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October 17, 2014 11:21:27 AM

So i'm stuck between getting an i5 4690k or an fx 8350

here's the pretty similar builds:

fx 8350 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hWC9RB

i5 4690k - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PqC499

I won't be overclocking (maybe a tiny bit) the cpu coolers are just for keeping the system a bit cooler and quieter. I will however want to SLI the gtx 970's in the future, I'm not sure how good these motherboards will be for the SLI


I plan on playing games such as bf3/4(hard line), call of duty, dayz, minecraft,cs go and I also would like to be able to record the games whilst still getting a good frame rate whilst playing on the max settings and maybe do a bit of minecraft streaming with twitch.


anyway. Am I better spending the extra £36 and getting the i5 4690k? or am I better saving the £36 and going with the fx 8350?

opinions, ideas and suggestions all welcome. : )

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October 17, 2014 11:26:04 AM

ya it may be -- plus with the intel you got more new up to date build with the amd your buying the past [opinion]
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October 17, 2014 11:27:29 AM

It's absolutely worth it. Most games won't use more than 4 threads, so the 8350's extra 4 cores are pretty much useless. The 4690K on the other hand is way faster core for core.

If you can afford both I'd only consider the 8350 if you do rendering/editing/etc because those things actually use all 8 cores.
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October 17, 2014 11:28:36 AM

For gaming absolutely worth it going with the I5.
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October 17, 2014 11:31:17 AM

Get the 4690K and a Z97 board for it.
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October 17, 2014 11:37:21 AM

The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.
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October 17, 2014 11:37:36 AM

CameronRock98 said:
So i'm stuck between getting an i5 4690k or an fx 8350

here's the pretty similar builds:

fx 8350 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hWC9RB

i5 4690k - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PqC499

I won't be overclocking (maybe a tiny bit) the cpu coolers are just for keeping the system a bit cooler and quieter. I will however want to SLI the gtx 970's in the future, I'm not sure how good these motherboards will be for the SLI


I plan on playing games such as bf3/4(hard line), call of duty, dayz, minecraft,cs go and I also would like to be able to record the games whilst still getting a good frame rate whilst playing on the max settings and maybe do a bit of minecraft streaming with twitch.


anyway. Am I better spending the extra £36 and getting the i5 4690k? or am I better saving the £36 and going with the fx 8350?

opinions, ideas and suggestions all welcome. : )


If you don't plan on overclocking much just get the 4690 non k.
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October 17, 2014 11:42:07 AM

4690 for no overclocking, it will give better performance and if you get SLI it will make it even more worthwhile amd cpu's are for budgets and if you want to do things like rendering as well as gaming.
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October 17, 2014 12:09:30 PM

Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more
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October 17, 2014 12:10:53 PM

The i5 will be fine for that. Not quite as fast as the 8350 probably, but definitely fast enough.
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October 17, 2014 12:19:03 PM

for recording use shadowplay on your gpu barly any performance hit and the i5 will do it fine maybe just a little slower.
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October 17, 2014 12:24:26 PM

Gracodana said:
for recording use shadowplay on your gpu barly any performance hit and the i5 will do it fine maybe just a little slower.


yeah, I probably will : )
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October 17, 2014 12:25:33 PM

Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I don't think paying an extra £100 for an i7 is worth it, for what I'm doing anyway
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October 17, 2014 12:26:46 PM

CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...

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October 17, 2014 12:36:15 PM

mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



no games at the moment take advantage of an i7 but they will be soon, only 4 intel cores are taken advantage of at the moment in bf4 but 6 amd cores(but they are weaker).
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October 17, 2014 12:40:28 PM

mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



this is what I was thinking by going for the fx 8350, also, would there be any bottleneck by the fx 8350 with SLI 970s?
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October 17, 2014 12:41:50 PM

junkeymonkey said:
compare the xeon chips you may find them more to your liking

http://ark.intel.com/compare/75054,75055,80806,80810


No gonna lie mate.. I don't know what I'm looking for in that link you posted, I have no idea what the xeon chips are.
I just think they're noram "i3,i5,i7" chips without the integrated graphics cards?
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October 17, 2014 12:46:06 PM

CameronRock98 said:
mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



this is what I was thinking by going for the fx 8350, also, would there be any bottleneck by the fx 8350 with SLI 970s?


the i5 will give better results the fx 8350 will perform well in gaming but in every test the i5 will produce higher fps especially with SLI
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October 17, 2014 12:53:35 PM

Gracodana said:
mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



no games at the moment take advantage of an i7 but they will be soon, only 4 intel cores are taken advantage of at the moment in bf4 but 6 amd cores(but they are weaker).


You don't know what you're talking about bf4 multiplayer utilizes more than 4 threads...
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October 17, 2014 1:02:08 PM

if you don't plan on overclocking and your board supports it the xeon will do the job just fine
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October 17, 2014 1:27:50 PM

mr91 said:
Gracodana said:
mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



no games at the moment take advantage of an i7 but they will be soon, only 4 intel cores are taken advantage of at the moment in bf4 but 6 amd cores(but they are weaker).


You don't know what you're talking about bf4 multiplayer utilizes more than 4 threads...


can you link me to somthing too me about that because i'm sure that bf4 only uses 4 intelcores but 6 amd cores.
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October 17, 2014 1:41:18 PM

Gracodana said:
mr91 said:
Gracodana said:
mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



no games at the moment take advantage of an i7 but they will be soon, only 4 intel cores are taken advantage of at the moment in bf4 but 6 amd cores(but they are weaker).


You don't know what you're talking about bf4 multiplayer utilizes more than 4 threads...


can you link me to somthing too me about that because i'm sure that bf4 only uses 4 intelcores but 6 amd cores.


WOW! let's just say a game needs 6 cores, you will need a 6 core amd cpu or a 6 core intel cpu..there's never different needs for different cpu's
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October 17, 2014 1:56:31 PM

I don't know my poor old i5 4670 does all I ask of it no prob so far , but I look back as I said on the zeon chip and wonder if I made a mistake cause I did not need on chip gpu would of had hyperthreading and the larger cache from 6mb to 8 mb

the xeon 1230 would of done me real fine

that 4690 should do you as well nothing wrong with it
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October 17, 2014 4:05:26 PM

Gracodana said:
mr91 said:
Gracodana said:
mr91 said:
CameronRock98 said:
Joseph DeGarmo said:
The i5-4690k hands down, but if you absolutely need more than four cores / threads for rendering, CAD, etc., then consider an i7-4790k.


I'd do mostly gaming but I'd often like to record some game plays, this would means rendering and editing, will the i5 do these well but just not as fast the 8350?

if so, I think i'll go for the i5 as it's only £36 more


If you have the extra money get the I7 because more Game titles are starting to benefit from 8 threads, and the extra cache. BF4 MP, Crysis 3 and Wofenstein just to name a few. I think newer titles will benefit of an I 7 going forward...



no games at the moment take advantage of an i7 but they will be soon, only 4 intel cores are taken advantage of at the moment in bf4 but 6 amd cores(but they are weaker).


You don't know what you're talking about bf4 multiplayer utilizes more than 4 threads...


can you link me to somthing too me about that because i'm sure that bf4 only uses 4 intelcores but 6 amd cores.


Here is one link, I've also done the testing.
There are many more examples...
" I've done testing on both of these games with a 3570k and a 4790k at 4.6.

The rig based on a 4790k is significantly better...

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/33218/battlefield-4-makes...

Here is a link to Wolfenstein

http://www.gamefront.com/wolfenstein-the-new-order-requ...
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