Fx6300 vs i5 2500k vs i5 4690k
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iam2thecrowe
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for $100 the 2500k is a steal, it is faster overall than the fx 6300. just make sure you trust who is selling it to you, most of the 2500k's out there will have been overclocked within an inch of their life. Are you getting a motherboard with it? because the 2500k is a different socket, wont go in a z87 board. Need z/h77 or z/h67. Z board if you want to oc, H board if you dont.
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Architectures from 2nd-gen to 4th-gen don't carry too much of an improvement in performance. Even if you get a used i7-3770k and Z77 motherboard for cheap on eBay, the performance will last you for a good 5 years or so.
Would it be worth it to pay $100 more for the i5 4690k? I'm talking about drastic performance difference. I would want to notice the difference. I'm planning to get a CPU first then a motherboard. I found a guy whos selling an ASUS Z87 Maximus Hero VI
for $90 but I guess that won't work with the i5 2500k.
Have a look at this for comparison: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/288?vs=1261
Should give you an idea of the kind of performance you're looking at.
If you do intend to OC, it's worth bearing in mind that 2500Ks tend to overclock higher than modern Haswell CPUs. You could expect to get a few hundred Mhz more out of a 2500K. You're at the mercy of the silicon lottery for sure (and depending how hard your second chip has been worked too), so you're not guaranteed higher clock speeds out of the older 2500K, but they do tend to OC a little higher.
That video card upgrade is not worth it unless you can get a really good price for you 7950. FYI, a 7950 is the identical card (sometimes with slightly different clocks) to the R9 280, which is a slightly cut-down r9 280X (=7970). That 7950/280 is still a pretty decent card for 1080p gaming.
If you're not going to overclock then don't look at the more expensive "K" processors. You can get an i5-4460 for about $50 cheaper than a 4690K.
Alternatively, if it fits your budget, the Xeon e3-1231 is a really fantastic processor for streaming. It's basically an i7 (quad core + hyperthreading - the latter helps your streaming) but it's priced only a little higher than a 4690K.
I do agree with others though that the 2500k is still a very solid processor, particularly if you can get a motherboard for it on the cheap. But if you have to a go a new Mobo and won't be overclocking anyways, I'd suggest you either go a cheaper Haswell i5, or spend up on the Xeon.
Yeah I do know 7950 is basically a r9 280. I bought the 7950 for 100 and can buy the 280x for 150. As for the cpu, it really depends on if there is a seller willing to sell an i5 or xeon e3-1231 for a set price. Currently, a guy is selling an i5 2500k for 100 and a guy selling i5 4690k for around 190ish. I wouldn't want to buy any of these new. I've looked and so far no one is selling a non "k" i5 processor.
iam2thecrowe
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the 7950 is going to be the limiting factor with either cpu. Unless you have a gtx970 or better your going to be mostly gpu bottlenecked with either of the intel's.
That's for sure true, but OP says he is streaming, so the CPU investment makes sense and should last a few years yet. Maybe once CPU is in place OP could start saving for GPU upgrade down the track, maybe for whatever replaces GTX 970 and then have a really solid system. The 7950 is still pretty capable for 1080p gaming.
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