4670 vs 4670k vs the 4690 cpu's

Dittlest

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I have never really tried my hand at overclocking and given the amount of time I have to game at all these days the changes I will actually overclock my new build is slim to none. That being said would I just be better off with the non k 4670? And is the jump to the 4690 significant enough for the price? Thanks for any input.
 

oxiide

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I only see a $10 difference between the two on Newegg. For that, I'd definitely go with the i5-4690. Its not even just the extra 100 MHz, the 4x90's have more conductive thermal material inside of their casing as well so it may run a bit cooler.

Just make sure you're either getting a 9-series motherboard (H97 makes the most sense), or an 8-series motherboard that you can verify has the necessary BIOS update for compatibility with the refreshed Haswell processors.