i5 v i7 ?

[Redicat]

soooo.... what you're trying to say is? :-s

 

Games dont use more than 4 cores anyway in CPU intensive games it will maybe use like one of your threaded cores but not more than 4 cores & 1 logical core (depends on clockspeeds 2)

 

For recording/video stuff do I7 you'll have extra threads so more fake cores 4 logical ones so you'll have 8 cores 

[ionutenciu]

well the 4690k is exactly the same price as the 6600k but on a different socket..

[App4that]

well the 4690k is exactly the same price as the 6600k but on a different socket..

Do it, depending on your region the ram and motherboard are the same price. Not worth upgrading from Haswell to Skylake but you're building so it makes perfect sense to go Skylake. If you can find one

[ionutenciu]

Games dont use more than 4 cores anyway in CPU intensive games it will maybe use like one of your threaded cores but not more than 4 cores & 1 logical core (depends on clockspeeds 2)

 

For recording/video stuff do I7 you'll have extra threads so more fake cores 4 logical ones so you'll have 8 cores 

i won't be doing any streaming, editing or any other stuff like that on the PC ..I just want to be able to play the games that i find the need to at a certain moment .. right now i would play gta V (since i played all of them except this one ) battlefield, crysis, shadow of mordor , witcher ... you get the picture

[ionutenciu]

Do it, depending on your region the ram and motherboard are the same price. Not worth upgrading from Haswell to Skylake but you're building so it makes perfect sense to go Skylake. If you can find one

gotcha ! my nice build is falling apart )) first i changed the 970 with the 390 now i'm changing the cpu and motherboard what's next ))

[Statecat]

Just for gaming !!! What do you guys think I should get if I just want to use this CPU ONLY for gaming?

I'm guessing for skylake? i5 is fine. I am still good with Z97 though. Skylake doesn't seem like much of an upgrade right now. The good thing is DDR4 is much cheaper than it was before. So at least new builders or people on the bleeding edge don't need to shell out as much cash.

[Redicat]

What are you talking about?  the i7 has 4 physical cores that can each run 2 threads (2 logical cores per physical).  the i5 has 4 physical cores that each to one thread (1 logical core per physical).  i5s do not have 6 cores and do not have 2 logical cores

 

Eh you're just mis understanding m8 go to multitasking it shows you the number of logical cores too you can select it.

 

I mean thats exactly what i'm trying to tell.

 

The I5 does have 6 cores in total (yes the cores are not there on the CPU but still it shows in Windows)

 

I just dont know whats logical & physical stuff its bullshit... i mean i'm from Belgium... lol idk... just call it (FAKE cores)

[TheMechEngineer]

i won't be doing any streaming, editing or any other stuff like that on the PC ..I just want to be able to play the games that i find the need to at a certain moment .. right now i would play gta V (since i played all of them except this one ) battlefield, crysis, shadow of mordor , witcher ... you get the picture

 

Core i5 for sure. I've used mine for gaming, 3D rendering, stress simulations, a whole bunch of stuff and I can't get anywhere near the limit.

[ionutenciu]

Core i5 for sure. I've used mine for gaming, 3D rendering, stress simulations, a whole bunch of stuff and I can't get anywhere near the limit.

Thank You

[vanished]

The I5 does have 6 cores in total (yes the cores are not there on the CPU but still it shows in Windows)

 

No, it has 4 cores.  This is a common fact.  Check the spec sheet

Surely you're not referring to the amount of L3 cache?

[Redicat]

No, it has 4 cores.  This is a common fact.  Check the spec sheet

Surely you're not referring to the amount of L3 cache?

 

It has 4 but its showing 6 

[vanished]

It has 4 but its showing 6 

please post a screenshot of that, I have never heard of such a thing

[ConnorDahne]

I use an i5 and have never came accross a situation where I was losing performance because of it..
I mainly game, youtube, and LTT forum on it though.

[Nena Trinity]

Unless you need hyper-treading you wont need a i7 or Xeon...

[App4that]

I'll add that after running Battlefront for an hour and my temps going over any stress test I've ever used, my temps are now 5c hotter all the time. Don't know if it's Battlefront that did it or coincidence. Trouble shot all last night and my temps are higher and the cooler is seated. Getting Arc5 today to see if the stock paste is to blame. My temps are no where near dangerous, 67c max. I'm just OCD about temps. Just passing on information as I put my 4790k against CPU demanding games.

[jjohnthedon1]

I was pissed when the system requirements were released for Fallout 4. I was utterly shocked by my CPU straining to run Battlefront. I'm running at 4.6GHz too.

My 290, I had it on the stock clock and it's temps were below that of running Valley. Hate to use the word, but that's a bottleneck.

what were u expecting with battlefront lol, I run at 4.8 and still get 80 percent usage spikes in battlefield

[App4that]

what were u expecting with battlefront lol, I run at 4.8 and still get 80 percent usage spikes in battlefield

But all you need is an i5!!! LOL *sigh*

[BrightCandle]

The current data from gamegpu.ru (basically the only site that tests a wide set of games on different CPUs and GPUs, most sites do very narrow game tests LTT being a prime example with 4 games or so) so that in about 75% of games there is a benefit from an i7 verses an i5. It ranges from 3% to 25% and the median gain is 4%. So its relatively marginal on average but at the extreme in a few games it can be a substantial frame rate difference on a high end GPU.

[App4that]

Update on the temps after Battlefront is an application of Arctic Silver 5 got the temps back down where they were. Does this mean the trip into the very high 60s effected the stock thermal paste? Did something happen to my CPU that has it running hotter after the stress of Battlefront? No idea. If the temps return I'll update.