what cpu? (gaming)

[Heatghost]

i dont know if ill be over clocking i was thinking of using OC genie 4 (MSI) idk if its safe/good though.

gpu : GTX 980 

should i get i5 4690k or i7 4790k

[Wiflare]

overclocking is pretty simple, actually. save $100 and get a 4690k.

[Bogica]

Get an i5 and get a good cooler and OC. An i7 for gaming is a waste of money because you won't get any performance over the i5. While a better cooler will provide higher clocks.

[FireFox]

Intel Pentium Pro clocked at 150MHz would be killer dude

 

Ohh wait, it isn't the early 1990's.

 

The Core i5-4670K/4690K would be all the CPU you will ever need mate. You wouldn't even need to upgrade for 4-5 years, my Core i5-2500K is coming up to 4 years old and the performance is still damn good and will be for several more years at least. Intel Core i5-2500K vs Core i5-4690K I don't even think there is a vast difference between them.

[Heatghost]

Get an i5 and get a good cooler and OC. An i7 for gaming is a waste of money because you won't get any performance over the i5. While a better cooler will provide higher clocks.

thanks guys! ive been told the noctua nh d15 is as good as water most water coolers i wanted your opinions and even if i dont overclock for the first year or so will the cpu bottleneck my gpu?

[IP man]

thanks guys! ive been told the noctua nh d15 is as good as water most water coolers i wanted your opinions and even if i dont overclock for the first year or so will the cpu bottleneck my gpu?

The cpu will eat the card at stock. it will NOT bottleneck in any way.

[SteveGrabowski]

I'd get a 4790k if it's not going to eat out of your GPU budget. Hyperthreading does a little more than raw clockspeed for well threaded games, which seem like they should become the norm for AAA games with the consoles being octacores and without the XBox 360 as a lowest common denominator any more for developers. And with the 4790k you get the best of both worlds with the hyperthreading and raw clockspeed, whereas with the 4690k you'd only get the raw clockspeed.