Need help picking cpu for gaming!

[ProfessorChaos]

The three questions i have are is it more important to have better single threading, how much do the GHz affect the FPS, and what do logical cores do on AMD processors.  

 

Here are a few CPUs im looking at

1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372&cm_re=intel_core_i5-_-19-117-372-_-Product

2)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113347&ignorebbr=1

[Krzyimprt]

Definately the i5 for gaming. Games favor faster stronger cores as opposed to 4 weak ones.

[Enderman]

4690k for sure

 

I could explain why it is better than any AMD CPU in 99% of everything, but that would take a while and you should take my word for it

Let's jsut say that core performance is much more important that core count (past 4 cores or course, 2 core CPUs can be a bottleneck)

[AlRayes_BRN]

i5 for gaming for sure

[TheKDub]

I5 All the way.

 

Games don't use more than 4 cores at this point in time, so an octo-core CPU won't do much to benefit you.

(There are a few games that do, but its not worth it)

[TheSLSAMG]

Okay, first off, fuck the FX 9590. It's completely useless as an option in the market, an i7 outclasses it in almost every way, and it consumes too much power and produces too much heat. Also, it requires a high end motherboard.

 

The 9590 is an FX 8350 that is overclocked to 5.0GHz. The i5 will undoubtedly be better for gaming across the board after overclocking. It's also better at power consumption, heat output, etc.

 

We can all go on about why the i5 is better than the FX 9590, but we also think that you should trust us.