i7 6700 or i7 4790

[ZyroSirus]

Is it worth spending the extra 25 euro on a i7 6700 when my current build with a gtx 970 windforce and currently a 4790 is €800? Would i get much of a performance improvement?

[21rkosta]

well if a skylake mobo costs the same amount as your current mobo and all you have to pay is an extra 25 euro i would say yes

[don_svetlio]

If you haven't bought the 970 yet don't waste your money on it. 3.5GB of VRAM is not enough anymore even at 1080p. You want to go for a 1060 or 480 (whichever is cheapest)

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If you haven't bought the 970 yet don't waste your money on it. 3.5GB of VRAM is not enough anymore even at 1080p. You want to go for a 1060 or 480 (whichever is cheapest)

depends on what you play, but yeah one of the new gen is worth the price

[pwn_intended]

29 minutes ago, ZyroSirus said:

Is it worth spending the extra 25 euro on a i7 6700 when my current build with a gtx 970 windforce and currently a 4790 is €800? Would i get much of a performance improvement?

For such a modest price bump, I would totally say to go for skylake. However if you already have a 4790, then I would say that upgrading would not be worthwhile.

[nateGGct]

Since it is only a little bit more, I would say go for the 6700.

[TurkarYash]

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790

 

As you can see the single core performance of the 4790 is a bit more than 6700 so it doesnt really matter

i think you should go for a better card rather than spending the extra $25 on the processor

 

[ZyroSirus]

Ok on amazon.co.uk theres a used i7 6700 for £243 in amazon warehouse and a new i7 4790 for £259 which would be a better option to buy?

[Remixt]

Really depends on the condition of the item. the 6700 would be better if it works.

[pwn_intended]

it depends on whether you already have a motherboard.

If not, then the 6700 is by far the better option.

[pcshme33]

you can probably get a used 4790k for the price of that new 4790 

[Imakuni]

18 minutes ago, TurkarYash said:

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790

 

As you can see the single core performance of the 4790 is a bit more than 6700 so it doesnt really matter

i think you should go for a better card rather than spending the extra $25 on the processor

For starters, don't use CPUBoss. That site is pretty much useless. Second, the 4790 is not better than a 6700, as far as raw performance is concerned.

 

But anyway, if it's only 25€ for Skylake and DDR4, I'd say it's well worth getting the 6700 over a 4790. It's not as if you could get a much better GPU with that money anyway.