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Hello everyone,

     My friend is building his first Computer and dose a lot of gaming on Civ 5, EU4, banished. With the new system he might expand into more games like far cry or what not. He has a very tight budget and is stuck between an FX 8350, I5 4460, I5 4690k. Which one would give him the best price to performance for multi threaded games. 

 

 

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Josh

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i5-4690K hands down...with a Z97 motherboard.

If this is overpriced (probably is) then the i5-4460 and a cheap H97 motherboard is the next best thing...

 

AMD FX for these games is like...down there bellow...do not buy that it's crap for gaming.

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As said above 4690K W/ Z97, 4460 with H97, FX Series...

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Take out the AMD CPU away from the equation (weaker single cores). The 4460 is adequate, but if he wants to overclock go with the K processor.

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4690k and he won't regret it

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i5-4690K hands down...with a Z97 motherboard.

If this is overpriced (probably is) then the i5-4460 and a cheap H97 motherboard is the next best thing...

 

AMD FX for these games is like...down there bellow...do not buy that it's crap for gaming.

 

 

As said above 4690K W/ Z97, 4460 with H97, FX Series...

How about the i5 4690k with as H81 board?  and a GTX 660 3Gb 

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How about the i5 4690k with as H81 board?  and a GTX 660 3Gb 

There would be no point in getting a 4690K with an H81 board... A 4440 with an H81 would be good.

Just remember: Random people on the internet ALWAYS know more than professionals, when someone's lying, AND can predict the future.

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isn't the I5 4690 a better chip? or is the performance negligible when dealing with that baord

You'll litteraly be wasting money... No point in a K Series CPU with out a Z series MoBo... You can use the money you save by that Combo on a better GPU...

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Well what if he got a i5 4690, none K

The performance gains still, would be negligible... The money your saving with the 4440 could easily be put into, say a better GPU.

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Well what if he got a i5 4690, none K

i5-4440 and H81 board is cheap as it gets.

i5-4460 or i5-4590 and H97 motherboard is a little better (CPU is clocked a little faster and the motherboard has more features and connectivity)

if you need more than that then it's the unlocked i5-4690K and Z97 motherboard that way he could overclock the CPU and get more out of it, the other cpu are locked therefore no overclocking (not required)

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