very good framerates even on 1440p.

Although it is a k cpu (overclockable) I would run it at stock speed. It should run at turbo speed without overclocking. It has single thread score of 2529 at stock versus the non-k at 2290. So for the extra $40 I'd go for the k.

YouTube™ Video: Intel Skylake Core i7 6700K vs 4790K/3770K/2600K 4.4GHz Overclock Gaming Benchmarks 

Views: 434,852

Pretty much every Intel i7 can achieve a 4.4GHz overclock, right? So how much faster is Skylake than its predecessors at the same clock speeds?

[_I_]

he has a h97 board, no point in getting a k cpu unless its cheaper than the non k

[vadim]

Originally posted by _I_:

he has a h97 board, no point in getting a k cpu unless its cheaper than the non k

But 4790k has 400 MHz more even at stock freq.

[_I_]

3.6 to 4ghz = 11% faster

its up to the op's budget

[banzaigtv]

A bit of extra speed with the 4790k helps a little in CPU-intensive games. I once had a 4.5 GHz overclock on mine using an ASUS auto tuning feature in the BIOS, but there was near zero performance gain and the higher temps are not worth it. Still a great CPU, though, because its single-performance is better than the vanilla 4790.