Is i5-4690k a good upgrade from AMD FX6300?

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Hi,
I'm looking to upgrade my CPU to a i5-4690k from an FX6300.
I'm wondering if it's worth the buy since I've heard good stuff about it.

I'm mainly going to be playing games and livestreaming there and now with the occasional youtubing.

Currently my setup goes like this:
AMD FX 6300 @ 3.5GHz (Stock clock)
Asus M5A97 R.2
GTX 760
2TB WDD HDD & Samsung SSD

Any other recommendations are appreciated. Thanks.
 
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The 4690K and 6500 are pretty similar in performance. The 6500 has a much better integrated GPU and draws around 2/3 the power, while performing within a few percent of the 4690K. The 4690K can overclock, so it would not surprise me if some of CPUBoss's data came from overclocked samples, which would skew things.

The biggest advantage of the 6500 is that the 4690K is on a discontinued platform, and uses older DDR3 RAM. If you have a motherboard failure in a year, you'll have a hard time finding one for a reasonable price for the 4690K because supply is drying up, and DDR4 is currently replacing DDR3. Also, the motherboards you'll find for the 6500 should have new features that aren't present on older 1151 boards, such as USB 3.1...
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The i5 4690K is very significantly faster than your FX-6300, but it's also close to 3 years old now. Better to buy an i5 6xxx, unless you're getting a screaming deal on the older CPU.

If you don't plan to overclock, you don't need to get a "K" CPU. An i5 6500 would be a good choice. If you do want to OC, you need to buy a "K" CPU (i5 6600K or i7 6700k) and a Z170 motherboard to gain access to overclocking, which might net you another 10-20% performance.
 
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I don't really plan on OCing my intel CPU but should I buy the "k" model if I want turbo mode on? (for example 3.5GHz stock clock to 4GHz) or should I just stick to some decent yet affordable non "k" models?
 
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The 4690K and 6500 are pretty similar in performance. The 6500 has a much better integrated GPU and draws around 2/3 the power, while performing within a few percent of the 4690K. The 4690K can overclock, so it would not surprise me if some of CPUBoss's data came from overclocked samples, which would skew things.

The biggest advantage of the 6500 is that the 4690K is on a discontinued platform, and uses older DDR3 RAM. If you have a motherboard failure in a year, you'll have a hard time finding one for a reasonable price for the 4690K because supply is drying up, and DDR4 is currently replacing DDR3. Also, the motherboards you'll find for the 6500 should have new features that aren't present on older 1151 boards, such as USB 3.1.

Right now on Newegg, the 4690K is $40 more expensive than the 6500.
 
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