Will a i5-4690k bottleneck two 4K display?

[d4rkwizo]

I plan on getting two 4K monitors. One of which will be used for gaming.

 

Linus went with a 4690k for the $2000-ish rig on the Holiday Buyer's Guide 2014. He said it was the best option if it was mostly used for gaming, which I am.

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However, Linus went with a i7-4930k for the ULTIMATE 4K Gaming PC Build Guide.

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Also, Linus went with a FX-6350 for the 4K Gaming PC for Under $1000.

[https://youtu.be/j4xDfEOGONw?t=2m37s]

 

Again, I am NOT planning on gaming on both 4K monitors (that will be weird anyways to have a black frame in the middle). I am only gaming on ONE of them.

The reason why I want 2 4K monitors is that I will like to be able to enjoy things outside of gaming(such as web browsing, social media, etc) in 4K resolution AND in both monitors.

 

I feel like the FX-6350 will bottleneck TWO 4K monitors, while the i7-4930k is a little bit too much for my budget. Thus leading to my conclusion that the i5-4690k would be the sweet spot for my purpose: enjoy contents in two 4K monitors, and heavy gaming on one of them.

 

Please feel free to correct my conclusion.

[AlwaysFSX]

How would it...?

[Mao_Zedong]

The resolutions shouldn't matter much for the CPU, so it will be fine. The reason better CPUs are in builds for higher resolutions is that the other parts are more expensive, so it isn't as big of a deal for the price difference. You only need a CPU higher than the 4690k if you are doing some productivity work like video editing.

[oxhee]

Well, in fact the i5 itself would not bottleneck the two screen, but since you need a hell lot of power to power these two screen, you will likely go with a sli or crossfire config, wich is great, but since the cpu only has 16 pcie express lane, that would mean you could not do three way sli, and if you go two way, it would put your card in 8x

[Sauron]

No.

[alicskysareblue]

its perfectly fine you will however need very powerful gpu's

[costacis21]

you would benefit with a better cpu, because more expensive cpus tend to have more pci lanes available hence GPUs have higher bandwidth which will be beneficial if you are gaming on a high resolution. On the other hand, i believe that if you are gaming on a single 4k panel, you should be good with an i5.

[Vebb]

I would not recommend buying a 4690k series at this point, the new generation of intel processors are just around the corner. Probably may...

 

Get the 5820k, the 4670k is probably going to run close to a 100% while gaming. Not recommended, for the graphic cards you are looking at at least 2x980 (nvidia), 2x290x will be the best budget option. Or a 295x2 if you can get one. If you want fraps all the time over 60 you'll need 1 titan X maybe 2 for newer game-titles. 

 

The 970 can't handle newer game-titles in 4k, games like dota and league of legends is fine at 4k with only 1 970 or 1 280x / 290.

[Glenwing]

CPU has absolutely nothing to do with the display. Higher resolution has zero impact on CPU load unless it's making objects appear in the game that weren't there before (i.e. wider aspect ratio)

[Watsyurdeal]

With a good overclock? LoL no, it'll be fine.