i5-4460 + MSI B85-G41 PC Mate vs i5-6400 + ASUS H110M-A. Which one's better gaming-wise?

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uTukan

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Hey, I'm upgrading CPU and I was totally mindblown about the 4460, but then I came across the Skylake goodness which seems to cost just a little more ($10) in my country. Since it's new technology, there's a lot of hype about it. So, my question, which one is better for 90% gaming?

My current rig:

Phenom II X4 970

MSI 760GM-E51(FX)

MSI R9 280 (slightly OCed @1200MHz core & 1120MHz Mem)

HyperX Fury Red DDR3 1866MHz (I understand that I'd need DDR4 for Skylake)

As I mentioned, 90% of my PC usage is gaming. Current CPU is bottlenecking GPU pretty hard (never exceeds 60% usage) and I'm finally upgrading.


Core i5-6400
+
ASUS H110M-A

vs.

Core i5-4460
+
MSI B81-G41 PC Mate

Thanks a bunch folks :)
 
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Well, the 6400 runs at very low frequency. If you can step up to the i5-6500 then I would say no contest, get the skylake chip. But kind of a toss up. H class board should be a little better then the B class board for the Haswell. Then you have the cost difference due to the ram.

Cost/performance is probably going to go to the Haswell since you can keep your 1866 memory.
 
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Thanks for the info.

It can be turbo-ed to 3,3GHz which is higher than Haswell's base clock (3,2GHz), and very close to Haswell's turbo - 3,4GHz.

Would you say that $30 price difference for person on tight budget is worth the 6500?
 
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I think so. But it is more then that, since you have to get a set of memory. Though there are motherboards that will take DDR3L for skylake, you could probably downclock and undervolt your 1866 and get it to run at 1600 or so.
 
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Eximo said:
Well, the 6400 runs at very low frequency. If you can step up to the i5-6500 then I would say no contest, get the skylake chip. But kind of a toss up. H class board should be a little better then the B class board for the Haswell. Then you have the cost difference due to the ram.

Cost/performance is probably going to go to the Haswell since you can keep your 1866 memory.
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Cool, thanks, so aside from the cost (pretend I already have the DDR4 kit) the Skylake 6500 is much better choice than the other two?
 
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