My son's PC needs some upgrading and his B-day is coming up. Trying NOT to spend over $300 - 350 - but I will if necessary .
He currently runs an AMD cpu and MOBO - runs hot and it is still doing OK but starting to have issues and he is a Fallout NUT and wants to play Fallout 4 on ultra. Have him convinced to improve it is best to get an i5 and the appropriate Z97 MOBO. He currently does not overclock because of fear the AMD would not handle it. Eventually he may want to go to a 4k or at least a 1440 monitor. But that is down the road. For now - please critique this combo of CPU/MOBO. It is a bit high- but I don't know if cheaper components will effect performance or not.
CPU - i5 Haswell= Intel Core i5-4690K Haswell Refresh Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I54690K - Newegg.com - Newegg.com
MOBO- Asrock z97 = ASRock Z97 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com
Thanks
He currently runs an AMD cpu and MOBO - runs hot and it is still doing OK but starting to have issues and he is a Fallout NUT and wants to play Fallout 4 on ultra. Have him convinced to improve it is best to get an i5 and the appropriate Z97 MOBO. He currently does not overclock because of fear the AMD would not handle it. Eventually he may want to go to a 4k or at least a 1440 monitor. But that is down the road. For now - please critique this combo of CPU/MOBO. It is a bit high- but I don't know if cheaper components will effect performance or not.
CPU - i5 Haswell= Intel Core i5-4690K Haswell Refresh Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I54690K - Newegg.com - Newegg.com
MOBO- Asrock z97 = ASRock Z97 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com
Thanks