4460, 4690K or 4790K

[Rawity]

Hello, I'm about to buy the parts for my PC, but I've no idea of which CPU to pick.

 

I was thinking about 4460, 4690K or 4790K (Not going lower than i5) 

 

I WON'T be overclocking at all 

 

I'll mainly be gaming, recording a video once a month lel, and little bit of PhotoShop.

 

Also, I've a question about ''Multitasking'' is it listening to music in the background w/ 10-20 pages open on Chrome (I'll be doing that) or heavy stuff like gaming and rendering at the same time?

 

Alrighty, for my specs, I've decided to go with:

 

MSI GTX 970 - I'll be gaming at 1080p on high settings, so this card should be the perfect one - Love the MSI looks 

 

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - This will be my storage for the most frequently played games, and for Windows.

 

Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM (Can't remember the exact name, but I'll take whatever colour is the best)

 

Corsair 250D - The reason I'm going with this case is because I'm gonna be moving the computer weekly (Parents doesn't live together)

 

Gigabyte Z97N Mini ATX - This fits my case perfectly, and is the cheapest Z97 Mini ATX I could find. 

 

Cooler - Stock one (Wish I could use the 212 Evo, but my case doesn't support it :L) 

 

That should be about it, hope you can help me decide.

Best regards, Rawity

[SeanAngelo]

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go for a 4690 with a H97 motherboard then seeing as you won't be overclocking at all.

[Goldensapling]

go for a 4690 with a H97 motherboard then seeing as you won't be overclocking at all.

^^^^^^^ This or you could get a 4590 or 4460

[SteveGrabowski0]

The i5-4590 or i5-4690 would be great choices. No need for a $108 Z97 board if you won't overclock though, especially when you can find mini ITX wifi H97 boards like the ASRock H97M-ITX/ac for $70.

[Compgeek]

If you realy won't be oc go for E3 1231v3 Xeon and get a better gpu or something.

[SteveGrabowski0]

I you won't be oc go for E3 1231v3 Xeon

 

Yeah, the Xeon E3-1231v3 is a tremendous chip if he's willing to go up to $250.

[Compgeek]

Also where are you from and can you get a slim noctua cooler or something for your cpu?

[SteveGrabowski0]

If you're using the stock cooler I think that pretty much eliminates the i7-4790k. I would never want to run a chip that can run at such high voltages stock on the stock cooler. You might get lucky and get a chip that can do 4.2 GHz all cores on the stock cooler without getting insanely hot. or you could get a crappy one like the one anandtech reviewed that needed 1.273V at stock. 

[Compgeek]

Yeah, the Xeon E3-1231v3 is a tremendous chip if he's willing to go up to $250.

Well it's cheaper than i7 4790K and a bit more than i5 4690K.

[Mao_Zedong]

Get a xeon 1231 v3 and an cheaper motherboard. There are many decent options, but the asrock h97m ac is probably the best value.

 

 

If you're using the stock cooler I think that pretty much eliminates the i7-4790k. I would never want to run a chip that can run at such high voltages stock on the stock cooler. You might get lucky and get a chip that can do 4.2 GHz all cores on the stock cooler without getting insanely hot. or you could get a crappy one like the one anandtech reviewed that needed 1.273V at stock. 

He said he wouldn't overclock...

[Compgeek]

If you're using the stock cooler I think that pretty much eliminates the i7-4790k. I would never want to run a chip that can run at such high voltages stock on the stock cooler. You might get lucky and get a chip that can do 4.2 GHz all cores on the stock cooler without getting insanely hot. or you could get a crappy one like the one anandtech reviewed that needed 1.273V at stock. 

He won't be overclocking it so... And he can fit a slim aftermarket cooler like a Be quiet shadowrocl LP at least.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Just because he's not overclocking doesn't mean an i7-4790k wouldn't make sense. It's still 500MHz faster on all cores turbo than any other CPU on the market at stock speeds. If the op is willing to pay for a nice aftermarket cooler the 4790k is by far the best processor to get. But then I would definitely stick with a Z97 board since I have heard of 4790k CPUs needing as much as 1.3V to run at stock speeds.

[Compgeek]

Intel Xeon E3 1231v3 

MSI GTX 970

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM black

Corsair 250D

Be Quiet Shadowrock LP

ASRock H97M/ITX ac

This should work for you.

[SteveGrabowski0]

 

Intel Xeon E3 1231v3 

MSI GTX 970

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM black

Corsair 250D

Be Quiet Shadowrock LP

ASRock H97M Anniversary

This should work for you.

 

 

For a Xeon E3 I'd personally hold off on the aftermarket cooler unless the chip he gets is a lousy one. I live in hot ass Texas and my E3-1231v3 still runs in the 60C range in long gaming sessions on the stock cooler, even when set to be pinned at the 3.6 GHz all cores turbo. Pretty quiet too.

[SteveGrabowski0]

If you're gaming with 10-20 tabs open though, I'd suggest 12-16 GB of RAM. GTA V can use up to 6.5GB or so of RAM on my 8GB system, and I almost never run it with memory hungry Chrome also open.

[ChrisCross]

For a Xeon E3 I'd personally hold off on the aftermarket cooler unless the chip he gets is a lousy one. I live in hot ass Texas and my E3-1231v3 still runs in the 60C range in long gaming sessions on the stock cooler, even when set to be pinned at the 3.6 GHz all cores turbo. Pretty quiet too.

Well the xeon parts run cooler than the i7 ones but still I would definitely recommend an aftermarket cooler. For the quietness alone it is totally worth it in my opinion.

Keep in mind you don't have an igpu on the xeon so for multimonitor setups I would go for the i7.

*EDIT: Tabmonsters need 16gb ram

[ThomasD]

Just because he's not overclocking doesn't mean an i7-4790k wouldn't make sense. It's still 500MHz faster on all cores turbo than any other CPU on the market at stock speeds. If the op is willing to pay for a nice aftermarket cooler the 4790k is by far the best processor to get. But then I would definitely stick with a Z97 board since I have heard of 4790k CPUs needing as much as 1.3V to run at stock speeds.

It also gives him the option to change his mind later about not overclocking, or a few years down the road it provides better resale value to someone looking to overclock a "dated" chip.

[Nena Trinity]

First one is best if you wont OC the next for OC and last is overkill!

[Compgeek]

Get a xeon 1231 v3 and an cheaper motherboard. There are many decent options, but the asrock h97m ac is probably the best value.

 

 

He said he wouldn't overclock...

It's good to have 4 ram slots so anniversary edition would be better.

EDIT: Sorry i didn't notice it's an ITX case.

[Compgeek]

Is something like this OK? Similar parts from your country.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CgpLk

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CgpLk/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Silverstone NT06-PRO 74.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($96.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($348.89 @ B&H) 

Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  ($80.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1153.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 10:50 EDT-0400

[Compgeek]

i7 version

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/byQBt6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/byQBt6/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Silverstone NT06-PRO 74.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($123.99 @ Directron) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($96.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($348.89 @ B&H) 

Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  ($80.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1271.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 10:53 EDT-0400