i7 4770k w/ R9 280x or i5 4670k w/ R9 290

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Buildling my first rig, I understand the i7 is better overall but I cannot afford both this and an 290 so what would be the best? Also want to run this for at least 3 years so can an i5 still run multi-thread games well enough to not have problems?
 
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Game performance is generally more dependent on the GPU. An i7 4770K, even in multithreaded games, won't give that much of a performance boost over an i5. It's decent, but in the single digits. A better GPU however could give more.

Since the i5 4670k already has more than enough per-core performance I'd take the i5 and R9 290. Be sure to grab a new Z97 motherboard with it.
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Game performance is generally more dependent on the GPU. An i7 4770K, even in multithreaded games, won't give that much of a performance boost over an i5. It's decent, but in the single digits. A better GPU however could give more.

Since the i5 4670k already has more than enough per-core performance I'd take the i5 and R9 290. Be sure to grab a new Z97 motherboard with it.
 
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The 4670K can run smooth on games nowadays but the 4770K will be the best choice as it is faster in multi-threaded games.I suggest getting the 4770K and save for atleast an R9 290X :D
 
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i'd say if you are tight with budget just go for 4670K with 280X they will be more than enough for most of the games on market for high-ultra settings.
(if you are not benchmark crazy, I dont think there is much need for a higher system)
 
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Get i5 4670K and R9 290. The performance difference between Core i5 and Core i7, when it comes to gaming, is negligible. You would normally get like 1 or 2 fps. But if you choose a powerful GPU, that would be an entirely different scenario. So get i5 4670K and OC it to avoid any unfortunate bottleneck issues.
 
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Think this is what I will go for, yeh will try grab one of the Asus z97, like the look of the auto overclocking as I know absolutely nothing about that, do you think I will need an i5 4670k straight away or just a few years down the line when it gets a lot more obsolete?
 
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acerackham

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I heard these were server type cpu's do they still game well?
 
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Same question as before, do you reckon I will need to OC it straight away or is the out of the box performance adequate with an R9 290?
 
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It will be more than adequate at stock frequencies. You've got nothing to worry about.
 
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acerackham

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Cool, thanks for the help!

 
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The high end Xeons are server CPUs, but the E3 1230v3 is basically exactly the same as a locked i7 4770 minus the integrated graphics, at the price of an i5 4670k. If you don't need to overclock, you should absolutely go with a Xeon E3 1230v3.
 
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