What CPU upgrade from a G4560 should I get?

silverpuma

My son and I built our first budget computer Jan 2018 (see below) and although its working fine, for my Christmas present I'm doing some upgrades.  I think my RX 480 8G and the 16G of ram is more than enough for my 1080p gaming.  

I really want to upgrade my G4560 to an i5 or i7 and this is where I need some advice.  I'll be looking to buy a used CPU and preferably a CPU that is a few years old so I get the power upgrade but at a good price.  I'll be selling my G4560 on this forum (classified section) or eBay. It looks like around £50 is a reasonable figure so  I'll add a £100 to give me a £150 budget.  Any ideas on a used CPU that will give me a significant boost for around the £150 mark?

I will buy a cooler as well for this new i5 or i7 for around £20-ish on Amazon as my G4560 just has the stock cooler that came with it and it will be sold along with the G4560.

Thanks in advance for any advice offered.......

Edit:  I will not be overclocking...


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Intel Pentium Dual Core G4560 3.5 GHz CPU - Black

WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch

SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB up to 530 MB/s Sata III 2.5 inch Internal SSD

XFX Radeon RX 480 RS 8GB (with Hard Swap) Graphics Card

Corsair CP-9020096-UK VS Series VS450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS 450W Power Supply

MSI 911-7A74-002 PRO VD Kaby Lake Micro Intel B250 DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16 GB kit (8 GB x 2) DDR4 2400MT/s UDIMM 288-Pin Memory

Thermaltake Versa H15 M-ATX Gaming Case with Side Window USB 3

Monitor:  ViewSonic VX2757-mhd 27 inch Gaming Monitor with FreeSync 1920 x 1080, 1ms, VGA/HDMI/DisplayPort - Black

EndlessWaves

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You're looking at a 6000 or 7000 model. You should rule out any with a T suffix and the K suffix models are of no use to you so they're not worth paying extra for.

Apart from that they're all very similar, buy whichever is best value in terms of clockspeed.

silverpuma

ahh to my rescue again endless wave  Thanks for the info.  Would you have any exact model I should look for?

EndlessWaves

They're all very similar, so it depends on the price you can get them for whether you go for the 6400, 6500, 6600, 7400, 7500 or 7600. Or even the 6700/7700 but the i7 brand is likely to attract a premium because of the marketing

DavidG1

I would also recommend while you still have the old CPU that you grab the latest BIOS update and flash the BIOS to ensure there is no problem recognising the new CPU
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