Minimum powered CPU required for 4k gaming to prevent bottlenecking

[msfisher64]

Hi, I currently have a 760k and CPU and 7950 GPU and and am wanting to upgrade my CPU with view of upgrading my GPU for 4k 60fps gaming in the future.
My question is, with the i5 4690k being a bare minimum CPU is it worth getting a CPU with more threads to prevent a bottleneck, bearing in mind this is solely for gaming?
I'm aware that 1150 socket is a dead platform but would rather go for it rather than extra expense of ddr4 etc if it makes a negligible difference for say the next 4 years.

So should I go for a i5 4690k/i7 4790k or is it worth going for a skylake cpu or something completely different? (Money is a factor don't want to spend more than is necessary).
Thanks in advance, aware this is long post please ask for clarification if required

[Sauron]

The 7950 will bottleneck you before your cpu does. But yes, an i5 is just fine.

[HKZeroFive]

It shouldn't, the 4690K can handle 2 980Tis in SLI without bottlenecking them (in 4K).

[DarkBlade2117]

The 7950 will bottleneck you before your cpu does. But yes, an i5 is just fine.

An i3 would be fine dive the GPU will easily hit 100% before the CPU at 4k

[KemoKa]

An i5 is fine, but for 4K you need a beefier GPU than that. My 7970 won't game at 4K very well.

1440p and 1080p are gorgeous, though.

[i_build_nanosuits]

if money is not a problem, but you want to stick to DDR3 for good reasons, get the 4790K it will last you longer...before games can saturate all 8 threads of this CPU and it will really start to cripple higher-end cards you're good for at least 3 to 5 years i would say.

 

Some games are already pushing the i5 near to it's limit, when i disable hyper-threading in my UEFI i can see core usage upward of 90% consistently in many games such as the witcher 3 and GTA 5 for example. Enable hyper-threading and CPU usage drop into the 60 to 70% range, and the load spread across all available threads.

 

Also, i would recommend a good 27'' 1440p monitor instead...unless you're doing this to couch game on a 60'' 4K TV or something.

[DarkBlade2117]

It shouldn't, the 4690K can handle 2 980Tis in SLI without bottlenecking them.

At 1080p? No, slightly at 1440p though 4k it won't at all.

[SeanAngelo]

Hi, I currently have a 760k and CPU and 7950 GPU and and am wanting to upgrade my CPU with view of upgrading my GPU for 4k 60fps gaming in the future.

My question is, with the i5 4690k being a bare minimum CPU is it worth getting a CPU with more threads to prevent a bottleneck, bearing in mind this is solely for gaming?

I'm aware that 1150 socket is a dead platform but would rather go for it rather than extra expense of ddr4 etc if it makes a negligible difference for say the next 4 years.

So should I go for a i5 4690k/i7 4790k or is it worth going for a skylake cpu or something completely different? (Money is a factor don't want to spend more than is necessary).

Thanks in advance, aware this is long post please ask for clarification if required

4690k

4790k

6600k

6700k

 

that GPU is terrible for 4k.

 

Atleast a 980Ti.

[HKZeroFive]

At 1080p? No, slightly at 1440p though 4k it won't at all.

 

Yeah, I meant that

[msfisher64]

Thanks for replies. To clarify I am aware the gpu is not powerful enough, I am purely asking about cpu with view of upgrading gpu in a year or so. Don't know if I will go sli or not will depend if a powerful enough single gpu is released.

[FruitBasketSilex]

At 1080p? No, slightly at 1440p though 4k it won't at all.

How would it not bottleneck at 1080p, bottleneck a bit at 1440p, and not bottleneck at 4k?

[Enderman]

4690k

4790k

6500k

6700k

 

that GPU is terrible for 4k.

 

Atleast a 980Ti.

second this ^^^

 

btw i think its 6600k for the i5, not 6500k

[DarkBlade2117]

How would it not bottleneck at 1080p, bottleneck a bit at 1440p, and not bottleneck at 4k?

1080p It WILL bottleneck

1440p Slightly

4k VERY little, pretty much none.

[SeanAngelo]

second this ^^^

 

btw i think its 6600k for the i5, not 6500k

oh yeah, thanks for pointing it out

[FruitBasketSilex]

1080p It WILL bottleneck

1440p Slightly

4k VERY little, pretty much none.

There ya go.