Need Gaming CPU recommendations

[Dalvin]

 Which cpu to get ? I7 4790k or i5 4690k? Im using gigabyte z97x gaming 3 motherboard and gigabyte gtx 980 ti g1. Which one would be a better choice?

Still confuse which one to get. Some says i5 better for gaming some says i7

[Oshino Shinobu]

If you're just gaming, the i5 is your best choice. 

[rtpb5642]

i7 is the best if u can afford it along with a 980ti but it will only get about 5 more fps over a 4690k

[Comessy]

What will it be used for?

[Fatelinha]

It depends on whether or not you are doing or planning to any any video editing or 3D rendering and stuff. If you do it is 4790k all the way, if not the 4690k is a hell of a processor for gaming that rivals the i7 for almost half the price. #StealinOthersComments

[Misanthrope]

The i5 can mostly max out any gaming needs, particularly with overclocks. Hyper threading only gives you an advantage on heavily multi threaded applications (which virtually do not exist in gaming, even supposedly multi threaded games usually gain close to 0 benefits after 4 threads) which is mainly video editing, video rendering, some server programs I doubt you'll be using

 

Some might say that you can benefit from the stronger CPU with game streaming which is rather CPU intensive if you use only your CPU but both AMD and Nvidia have options to do the video encoding with the GPU and not the GPU and you even have the option of using the mostly wasted igpu with intel chips. I've used AMD VCE with OBS and had 0 impact on my gaming, works like a charm.

[Dalvin]

Im doing streaming gaming , and multitasking thou ._. Istill cant get a clear answer

[TheRetiredSlave]

The i7 is better than the i5 in any task. The i5 is cheaper.. 

 

In gaming alone, the i5 performs so close to the i7 (pretty much the same) that you're better off saving money and going with the i5. This is why people call i5's the best gaming CPUs. The i7 only really justifies its extra cost in heavier multithreaded tasks like video editing.

 

If you can easily afford the i7, there's nothing wrong with getting that. If your budget is tighter, I would recommend the i5. Its performance will not hold you back. Unless you're doing serious video editing or something like that, you probably won't notice a real world difference between the two.

[Guest trucker2]

Xeon 1231 v3

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-future-proofing-your-pc-for-next-gen

[ker2015]

Which cpu to get ? I7 4790k or i5 4690k? Im using gigabyte z97x gaming 3 motherboard and gigabyte gtx 980 ti g1. Which one would be a better choice?

Still confuse which one to get. Some says i5 better for gaming some says i7

i5-4690k is a better choice for gaming. The i7-4790k costs more or less $100 more than the i5 and only adds around 2 frames.

[kameshss]

i5 is best suit for your need.