i5 4690k...

[Yiz]

Just wondering if I made a mistake choosing the i5 4690k. I mostly game but I feel like a lot of people have been saying games in the near future might use more than 4 cores (I know some do already). I just want to hear some opinions thanks!

[givingtnt]

no you masde a great choice with the 4690k. it is a great cpu. some games will start using more that 4 cores. but that isin't making much of a difference now. and I don't think it will change that soon. you are more than ok with what you have now

[Tedster]

I'm going to upgrade to the 4690k soon.

 

And no, you've definitely taken the right path.

[PercySavageEG]

Just wondering if I made a mistake choosing the i5 4690k. I mostly game but I feel like a lot of people have been saying games in the near future might use more than 4 cores (I know some do already). I just want to hear some opinions thanks!

I think you made a great choice, if you are only planning to play games, I have a feeling the 4690k will serves you well for quite a long time, not a bad choice at all 

[LIGISTX]

You are fine, just overclock it to 4.5 ghz and it will be great for years!

[ind3x]

Even if new games will start using more cores it doesn't mean they won't work with 4 cores. The 4690k is more than anough for a good amount of time. You can even overclock it and really get some power out of it!

[mosin40]

You won't regret it

[Yiz]

Thanks, it's good to know others agree. I did do my research for my PC but I just wanted to see what everyone else thought.

[D3MON]

people call me an amd fanboy for recommending amd (despite the fact i also recommend intel).
i'd say its only a poor choice if either it doesn't perform up to your requirements (wether it be down to you cost cutting too much or simply a bad product)
or if you paid more than you should for something only to get equal performance to something else (wether it be down to falling a victim to bias and "elitist" fanboys or it being down to a company just charging too much....apple).
my fx8 has yet to struggle with anything i've thrown at it and even with a motherboard cost less and an i5k, however if my needs were something like a home theatre pc my choice would of been terrible, it wouldn't of been the best choice for a "company covering the budget" if i was getting a company workstation (5820k!!).

best way to reconsile if you have your doubts is to use it more, give it some stick! try and make her struggle and see if it justifies what you paid for it (you'd hope ferrari owners would cain it once in a while...)

edit- games already use more than 4 cores, that doesnt mean its a requirement... personally i like being able to set half my cpu to a game and have the other half free to work on something else at the same time.

[Yiz]

people call me an amd fanboy for recommending amd (despite the fact i also recommend intel).

i'd say its only a poor choice if either it doesn't perform up to your requirements (wether it be down to you cost cutting too much or simply a bad product)

or if you paid more than you should for something only to get equal performance to something else (wether it be down to falling a victim to bias and "elitist" fanboys or it being down to a company just charging too much....apple).

my fx8 has yet to struggle with anything i've thrown at it and even with a motherboard cost less and an i5k, however if my needs were something like a home theatre pc my choice would of been terrible, it wouldn't of been the best choice for a "company covering the budget" if i was getting a company workstation (5820k!!).

best way to reconsile if you have your doubts is to use it more, give it some stick! try and make her struggle and see if it justifies what you paid for it (you'd hope ferrari owners would cain it once in a while...)

edit- games already use more than 4 cores, that doesnt mean its a requirement... personally i like being able to set half my cpu to a game and have the other half free to work on something else at the same time.

I will say I got my motherboard and cpu in a combo deal on newegg for $60 off, so that is a pretty crazy deal so I can defiantly justify the cost.

[bomerr]

If you have the budget then ya you made a mistake not getting the 5820k; especially if you are around Detroit because there is a Microcenter there. 

[Enderman]

In about 5 years more games will be using 8 cores. You will probably upgrade your CPU is less than 5 years, so its not a big deal.

[eelnico09]

You're never wrong if you choose an i5 for gaming.

[BaSkA]

If your only concern is with games, worry not, the i5 is fine and more than 4 cores is hardly used by any games.

I can't really see games taking real advantage of multiple cores now or in the future, at least not all genres of games. You're fine about that.

 

If you stream while playing, like to do some crazy shit running all at the same time then you might feel the 4790k would've been a better choice but, honestly, you probably won't.

[SirRoderick]

If you have the budget then ya you made a mistake not getting the 5820k; especially if you are around Detroit because there is a Microcenter there. 

...but that CPU needs a different mobo and DDR4, all of which is way more expensive.

[bomerr]

...but that CPU needs a different mobo and DDR4, all of which is way more expensive.

I wish people would stop saying that because it depends on the deals you find.

 

Besides my RAM which I got from newegg, I bought everything from Microcenter using their deals or Price Match.

Given how loaded X99 motherboards are, you can see I didn't spend much more than a comparable 4790k setup.

 

linky: (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sXkqWZ

[Matimo]

Amd makes CPUs with more cores, because they NEED to. Their architecture isn't as advanced as Intel's, so to keep performance comparable it is important that they have more cores in the CPU. Intel CPUs generally perform better than comparably priced AMD ones on one core. Across multiple cores AMD may have the advantage, particularly for video editing and >4-core-utilising-games, but it's the sacrafice between fewer, more efficient cores and more, less-efficent cores. That's the biggest difference between Intel and AMD, particularly around this price bracket.

[harrynowl]

nah you're good.

[SirRoderick]

I wish people would stop saying that because it depends on the deals you find.

 

Besides my RAM which I got from newegg, I bought everything from Microcenter using their deals or Price Match.

Given how loaded X99 motherboards are, you can see I didn't spend much more than a comparable 4790k setup.

 

linky: (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sXkqWZ

I did a quick experiment and I came up with an i5 build that was about 250 dollars cheaper just by swapping out mobo, RAM and CPU. And I didn't even hunt for a deal.

 

If that isn't significant enough to keep in consideration for you then you have more disposable income than me.

[bomerr]

I did a quick experiment and I came up with an i5 build that was about 250 dollars cheaper just by swapping out mobo, RAM and CPU.

 

If that isn't significant enough to keep in consideration for you then you have more disposable income than me.

nope,

 

250 dollars to go from:

4 core no hyper threading to 6-core hyper threading 

&

DDR3 to DDR4 ram

Seems justifiable.

 

I consider significance when the cost savings = 1 extra graphic card. (GTX 980 in this case)

[SirRoderick]

nope,

 

250 dollars to go from:

4 core no hyper threading to 6-core hyper threading 

&

DDR3 to DDR4 ram

Seems justifiable.

 

I consider significance when the cost savings = 1 extra graphic card. (GTX 980 in this case)

 

It doesn't matter if it's justifiable in price/raw performance. For gaming it is totally overkill and maybe some people actually have a budget they are not willing or able to exceed. Personal thing I suppose

[bomerr]

It doesn't matter if it's justifiable in price/raw performance. For gaming it is totally overkill and maybe some people actually have a budget they are not willing or able to exceed. Personal thing I suppose

 

Maybe right now that is true but once 6-core intel CPUs became mainstream I'll still be good-to-go whereas the i5 will require an update; I figure an extra year or two of life for the system is worth that extra 250 dollars. 

[SirRoderick]

Maybe right now that is true but once 6-core intel CPUs became mainstream I'll still be good-to-go whereas the i5 will require an update; a figure an extra year or two of life for the system is worth that extra 250 dollars. 

Not convinced that the I5 would be unable to follow so quickly, keeping in mind how many older Intel Chips are still viable. But again, if you don't have budget concerns it's a different matter.

[BaSkA]

Because Intel and AMD have different families of processors, less capable, slower clocks, less cores, no HT/SMT, smaller cache, etc because budget is meaningless.

People buy i3, i5, Celeron because they want to, obviously, no other reason.

[bomerr]

Not convinced that the I5 would be unable to follow so quickly, keeping in mind how many older Intel Chips are still viable. But again, if you don't have budget concerns it's a different matter.

 

You can see that there is already a difference between the 4670k and the 5820k in games that are optimized for more cores like BF4.