Which CPU would you rather keep?

[Luke]

Disregarding pricing if you had to choose one CPU to keep and using in your gaming PC which would it be? If you vote please post a comment explaining why, Please no bias opinions just because you own one or the other =) 

 

i7 2600K: Overclocks to 4.8Ghz, Has hyperthreading

i5 4690K: Overclocks to 4.6Ghz, Higher IPC

[Guest]

Disregarding pricing if you had to choose one CPU to keep and using in your gaming PC which would it be? i7 2600K or i5 4690K. Also no bias opinions just because you own a 4690K please =) 

 

i7 2600K: Overclocks to 4.8Ghz, Has hyperthreading

i5 4690K: Overclocks to 4.6Ghz, Higher IPC

I think I'd go with the i7 as the heat spreader is soldiered to the cpu if I recall. Also it has hyperthreadsing which can be very useful for some games. Also the IPC may not be that much different as intel doesn't have more than 5% improvement through generations. 

[007agentHP]

i5 4690k will be better for gaming

[Clyne]

This can give you a idea

2700 is just higher binned and oc'd 100mhz higher than 2600

Multi

Single

[Luke]

I think I'd go with the i7 as the heat spreader is soldiered to the cpu if I recall. Also it has hyperthreadsing which can be very useful for some games. Also the IPC may not be that much different as intel doesn't have more than 5% improvement through generations. 

 

Yea that's a good point. The i7 2600K runs cooler clock per clock but haswell is faster clock per clock so i wonder if the temps would still be lower on a 4.9Ghz Sandy compared to a 4.6Ghz haswell for example.

[Luke]

This can give you a idea

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Thanks but i'm mostly just looking for opinions. Which would you rather have if you had to keep one? =)

[Clyne]

Thanks but i'm mostly just looking for opinions. Which would you rather have if you had to keep one? =)

I rather have the i5 because it's newer, but you wouldn't be able to yield higher OC speeds to 4.7GHZ for better performance...

Again HT on i7 but Haswell IPC should be able to make up for it.

Yea that's a good point. The i7 2600K runs cooler clock per clock but haswell is faster clock per clock so i wonder if the temps would still be lower on a 4.9Ghz Sandy compared to a 4.6Ghz haswell for example.

Wouldn't you mind running 1.4-1.5V...

[Coaxialgamer]

I7 2600k at 5ghz, anyone?

[Theminecraftaddict555]

I7 because its i7  

 

But if you are on budget, go with the i5 but overall any i7 brand seems to crush any i5 brand <<<However just what I have seen, so take it with a grain of salt 

[i_build_nanosuits]

tuff one...i would lean for the haswell i5 because it's newer it might last longer before it dies...performance wise it's similar.

Better single-threaded performance is typically more beneficial to most of us gamers.

[iHardware Shelden]

i7 because it will age better and because well it was one, if not the best, i7 made