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Hey guys, after 3 good years of enjoying my Phenom II 960t, I've decided it's time for an upgrade. The three CPUs I'm deciding between, to pair with my GTX 970 are, the i5-4690K, FX-8350, and FX-6350.

 

I'd obviously like to save money if I can, though, if it's decided the more expensive one is indeed necessary then so be it, I'm open to AMD and Intel either way, I don't really have an bias. I've read lots of reviews about all of them, and it seems that even the 6350 might make a decent gaming CPU, but, I have no actual experience with it, so.. I play modded Skyrim a lot, as well as Far Cry 4, AC:Unity, and Battlefield 4. I also intend to upgrade to a 1440p monitor in the future.

 

I know that Intel is better in the per core department, though AMD brings some very good value to the market.. And, this may be a vain reason against the i5 but.. I love ASUS, but I really dislike the gold motherboards they have now for the Z97 chipsets..

 

Anyway, thanks in advance guys.  :D

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I'd get the i5-4690k.

 

Reasons: it's faster, more powerful, and can be upgraded later.

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4690k
and get a Z97-A or AR, one of them is silver, not sure which though :P

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If your only reason against the i5 is the gold color scheme of Asus' motherboards there are still some options out there. Go with the Z97 Sabertooth, Z97-AR, one of the Maximus VII boards, or another brand like Gigabyte.

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Actually, I've seen several benchmark videos where the 8350 and 4690 are neck and neck.

 

And the 8350 is about $60-70 cheaper.

There's one game where the 8350 beats the 4690k, and that's in Dragon Age Inquisition and it's by 1-2 fps.

There are many games where the 8350 performs very poorly, and in those games, you'll be wishing you had a 4690k. MMOs and games like Arma 3/DayZ are generally at a MUCH lower framerate (20-30) than Intel due to the 8350's lack of strong cores. The 4690k performs admirably in every game, unlike the 8350.

 

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Actually, I've seen several benchmark videos where the 8350 and 4690 are neck and neck.

 

And the 8350 is about $60-70 cheaper.

It's not the Tek Syndicate one is it?

 

Something is wrong with their benchmark methodology.

 

Anyway in multithreaded a 8350 is 10% faster than a 4690K at the same clock.

 

In 4 core or below tasks a 4690K is 90% faster than a 8350 at the same clock.

 

Most tasks use 4 cores or below.

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It's not the Tek Syndicate one is it?

 

Something is wrong with their benchmark methodology.

 

Anyway in multithreaded a 8350 is 10% faster than a 4690K at the same clock.

 

In 4 core or below tasks a 4690K is 90% faster than a 8350 at the same clock.

 

Most tasks use 4 cores or below.

 

Yeah.. not too long after I made this post I found this video:

 

 

That pretty much sealed the deal for me, I'm willing to pay the extra bit for that performance increase.

 

(Also found a ASUS Maximus VI Hero Z87 on sale for $115.  :D)

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Yeah.. not too long after I made this post I found this video:

 

 

That pretty much sealed the deal for me, I'm willing to pay the extra bit for that performance increase.

 

(Also found a ASUS Maximus VI Hero Z87 on sale for $115.  :D)

Not a bad choice. Just keep in mind that Z87 boards may require a UEFI update prior to using Devil's canyon CPUs.

 

But with USB BIOS Flashback on ASUS boards you can do that without any CPU/RAM installed (pretty nifty imo).

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Not a bad choice. Just keep in mind that Z87 boards may require a UEFI update prior to using Devil's canyon CPUs.

 

But with USB BIOS Flashback on ASUS boards you can do that without any CPU/RAM installed (pretty nifty imo).

 

Yeah thanks for the heads up, I saw on some of the reviews people mentioned they had to update the BIOS before it worked properly.  :)

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