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Upgrade Opinion 8350,i5 or i7??

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October 9, 2014 11:24:55 PM

Hi

I want to upgrade my sytem. My current rig is:
AMD Athlon X2 260 3.2GHZ
(2*2GB) RAM at 1600MHZ
Gigabyte M68MT-s2 (Socket AM3+)
1 TB Seagate 7200 RPM
AMD Radeon HD 6570 2GB
450W PSU

Well, I will be buying the new Rig in January.
I have looked for few options
AMD FX8350, i5 4590, i7 4790, i7 4790k

Well 8350 and i5 fits well in my budget while i7 are much higer.

Earlier I was thinking of 8350. But the problem with 8350 is that with it I might need to add aftermarket cooler and change my PSU right now.
While in case of i5 I might not need to change the PSU right away, I can change it when I will be buying a new graphics card maybe R9 270X or 280.

I want to be future proof. If I am spending money I want be to able to play games for at least 3 years.
I will be playing every upcoming title and will also be using this rig for some programming and heavy downloading.
I am newbie to overclocking therefore if possible I want to avoid it.

I know that in gaming there isn't much difference between all these, but as for future aspect I want to know which one I should choose.
I will not be doing any Photoshop work or any rendering.

Please help me with it. I want maximum opinion from you guys.

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October 9, 2014 11:37:42 PM

The i5-4690k is hands down the best gaming cpu value for performance and features. Your current GPU is fairly weak and any modern GPU including a low end R7 240 would be a step up from that. That i5 will run any card out there right now including the GTX 970 and 980, so 3 years is probably not an issue.

You don't mention a motherboard but I'm guessing you realize that regardless which of those CPUs you choose, you will need to replace your motherboard. The 8350 would probably play ball with those GPUs as well but the FX series is a dead end for anybody wanting to be able to upgrade the cpu later on plus the i5 has much better gaming benchmarks than the FX.

An important consideration here is going to be the brand and model number of your PSU. If it's not on at least, at least, Tier 3 of the PSU list, it's not gonna cut it for an upgraded system with a much higher overall power requirement once you upgrade the GPU. Actually, if it's not at least a Tier 3 and much preferably a Tier 2B or higher, I would definitely not risk my new CPU and motherboard with it either. You can check to see where yours falls on the following link, or just post the model and brand here and I'll check it out myself. Since the PSU is the heart of the system, you really don't want to skimp here and just because it has sufficient watts according to the sticker doesn't mean it's a worthy unit.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...
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October 9, 2014 11:37:49 PM

I would recommend an i5 4690 or 4690k if you want to overclock. If you are just gaming and programming you will be fine with the 4 core i5. If money is an issue you can get a 4690 and a h97 motherboard and sacrifice your potential to overclock
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October 10, 2014 1:55:26 AM

darkbreeze said:
The i5-4690k is hands down the best gaming cpu value for performance and features. Your current GPU is fairly weak and any modern GPU including a low end R7 240 would be a step up from that. That i5 will run any card out there right now including the GTX 970 and 980, so 3 years is probably not an issue.

You don't mention a motherboard but I'm guessing you realize that regardless which of those CPUs you choose, you will need to replace your motherboard. The 8350 would probably play ball with those GPUs as well but the FX series is a dead end for anybody wanting to be able to upgrade the cpu later on plus the i5 has much better gaming benchmarks than the FX.

An important consideration here is going to be the brand and model number of your PSU. If it's not on at least, at least, Tier 3 of the PSU list, it's not gonna cut it for an upgraded system with a much higher overall power requirement once you upgrade the GPU. Actually, if it's not at least a Tier 3 and much preferably a Tier 2B or higher, I would definitely not risk my new CPU and motherboard with it either. You can check to see where yours falls on the following link, or just post the model and brand here and I'll check it out myself. Since the PSU is the heart of the system, you really don't want to skimp here and just because it has sufficient watts according to the sticker doesn't mean it's a worthy unit.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...


Well, Yes I know that I have to upgrade the motherboard no matter what processor I choose. In my country the i5 4690k is costing me around 18000 while i7 is around 22000. Is i7 4790k worth these 4000 bucks.
Well, after reading your opinion I think that I had to change my PSU too.
Is http://www.snapdeal.com/product/zeb-600w-computer-power... is good enough with this setup and R9 270X??

Also can you suggest me a cheap yet powerful motherboard for i5/i7??
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October 10, 2014 2:10:05 AM

What currency? the i7 is only worth it for heavily threaded workloads like video rendering
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October 10, 2014 2:25:14 AM

smackers_12 said:
What currency? the i7 is only worth it for heavily threaded workloads like video rendering


In Rupees.
$1 is app Rs.60.

Well as I mentioned I will not be using my machine for video rendering.
So is it safe to opt for i5??
aren't there much difference between i5 and i7 raw performance?
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October 10, 2014 3:16:22 AM

Single thread performance on the i5 and i7 (4690 vs 4790) will be the same, so in most games they will perform the same
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