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Is it worth going for the i5 for 4k gaming? I want something future proof, but not something that will underperform. Thanks in advance

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

4790 all the way, not even in the same league. 

Really? How many more frames in AAA games?

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1 minute ago, IAR117 said:

Really? How many more frames in AAA games?

depends on the games but generally you could run at a higher frame without bottlenecking a gpu. 

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4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

depends on the games but generally you could run at a higher frame without bottlenecking a gpu. 

In this case an RX 480 8GB. In future if I get XFire, will it bottleneck the GPUs?

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1 minute ago, IAR117 said:

In this case an RX 480 8GB. In future if I get XFire, will it bottleneck the GPUs?

nope get the i7 if you can. 

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9 minutes ago, IAR117 said:

Is it worth going for the i5 for 4k gaming? I want something future proof, but not something that will underperform. Thanks in advance

why not wait for ryzen

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3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

nope get the i7 if you can. 

I already have xD. I was just questioning the future proofness of it as I got it last week.

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1 minute ago, IAR117 said:

I already have xD. I was just questioning the future proofness of it as I got it last week.

the i5 7500 is intel being lazy fyi 

 

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3 minutes ago, Luke D said:

why not wait for ryzen

Ryzen at its best will perform about the same as Haswell, and since it has the same SKU  (4c 8t, 4c 4t, 8c 16t) there really is no point in waiting.

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3 minutes ago, Luke D said:

why not wait for ryzen

I would but I'm not so sure if it'll outperform an i7 for 180 pounds which is around 225 dollars. I know it is coming out soon but I'm quite sure my i7 will do for a few years

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2 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

Ryzen at its best will perform about the same as Haswell, and since it has the same SKU  (4c 8t, 4c 4t, 8c 16t) there really is no point in waiting.

but he'd get an oc able chip for a decent price and ddr4

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2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

the i5 7500 is intel being lazy fyi 

 

I know it's not a massive difference from skylake to kabylake, but if I were to buy the CPU right now- there'd be a 5 pound difference which I can justify

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1 minute ago, Luke D said:

but he'd get an oc able chip for a decent price and ddr4

Are you referring to Ryzen?

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1 minute ago, IAR117 said:

I know it's not a massive difference from skylake to kabylake, but if I were to buy the CPU right now- there'd be a 5 pound difference which I can justify

 

its really up to you, i gave up on the mainstream platform and went x99 for this reason.

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2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

its really up to you, i gave up on the mainstream platform and went x99 for this reason.

xD I wish I could do the same, but I'm just some kid who wants to play games every so often so I can't find an excuse to invest into X99, but hey I can dream about it

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If you're going to spend that much money (and you have a Z97 motherboard), definitely spend the extra $30 for the 4790K version. It's a pretty big performance difference, even when it's not overclocked. 

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1 minute ago, JoostinOnline said:

If you're going to spend that much money (and you have a Z97 motherboard), definitely spend the extra $30 for the 4790K version. It's a pretty big performance difference, even when it's not overclocked. 

Unfortunately in the UK, there is a literally a 125 pound difference. Also I wouldn't want to void the warranty, but I totally understand why most people would spend the extra money for OCing.

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Also I know this isn't in the right section but can I have 2 RX 480s running in Crossfire X. Because I found a cheap XFire motherboard, but it says Crossfire X.Is there a difference between this and crossfire?

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17 minutes ago, IAR117 said:

Unfortunately in the UK, there is a literally a 125 pound difference. Also I wouldn't want to void the warranty, but I totally understand why most people would spend the extra money for OCing.

Overclocking doesn't void the warranty, but with that big of a difference I totally understand. 

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I see a 12 pound difference 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-4790K-Haswell-Refresh-Processor/dp/B00KPRWAX8

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00J56YSLM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485902049&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=4790&dpPl=1&dpID=51BZvkjEOgL&ref=plSrch

 

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11 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

I see a 12 pound difference 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-4790K-Haswell-Refresh-Processor/dp/B00KPRWAX8

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00J56YSLM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485902049&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=4790&dpPl=1&dpID=51BZvkjEOgL&ref=plSrch

 

I bought mine used for 180, on the same site the k variant was 305 pounds

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18 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Overclocking doesn't void the warranty, but with that big of a difference I totally understand. 

Yes it does

 

2 minutes ago, IAR117 said:

I bought mine used for 180, on the same sight the k variant was 305 pounds

Thats a great price

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57 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Yes it does

 

Thats a great price

http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/faq

They will replace a CPU that's damaged from overclocking.  Just not any parts it damages.

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