Making the move from AMD to Intel. I have a few questions.

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SnoweyBallz

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I have had an AMD-Based system for the longest time, however, with the latest games I have seen how AMD suffers compared to most Intel systems.

My current build:
MoBo: MSI 970 Gaming
CPU: AMD FX-8350 (stock clocks)
RAM: 16 GB (4x4) Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 980 4GB
PSU: CX750 Corsair 750 Watt
Case: HAF Cooler Master 932

Desired Build:
MoBo: MSI B85-G43
CPU: Intel i5-4690k
RAM: 16 GB (4x4) Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 980 4GB
PSU: CX750 Corsair 750 Watt
Case: HAF Cooler Master 932

My questions:

  • Is it worth it to get an i5 series or should I go ahead and bust out the money for a 7 series?

    I know that I will get a performance increase, but how noticeable will it be?

    Are the items listed that I may change "good"? (not experienced with Intel at all)

For reference the games that I play often are:

Grand Theft Auto V
Witcher III
Arma 2 DayZ Mod
Arma 3
DayZ Standalone
H1Z1
League of Legends
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Tom Clancy's: Rainbow-Six Siege

Thank you for your help! ~Snowey
 
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I see. In that case once again, the I5 you suggested is a fine choice. If you'd like to overclock it, you'd want a Z97 board, if not you're good to go.
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Really the I7 would yield little benefit in gaming (not extremely noticeable). Granted if you were gaming while having multiple programs open or streaming, the I7 would help. The CPU you suggested is an excellent chip, however is slowly becoming out of date. My only advice would be going with a modern 'Skylake' I5, the 6600k. This would mean a different motherboard and memory, however this CPU if more modern. If not once again the 4690k is an excellent choice
 
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I completely agree, however, I am on a somewhat tight budget. I need to keep this below $350 MAYBE $375 if I had to...
 
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I see. In that case once again, the I5 you suggested is a fine choice. If you'd like to overclock it, you'd want a Z97 board, if not you're good to go.
 
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Even going for an older i5 3570k setup would give gaming a kick in the pants. With good air cooling you can ramp up the clock by upto a full Ghz.
Certainly the i5 is the level to be at whichever generation you choose - it's true quad core (no fpu sharing like AMD and real cores rather than hyperthreading, like the i3). The i7 is essentially an i5 with hyperthreading and a few other tweaks. Great for heavy multitask workloads, wasted on anything less.
There are other options as well. AMD will be releasing a new chip soon based on Carrizo, which is around 20-25% faster clock for clock than your piledriver based chip. This will then be succeeded by an all new architecture on the same socket - Zen - which is meant to be 40% faster clock for clock than the carrizo based chip. This will be happening in 2016, this year. So hanging fire a little while before making the decision might be beneficial, assuming you aren't already having major gaming issues, in which case get the i5.
There is also the lesser option of migrating to socket FM2+ which houses the fastest AMD chips nowadays. The godavari based chips are a full generation and a refresh newer than your fx8350, and are around 15% - 20% faster at the same clock speeds. They overclock too, and will get within spitting distance of an i5 when overclocked. The cheapest quad core is also the fastest, being the flagship model without integrated GFX (and thus HSA) in the form of the athlon 860k, which is around £60.

If your mind is set on Intel this time however, i would certainly go for the i5, preferably the 4690k as it is a beast, but honestly any i5 gen 3 and above around 3.5ghz or higher will do you just fine. I can assure you that Arma 2 and 3 run fantastically on an i5 3570k, even at stock speeds, so anything newer than that just gets better.
 
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Except for some monothread tasks, the benchmark of this AMD CPU is better than any INTEL i5.
Latest games are supposed to be multithread, not crap.
Then I can hardly beleive that an AMD-FX 8350 + GTX 980 + 16 GB RAM could suffer.
Before wasting your money, are you sure it's not a problem a software (virus, trojan...) ?
 
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I'd love to see those 'benchmarks' I can say from experience that you will get better performance on even some of the lower end I5s. None the less a top of the line unit.
 
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