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i'm fairly new to my setup and not sure when I should upgrade my processor.

 

I currently have the Intel I5 4460 3.2 Ghz

I've been looking at the Intel I5 4690k and the I7 4790k

Should I upgrade fairly soon or wait?

 

I'm going to play games like GTA V and cod and/or cs

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No point. In games the performance will be identical. 

Wait till Cannon Lake at ABSOLUTE EARLIEST to upgrade. Probably the CPU after, or when Silicon is ditched for germanium.

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Nah, no need to upgrade now. That i5 you have is perfectly fine :)

You should wait at least for Skylake (rumored to be talked about at GamesCom, in August) and probably no need to upgrade by that point too..

 

No point. In games the performance will be identical. 

Wait till Cannon Lake at ABSOLUTE EARLIEST to upgrade.

Cannon lake? Is that rumored to be after Skylake?  :huh:

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Nah, no need to upgrade now. That i5 you have is perfectly fine :)

You should wait at least for Skylake (rumored to be talked about at GamesCom, in August) and probably no need to upgrade by that point too..

 

Cannon lake? Is that rumored to be after Skylake?  :huh:

Yes, it's confirmed to be the die Shrink. That's probably gonna be a ~15% performance improvement tops over Haswell, so he should probably wait till the next architecture.

 

I just don't know it's name so I didn't say that  :rolleyes:

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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No point. In games the performance will be identical. 

Wait till Cannon Lake at ABSOLUTE EARLIEST to upgrade. Probably the CPU after, or when Silicon is ditched for germanium.

 

 

Nah, no need to upgrade now. That i5 you have is perfectly fine :)

You should wait at least for Skylake (rumored to be talked about at GamesCom, in August) and probably no need to upgrade by that point too..

 

Cannon lake? Is that rumored to be after Skylake?  :huh:

 

 

Yes, it's confirmed to be the die Shrink. That's probably gonna be a ~15% performance improvement tops over Haswell, so he should probably wait till the next architecture.

 

I just don't know it's name so I didn't say that  :rolleyes:

Thanks for the help guys!  :)

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