I5 4690K or I7 4790K

[Lazmarr]

So I want to upgrade my PC, realised X99 is just too much

Which would you suggest, the I5 or the I7?

I have around £400 to spend and would like at least 16GB RAM and will reuse the components I can from my current system.

[Castdeath97]

Why do you need 16GB of ram?

[Castdeath97]

Also do you carry any form of editing/streaming or this is mainly a gaming rig?

[Dr_Pleeper]

i7 is much faster in multi-threaded workloads, I speak from experience. The i5 is literally the same CPU just without hyperthreading. In gaming there will be flat 0 difference between the two. 

[Lazmarr]

Why do you need 16GB of ram?

8GB isn't enough for me for some reason Windows gives me low memory even when nothing is running but a game and steam...

[SeanAngelo]

So I want to upgrade my PC, realised X99 is just too much

Which would you suggest, the I5 or the I7?

I have around £400 to spend and would like at least 16GB RAM and will reuse the components I can from my current system.

for gaming?

 

i5 and 8gb ram

[Abir Vandergriff]

So I want to upgrade my PC, realised X99 is just too much

Which would you suggest, the I5 or the I7?

I have around £400 to spend and would like at least 16GB RAM and will reuse the components I can from my current system.

What are you doing with it? Gaming, editing, streaming?

[Bl00dgod]

depending on your needs i'd say only for gaming the i5 should be good

if you video edit/render or other content creating things you're better with the i7

8gb ram are ok but 8 more wouldnt be bad

[Lazmarr]

Also do you carry any form of editing/streaming or this is mainly a gaming rig?

Mainly a gaming rig, I do some recording though as well as recording TV shows etc.

[Castdeath97]

8GB isn't enough for me for some reason Windows gives me low memory even when nothing is running but a game and steam...

Did you by any chance play around with the hibraintion or swap files?

[Lazmarr]

for gaming?

 

i5 and 8gb ram

What are you doing with it? Gaming, editing, streaming?

depending on your needs i'd say only for gaming the i5 should be good

if you video edit/render or other content creating things you're better with the i7

8gb ram are ok but 8 more wouldnt be bad

8GB of RAM is not enough at the minute.

Mainly gaming and the occasional recording/editing as well as recording TV shows

[Lazmarr]

Did you by any chance play around with the hibraintion or swap files?

I have not unfortunately, I bought a second 3TB WD Red to check if it was a page file issue and it did not fix it

[Castdeath97]

8GB of RAM is not enough at the minute.

Mainly gaming and the occasional recording/editing as well as recording TV shows

But it really shouldn't you sure you don't have any inefficient process eating up your RAM

[SteveGrabowski0]

If you can afford the 4790k then get it, it's an amazing cpu and worth every cent. If you can't quite afford it the 4690k is pretty awesome too.

[Virtual01]

4690k will perform within 1-2 FPS of the 4790k in every game except those that are heavily CPU dependent or those that can take advantage of hyperthreading. Just make sure to OC it to 4790k speeds and you're good to go.

[SeanAngelo]

8GB of RAM is not enough at the minute.

Mainly gaming and the occasional recording/editing as well as recording TV shows

what kind of stuff do you do?

 

I never reach 7gb when gaming

[Lazmarr]

But it really shouldn't you sure you don't have any inefficient process eating up your RAM

I hohnestly don't know what causes it I've looked and tried every fix I found...what's worse is when the message pops up it tabs out of the game and causes a black screen forcing me to end the process

 

what kind of stuff do you do?

 

I never reach 7gb when gaming

I literally do nothing, enter the game play a bit and see the RAM creeping up and page file becomes 16GB or more

[Overkilled]

0 difference? Say that to to my firestrike physics score.

[SteveGrabowski0]

I hohnestly don't know what causes it I've looked and tried every fix I found...what's worse is when the message pops up it tabs out of the game and causes a black screen forcing me to end the process

 

I literally do nothing, enter the game play a bit and see the RAM creeping up and page file becomes 16GB or more

 

That's not at all normal. You gotta have some kind of malware on your system.

[Lazmarr]

what kind of stuff do you do?

 

I never reach 7gb when gaming

That's not at all normal. You gotta have some kind of malware on your system.

But it really shouldn't you sure you don't have any inefficient process eating up your RAM

No Malware, regularly do virus scans

Here's my RAM usage running a game;

[App4that]

i7 is much faster in multi-threaded workloads, I speak from experience. The i5 is literally the same CPU just without hyperthreading. In gaming there will be flat 0 difference between the two. 

Again! WHY DO YOU SPREAD MISINFORMATION!?!

 

[SteveGrabowski0]

No Malware, regularly do virus scans

Here's my RAM usage running a game;

 

You have malware if you're getting 16GB filled in your swap every time you start a game.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Again! WHY DO YOU SPREAD MISINFORMATION!?!

 

 

People are still stuck in 2013. Religion is hard to change.

[Dr_Pleeper]

Again! WHY DO YOU SPREAD MISINFORMATION!?!

 

Isn't that just due to a much higher clock speed?

[App4that]

Isn't that just due to a much higher clock speed?

NO!!! It's due to hyperthreading, which a lot of NEW releases are able to use.