fx 8350 vs i5 4690k - is the extra £36 worth it?

CameronRock98

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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. : )
 

Vexillarius

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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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If you don't plan on overclocking much just get the 4690 non k.
 

CameronRock98

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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
 

CameronRock98

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I don't think paying an extra £100 for an i7 is worth it, for what I'm doing anyway
 

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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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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).
 

CameronRock98

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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?
 

CameronRock98

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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?
 

Gracodana

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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
 

mr91

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

Gracodana

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

CameronRock98

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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
 
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