i7 4770K or i5 4690K?

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Kind of an odd question. why not buy the i7-4790k?

more distinctly back to your original question, do you plan to overclock your CPU since you are asking about the K series CPU's? The i5 I believe overclocks better. If you plan to run at stock I believe the turbo frequencies are faster on the i5 as well. In some cases the hyperthreading can limit overclocking as well. The only advantage the i7 has is the hyperthreading. To answer your items more specifically

Gaming - wont matter (video card is far more important with those CPU's) slight advantage likely would go to the i5 in this case
You tube - wont matter, it will record regardless of what cpu you have slight advantage to the i5 again because of single core advantage
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Kind of an odd question. why not buy the i7-4790k?

more distinctly back to your original question, do you plan to overclock your CPU since you are asking about the K series CPU's? The i5 I believe overclocks better. If you plan to run at stock I believe the turbo frequencies are faster on the i5 as well. In some cases the hyperthreading can limit overclocking as well. The only advantage the i7 has is the hyperthreading. To answer your items more specifically

Gaming - wont matter (video card is far more important with those CPU's) slight advantage likely would go to the i5 in this case
You tube - wont matter, it will record regardless of what cpu you have slight advantage to the i5 again because of single core advantage
music production - depends on application, there may be a slight edge to either CPU dependent on package and task.
video editing - same as music, but I would venture to guess in most cases it comes down to fastest clock over 2 CPUs (if the application utilizes hyperthreading well, there may be a slight advantage to the i7)

cant go wrong with either CPU for your task list. both would serve you well but if you insist on the best of both worlds the i7-4790k has the advantages of both CPUs with less penalty (except price)
 
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4770K. You need as many cores you can get for video editing, plus the i7 is just an all around higher CPU. It's like asking if you should get a terrible used car off of craigslist or a new, amazing dream car.

Plus if your budget can go that far, why not get the best thing you can?
 
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wirefire99

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saying the i5 4690k is a "terrible used car" vs the i7-4770K as the "new dream car" is a bit misguided. it is more like the 2014 mustang missing one option you want VS a 2013 mustang fully loaded if you insist on car analogies. you may substitute the your car of preference in for the mustang.

I am assuming the video editing and audio editing applications are "hobbyist" level applications if it is professional level applications then there will likely be an advantage in the i7 because of the hyperthreading
 
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I agree with wirefire. The i5 is still a good CPU, even if you're video editing. Again, it all comes down to how often you're going to be editing videos and rendering and what not.

As a side note, if you're not going to be overclocking, you could consider a xeon e3 1231v3.
 
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