i3-170 vs i5-4460 for budget CAD build

[Clanscorpia]

I'm planning on building a budget 750 dollar gaming rig and I'm deciding on the 4170 or 4460. I'll be doing light gaming with this paired with an R9 380 and I want to most bang for buck and as cheap as possible, hopefully less that 750, for Skyrim, ROK, RTS's, DDO, Wurm Online, sports and racing games, and indie titles, which is more bang for buck? And what mobo would you pair each with. I'm looking at the MSI H81M-E34 as I have had good experiences with it.

[TheRandomness]

The 4170 would be fine.

[Clanscorpia]

What would the performance difference on the 2 cpus for each game be?

[IMPERIUS]

What would the performance difference on the 2 cpus for each game be?

 

The i5 wins in cpu heavy games. Since the 380 is a good gpu, I would go for the i5.

[Aniallation]

What would the performance difference on the 2 cpus for each game be?

On most of those games performance will be similar, aside from Skyrim where there will be a decent advantage to the i5.

[Clanscorpia]

What motherboard would you guys recommend for the i5? This is my current build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/r8pQrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/r8pQrH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.24 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($55.33 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.24 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($248.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $750.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-28 15:13 EST-0500

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.24 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.24 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card  ($249.95 @ NCIX)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($74.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $763.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-28 15:18 EST-0500

[Clanscorpia]

Damn, thats a good deal, but it must be new because it didnt exist when I looked at it . I guess this probably isn't a good time to look at lists with all the crazy deals . I'll revisist it later but I'm deffenitly going with the i5 and a 380

[FruitBasketSilex]

Totally thought we were talking about a first gen i3 versus a fourth gen i5.