Is it worth upgrading from a i5-3350P to a i5-4690K?

Jordan08041997 · Mar 6, 2016

Is it worth it because I would need to buy a new motherboard and everything because the different chipsets would it really effect the performance at all?

Dex does Computers · Mar 6, 2016

Not much performance different. Anything above 2011 quad core and 3.0 ghz above will not have bottleneck as for now unless multi gpu (sli or crossfire)

10tacle · Mar 6, 2016

For gaming, generally no. For CPU-intensive applications like video editing, the 4690K will be better, especially since it can be overclocked to near i7 performance in many productivity apps.

It all depends on what you want out of the chip.

Jordan08041997 · Mar 6, 2016

10tacle :

So with a godly graphics card and and alright cpu I can run whatever game pretty much

Karadjgne · Mar 6, 2016

Pretty much. The 3350p is 3.1GHz, the 4690k is 3.5GHz, not much difference unless you get a decent OC on it, and then it won't make much if any difference on a 60Hz monitor. With a weak gpu, that'll be the bottleneck, not the cpu. With a strong gpu, the monitor becomes the bottleneck.

10tacle · Mar 6, 2016

Jordan08041997 :

Yup, especially at higher quality/resolution/AA settings since it's more on the GPU than the CPU. There are plenty of benchmarks out there showing that even old Ivy Bridge CPUs still hang well. I'm still running an i5 2500K Sandy Bridge build that was my primary gaming rig from 2011-2014 before upgrading to a 4690K. And the only reason I upgraded was because my Sandy Bridge ASUS P8P67 Pro motherboard died and it was hard to find a new one without paying through the nose (I had since found a replacement mobo for that 2500K as I hated to waste a good build).

Jordan08041997 · Mar 6, 2016

10tacle :

Jordan08041997 :

Yup, especially at higher quality/resolution/AA settings since it's more on the GPU than the CPU. There are plenty of benchmarks out there showing that even old Ivy Bridge CPUs still hang well. I'm still running an i5 2500K Sandy Bridge build that was my primary gaming rig from 2011-2014 before upgrading to a 4690K. And the only reason I upgraded was because my Sandy Bridge ASUS P8P67 Pro motherboard died and it was hard to find a new one without paying through the nose (I had since found a replacement mobo for that 2500K as I hated to waste a good build).

Thanks, so with my current cpu and my gtx 970 I could run new games like Tom Clancy's The Division

Jordan08041997 · Mar 6, 2016

10tacle :

Jordan08041997 :

Yup, especially at higher quality/resolution/AA settings since it's more on the GPU than the CPU. There are plenty of benchmarks out there showing that even old Ivy Bridge CPUs still hang well. I'm still running an i5 2500K Sandy Bridge build that was my primary gaming rig from 2011-2014 before upgrading to a 4690K. And the only reason I upgraded was because my Sandy Bridge ASUS P8P67 Pro motherboard died and it was hard to find a new one without paying through the nose (I had since found a replacement mobo for that 2500K as I hated to waste a good build).

Thanks, so with my current cpu and my gtx 970 I could run new games like Tom Clancy's The Division

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