I5 4460 Bottleneck a Gtx 970?

[IIILvLZeroIII]

Will this Processor bottleneck gtx 970 if so i can just get the 4590 or the 4690 im trying to save as much money

[MattLantis]

Odds are no, but I know definatly the i5 4590 won't. Or the 4690k.

[XTankSlayerX]

Nope it wont!

[nixproducer]

Nope you should be good but if you can wait and save up then i would just get either the i5 4590/4690

[IIILvLZeroIII]

Ok thank you

[Cosmos]

Nope. If you're buying anything after Sandy Bridge it MIGHT "bottleneck" 5fps

holyshit your so smart

[SteveGrabowski]

At 1080p you should get an almost locked 60 FPS ultra on everything but Crysis 3 and shitty AC Unity. For Crysis 3 you might need to go to High system spec without an i7 and for AC Unity maybe you could do it with a Cannonlake i7.

[MysteryManMax]

Just don't play AC: Unity is what you should get out of this.

 

EDIT: You should be fine. Otherwise get an aftermarket cooler like a Hyper 212 Evo and OC a bit.

[ComradeHX]

Depends on the game, as usual.

[DJ_Deedahx]

Nope. If you're buying anything after Sandy Bridge it MIGHT "bottleneck" 5fps

AFTER Sandy Bridge? Uh, Haswell bottlenecks?...

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just don't play AC: Unity is what you should get out of this.

 

EDIT: You should be fine. Otherwise get an aftermarket cooler like a Hyper 212 Evo and OC a bit.

the core i5-4460 is a locked CPU it can't be overclocked and AC: Unity is a very fun games and run descent on strong hardware like that it's a good gaming experience you should try it out for yourself instead..

[i_build_nanosuits]

AFTER Sandy Bridge? Uh, Haswell bottlenecks?...

haswell is as good as it gets. he probably just meant if you get something older than sandy-bridge architecture there's a chance of you facing a 5FPS bottleneck

Which is completely stupid to say, it's not how that works it's a game by game case, a game can be either CPU limited or GPU limited to any degree accross the board.

Assuming it's even possible to get the average of how all the games run on a certain CPU it will still be incorrect, i can give him a sandy-bridge core i3 and it will bottleneck the shit out of this 970 but a bloomfield core i7-960 won't.

 

TO OP: the core i5-4460 is a very capable cpu in regards to gaming and you don't have to worry about it it's a good match for a GTX 970 even if you can't overclock it you don't need to do so.

[MysteryManMax]

the core i5-4460 is a locked CPU it can't be overclocked and AC: Unity is a very fun games and run descent on strong hardware like that it's a good gaming experience you should try it out for yourself instead..

then get the unlocked version 4690k lol. OP never said anything about a 4460...

[i_build_nanosuits]

then get the unlocked version 4690k lol. OP never said anything about a 4460...

i assumed it was out of budget...

[MysteryManMax]

i assumed it was out of budget...

The unlocked version is $20 dollars more, which is totally worth it, and if the OP is buying a 970 I hope he would be able to spend that. lol

[i_build_nanosuits]

The unlocked version is $20 dollars more, which is totally worth it, and if the OP is buying a 970 I hope he would be able to spend that. lol

it's a lot more than that..here:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($187.99 @ Directron)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $257.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 07:40 EST-0500

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.95 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $357.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 07:41 EST-0500

 

i hope your understand..

[IIILvLZeroIII]

Thanks everyone im going to get a i7 4790 instead thanks people

[totjup5]

Probably not.

[SteveGrabowski]

it's a lot more than that..here:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($187.99 @ Directron)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $257.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 07:40 EST-0500

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.95 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $357.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 07:41 EST-0500

 

i hope your understand..

 

The i5-4690k seems like one of the worst values in CPUs to me, and I have no idea why they're so popular. If you're buying an i5-4690k you need a $100 Z97 board instead of a $70 H97 board and a $30 cooler instead of the stock cooler, so your price is i5+Z97+cooler = $360. Might as well just spend $400 to get the H97 board and an i7-4790k with the stock cooler, since you know you're getting a chip binned to run 4.4GHz turbo on the stock cooler plus you get hyperthreading for a grand total of $40 more. You buy the 4690k and you're only getting a chip binned to a guaranteed 3.9GHz turbo on the stock cooler.

[i_build_nanosuits]

The i5-4690k seems like one of the worst values in CPUs to me, and I have no idea why they're so popular. If you're buying an i5-4690k you need a $100 Z97 board instead of a $70 H97 board and a $30 cooler instead of the stock cooler, so your price is i5+Z97+cooler = $360. Might as well just spend $400 to get the H97 board and an i7-4790k with the stock cooler, since you know you're getting a chip binned to run 4.4GHz turbo on the stock cooler plus you get hyperthreading for a grand total of $40 more. You buy the 4690k and you're only getting a chip binned to a guaranteed 3.9GHz turbo on the stock cooler.

i fully agree...hands down.

But in this case the user seem to be on a budget so an H97 + i5-4460 can be a good option for smaller budget gaming machine...and it still makes sense to pair a GTX 970 with this processor.

Not sure how a low clock core i5 will handle true next gen class GPU's in the future and evolving games but still it makes a good gaming rig for cheap IMHO

[SteveGrabowski]

i fully agree...hands down.

But in this case the user seem to be on a budget so an H97 + i5-4460 can be a good option for smaller budget gaming machine...and it still makes sense to pair a GTX 970 with this processor.

Not sure how a low clock core i5 will handle true next gen class GPU's in the future and evolving games but still it makes a good gaming rig for cheap IMHO

 

Oh yeah, I think locked i5's are great value. But with the platform cost of overclocking and no guarantee you hit more than 4.5 GHz or so on the i5-4690k, I don't see the sense when the superior i7-4790k + H97 platform is within $50. Well, unless you really enjoy overclocking, which I know a lot of people do (myself included). But dollar for dollar I think it's not a great value if you're just looking for performance and more concerned with the game you're playing than tweaking your system.

[SteveGrabowski]

In your case I might opt for the i5-4590, which is $195 currently at NCIX. Cheapest I have seen the i5-4460 from a retailer I trust is $190 at NCIX and newegg. I'd pay the extra $5 for the 300 MHz turbo bump. But the i5-4690 is a lot more expensive for 200 MHz more than the i5-4590, at $220 from NCIX.

 

Do you currently have a board, or is that you're something you're looking to buy now with the CPU and GPU?

[Vrbas]

I5 is all you need for gaming. The i7 is by no means superior than an i5 in games. Current gen i5 beats last gen i7 in most if not all games even ones that take advantage of hyperthreading. So enough with the "future proofing" BS. The 4790k is only slightly faster because yes the clock speed is more, not worth the extra money when you can just overclock the i5. I'm not bashing the i7 its just not needed for games if that's all you are going to do.

[i_build_nanosuits]

I5 is all you need for gaming. The i7 is by no means superior than an i5 in games. Current gen i5 beats last gen i7 in most if not all games even ones that take advantage of hyperthreading. So enough with the "future proofing" BS. The 4790k is only slightly faster because yes the clock speed is more, not worth the extra money when you can just overclock the i5. I'm not bashing the i7 its just not needed for games if that's all you are going to do.

many games take advantage of more threads nowadays and if you would have enough GPU horsepower to correctly highlight the performance difference between both CPU's you would notice the i7 can be quite a bit better in many AAA titles...but with current games that difference is shown only at above 120FPS thus irrelevant...but over time as games will get more and more advanced physics and will require more cpu processing power that 120FPS will slowly drop and you'll have to turn some settings down much earlier on the i5 then you would on an i7...the i7 will be relevant to gaming longer than the i5 it's a given.

[Vrbas]

many games take advantage of more threads nowadays and if you would have enough GPU horsepower to correctly highlight the performance difference between both CPU's you would notice the i7 can be quite a bit better in many AAA titles...but with current games that difference is shown only at above 120FPS thus irrelevant...but over time as games will get more and more advanced physics and will require more cpu processing power that 120FPS will slowly drop and you'll have to turn some settings down much earlier on the i5 then you would on an i7...the i7 will be relevant to gaming longer than the i5 it's a given.

hasn't that been said each generation before? Like I said the current gen I5 out performs later gen i7s right now even in games that use hyperthreading.