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Hello,

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU ( i5 4460 3.2 GHz ) to i5 4690k or i7 4790k. I am not sure which one should I chose. I do not have such a big budget, so my questions are:

  • Is there big difference between i7 4790k and i4 4960 and is it worth paying more for i7 ?
  • What other CPU would you recommend ? ( I am open for AMD )
  • In your opinion should I upgrade my CPU ?. If yes which one should I chose ?
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why upgrade? are you having issues in the tasks you do?

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Hello,

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU ( i5 4460 3.2 GHz ) to i5 4690k or i7 4790k. I am not sure which one should I chose. I do not have such a big budget, so my questions are:

  • Is there big difference between i7 4790k and i4 4960 and is it worth paying more for i7 ?
  • What other CPU would you recommend ? ( I am open for AMD )
  • In your opinion should I upgrade my CPU ?. If yes which one should I chose ?

 

What are you using it for? Also, get the i7 if your looking to upgrade, the i5s only difference is that it could be overclocked.

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Well if you have a micro center near you they're selling the i7-4790k for only $250.

 

nvm its not on sale anymore :(

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Hello,

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU ( i5 4460 3.2 GHz ) to i5 4690k or i7 4790k. I am not sure which one should I chose. I do not have such a big budget, so my questions are:

  • Is there big difference between i7 4790k and i4 4960 and is it worth paying more for i7 ?
  • What other CPU would you recommend ? ( I am open for AMD )
  • In your opinion should I upgrade my CPU ?. If yes which one should I chose ?

 

My 4690k kicks ass. Strongly recomend.

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Hello,

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU ( i5 4460 3.2 GHz ) to i5 4690k or i7 4790k. I am not sure which one should I chose. I do not have such a big budget, so my questions are:

  • Is there big difference between i7 4790k and i4 4960 and is it worth paying more for i7 ?
  • What other CPU would you recommend ? ( I am open for AMD )
  • In your opinion should I upgrade my CPU ?. If yes which one should I chose ?

 

What's your current GPU? It's probably a better investment to upgrade the GPU rather than your CPU.

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why upgrade? are you having issues in the tasks you do?

 

No but in games like in H1Z1, FPS go really low because of amount of people on one server, but in GTA V I have a lot more FPS because there are mostly 16 people per one session.

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the jump from 4460 to 4690K is negligible, 4790K would be greater. but still small, and frankly not worth the extra cost.

 

is your CPU actually causing a bottleneck? what GPU do you have? (on a side note it's the only thing your profile doesn't have listed) if it's something like a 980ti then it wouldn't be unreasonable to get a faster CPU, anything lower I'd say no

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No but in games like in H1Z1, FPS go really low because of amount of people on one server, but in GTA V I have a lot more FPS because there are mostly 16 people per one session.

well you may benefit from an overclockable i7.. and overclock it

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the jump from 4460 to 4690K is negligible, 4790K would be greater. but still small, and frankly not worth the extra cost.

 

is your CPU actually causing a bottleneck? what GPU do you have? (on a side note it's the only thing your profile doesn't have listed) if it's something like a 980ti then it wouldn't be unreasonable to get a faster CPU, anything lower I'd say no

 

I am using GTX 970 from MSI.

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My 4690k kicks ass. Strongly recomend.

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I am using GTX 970 from MSI.

I'd say no then, I'm using the 4690K, with my 970 and it rarely gets above 60% usage, and a 4460 is at least 80% as powerful as an OCed 4690K, like 95% if the 4690K is at stock speeds. and actually, speaking of overclocking, what motherboard do you have?

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 > 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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