Gaming Processor [Question]

[DemShotz]

Hello people of the Internet!

I have a question. What is the best purchasable CPU for the Intel LGA1150 socket? I'm trying to upgrade my PC. (Currently an i5-4690k) but I need a little more firepower with it, also the knowledge of the LGA1150 socket CPU's would be very useful.

Thanks for your replies!

[Kyuubixchidori]

Hello people of the Internet!

I have a question. What is the best purchasable CPU for the Intel LGA1150 socket? I'm trying to upgrade my PC. (Currently an i5-4690k) but I need a little more firepower with it, also the knowledge of the LGA1150 socket CPU's would be very useful.

Thanks for your replies!

you could throw a I7 in there, but in 99% of gaming cases there will be ZERO benefit. to help with gaming, get a stronger gpu to go along with the I5.

 

 

what graphics card do you have?

[pomaranc]

4790K is the best CPU for gaming but you will get like 0-3FPS more, there is no point in upgrading from 4690K for gaming.

[LIGISTX]

What do you intend to do with this computer? The 4690k is one of the best CPU's out there. Overclock it to like 4.4-4.5 ghz and as far as gaming goes, nothing can touch that. If you do video editing, I suppose an i7 would be useful. But I don't think it makes a lot of sense to go from the best i5 to any i7 unless you really need those hyper threaded cores.

[LIGISTX]

4790K is the best CPU for gaming but you will get like 0-3FPS more, there is no point in upgrading from 4690K for gaming.

Actually i7's typically do the same, or slightly worse than i5's. But its basically a wash, they are equivalent for gaming.

[pomaranc]

Actually i7's typically do the same, or slightly worse than i5's. But its basically a wash, they are equivalent for gaming.

In benchmarks I saw i7 had a slight edge but the difference was so small it could have been in a margin of error

[dustySoda]

That i5 will be good enough for gaming. If you're wanting to increase gaming performance, I'd recommended a better GPU. 

 

Edit: Looking at your previous posts, I'm guessing you have a R9 290 Windforce, which is already a bitchin card if you ask me. So maybe an upgrade towards the 300 series might give you the boost you're looking for.

 http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/350692-radeon-r9-290-windforce-oc-144hz-issue/#entry4769616

[nfank]

 

what do you need cpu for? if its for gaming stick with your current one

for more performance in games look at better video cards

[typographie]

Hello people of the Internet!

I have a question. What is the best purchasable CPU for the Intel LGA1150 socket? I'm trying to upgrade my PC. (Currently an i5-4690k) but I need a little more firepower with it, also the knowledge of the LGA1150 socket CPU's would be very useful.

Thanks for your replies!

 

The i5-4690K is already one of the best CPUs available for gaming on that or any platform. As said above, only the i7-4790K is "better," and that's only because it adds Hyperthreading. Most games will run approximately the same on either processor.

 

Even a $1000 i7-5960X (with a new motherboard) wouldn't make a noticeable difference in most games—it might even be slower in some due to relaxed clock frequencies. These are all the same Haswell cores, so after the i5 it just becomes a question of how many of those cores are going to get used.

[DemShotz]

Okay thank you all for the replies! I was already going to get a new mobo and power supply and run my r9 290's in crossfire because it'll just be a lot easier for me. I didn't think the CPU made that little difference. Everyone I look at task manager while playing CSGO my CPU is almost always under 100% load. I'll just stick with the 4690k then. Thanks guys!

[SkilledRebuilds]

Okay thank you all for the replies! I was already going to get a new mobo and power supply and run my r9 290's in crossfire because it'll just be a lot easier for me. I didn't think the CPU made that little difference. Everyone I look at task manager while playing CSGO my CPU is almost always under 100% load. I'll just stick with the 4690k then. Thanks guys!

Yeah that CPU is a beast, another R9-290 would suit you better.

(With a crossfire board doing 8x8, do not get a cheap board with 16x/4x for Xfire, it performs worse than single-gpu's and has more latency)

[LegacyStijncat]

Okay thank you all for the replies! I was already going to get a new mobo and power supply and run my r9 290's in crossfire because it'll just be a lot easier for me. I didn't think the CPU made that little difference. Everyone I look at task manager while playing CSGO my CPU is almost always under 100% load. I'll just stick with the 4690k then. Thanks guys!

That's correct!

But, that's not because the CPU is bad.

CS:GO is a CPU intensive game. A game that relies way more on a good CPU then on a GPU. So, it stresses the CPU way more then the GPU.

[DemShotz]

Yeah that CPU is a beast, another R9-290 would suit you better.

(With a crossfire board doing 8x8, do not get a cheap board with 16x/4x for Xfire, it performs worse than single-gpu's and has more latency)

I was planning on grabbing an Asrock Extreme4/3.1. That is alright?

[Nena Trinity]

Hello people of the Internet!

I have a question. What is the best purchasable CPU for the Intel LGA1150 socket? I'm trying to upgrade my PC. (Currently an i5-4690k) but I need a little more firepower with it, also the knowledge of the LGA1150 socket CPU's would be very useful.

Thanks for your replies!

i7-4790K unless you have H motherboard then just get i7-4790!

[ANewFace]

Not worth upgrading over a 4690K only thing better is a 4790K and that isn't going to do much better if any

[Godlygamer23]

Actually i7's typically do the same, or slightly worse than i5's. But its basically a wash, they are equivalent for gaming.

4790K is the best CPU for gaming but you will get like 0-3FPS more, there is no point in upgrading from 4690K for gaming.

It depends on the game. In Battlefield 3, the 4770K gains 6-7FPS over the 4670K at the same clock speed. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i5_4670K_and_i7_4770K_Comparison/8.html