I5-4690k/gigabyte z97x-soc

[Daniel123dk]

So, this morning i stumped over a great deal. An Intel i5-4690k and a gigabyte z97x-soc for 250 bucks (in my country its something else, but about that price) i would like to hear your guys if i should go with it?

[Lays]

Yeah that's a good deal!

[Daniel123dk]

Yeah that's a good deal!

And you would say go with it, even tho skylake is out in a week or two?

[Daniel123dk]

definitely

Thanks, ill go with it!

[Lays]

And you would say go with it, even tho skylake is out in a week or two?

 

 

Skylake would be more expensive, you're really not gonna beat what you're looking at in terms of price to performance

[CaptainPebbleDash]

Go for the 4690k, at the moment this is really the best sweet spot for CPU's. If your only gaming and doing the odd bit of streaming then anything more is complete overkill. Worst comes to shove you can always sell it down the line and buy a Skylake CPU if really needed. 

[FinestRyeBread]

Such a good deal. Yes skylake is coming out but then you'd gotta buy new ram and other components which costs more money and it's only 5-10% faster than haswell so I would go for it.

[Daniel123dk]

Such a good deal. Yes skylake is coming out but then you'd gotta buy new ram and other components which costs more money and it's only 5-10% faster than haswell so I would go for it.

Go for the 4690k, at the moment this is really the best sweet spot for CPU's. If your only gaming and doing the odd bit of streaming then anything more is complete overkill. Worst comes to shove you can always sell it down the line and buy a Skylake CPU if really needed.

Thanks guys, i ordered this yesterday with some Team Group Value ram in orange to match the motherboard's orange/black colorscheme :-)

[airdeano]

if available, look for the GSkill ares, the TGV isn't much of a "stable" player(?).

i hated the three set of TG RAM as they were flaky on XMP, unstable on manual

OC and stock were hit-n-miss on POST/BOOT. just an FYI.

[Daniel123dk]

if available, look for the GSkill ares, the TGV isn't much of a "stable" player(?).

i hated the three set of TG RAM as they were flaky on XMP, unstable on manual

OC and stock were hit-n-miss on POST/BOOT. just an FYI.

I have looked onto the g.skill Ares, the problem is that in My country i can only get those in 1600mhz max. Whereas the team group i could get 1866, 2133 and 2400 MHz :-)

[airdeano]

@Daniel123dk

is this a gaming rig or power build? the menial difference between 1600-1866 is

not noticeable and pretty much say that to all the others speeds, too. for gaming

stick to 1600, render/edit will be negligible in any performance felt/seen.

[Daniel123dk]

@Daniel123dk
is this a gaming rig or power build? the menial difference between 1600-1866 is
not noticeable and pretty much say that to all the others speeds, too. for gaming
stick to 1600, render/edit will be negligible in any performance felt/seen.

This is a gaming rig, that is going to look sick too :-)
Any ideas is welcome tho :-)

[Mr.Henry]

amazing deal dude an i5 4690k alone is 250 bucks  

[Daniel123dk]

amazing deal dude an i5 4690k alone is 250 bucks

Yeah, im pretty happy about the result

Such a good deal. Yes skylake is coming out but then you'd gotta buy new ram and other components which costs more money and it's only 5-10% faster than haswell so I would go for it.

 

I do hope that it would last at least 3 years, you know

[CaptainPebbleDash]

Just a little idea to as how the i5 4690k will run even @ stock. 

 

Currently running a it 4670k which is the previous version of that CPU and 980TI at full graphical settings @ 2715x1527 on GTA5, I tend to average around 45-50FPS. Knocking off x8 MSAA down to x4 or even x2 and I'm hitting 60+ very easily without ever dipping,

the CPU is an absolute beast and if anything with only one GPU that is more of a bottleneck than the CPU.