i5-4460 vs i5-4690k Gaming Performance Comparison?

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nebulashadow

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Hello everyone, I am about to build my friend a gaming pc as an upgrade to his laptop. I mentioned to him that if you get the Intel processors with the K at the end, that they are unlocked and allow overclocking, which would improve performance to a degree. Ultimately, for him to get the i5-4690k as well as the Hyper 212 EVO opposed to the i5-4460 using the stock cooler, it would cost around $100 more. When gaming with the options maxed out on newer and future titles, will the cpu bottleneck his framerate? He wants to run pretty much all games maxed out at 1080p with a consistent 60fps. He is on a budget and is trying to save money, but wants to spend what he needs to for the best gaming solution that will last him a few years. Will he regret the 4460? Here is his build.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MNVYFT

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case
PSU: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Disk Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor
 
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Youtube videos are often very inaccurate.

GPU can never bottleneck. This is not the meaning of 'bottlenecking'. Only the CPU can bottleneck (aka hold back the GPU in performance).

Why have you chosen the Z97 PC mate over the H97 PC Mate? The Z97 allows overclocking on i5-K CPU's, the i5-4460 obviously is not.

The i5-4460 will perform really good but the i5-4690k can be useful for future proofing.

You have chosen 1x8GB RAM but 2x4GB would be better in pretty much every way.

The power supply you have chosen is low quality. It might fail on you soon.
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Thanks for the reply. The only reason I was asking is because I saw a video on youtube showing the 4460 getting significantly lower than 60fps when playing Crysis 3 maxed at 1080p I believe. Was this just a bad video? They didn't show the test bench and I believe some of the older Crysis games were quite CPU intensive. If he did get the 4690k, I would likely OC it to at least 4GHz.
 
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new games will be written in DX 12, that video card is a monster, the cpu, at this point, either will hold its own for years. I have a first generation i5 750, that still chunks frames on modern games (it is not my main build) but nonetheless, someone new to overclocking, or anyone who wants to, should be well educated enough to make their own choices, that being said, if they have the money, why not.. ill leave the spec Nazis to suggest one or the other. but the SSD and the GPU are what really matter in a gaming rig.
 
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Youtube videos are often very inaccurate.

GPU can never bottleneck. This is not the meaning of 'bottlenecking'. Only the CPU can bottleneck (aka hold back the GPU in performance).

Why have you chosen the Z97 PC mate over the H97 PC Mate? The Z97 allows overclocking on i5-K CPU's, the i5-4460 obviously is not.

The i5-4460 will perform really good but the i5-4690k can be useful for future proofing.

You have chosen 1x8GB RAM but 2x4GB would be better in pretty much every way.

The power supply you have chosen is low quality. It might fail on you soon.
 
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This is a better tuned budget system.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($75.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($131.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $958.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-26 18:06 EDT-0400

this is a performance system.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($75.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($131.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1055.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-26 18:08 EDT-0400
Here's what you can do with it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2719471/4690k-memory-overclocking-project-results.html

I would not rely on getting more than 4.4Ghz on your overclock.
 
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