Should I get the i7 4790k?

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Hammahness

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I just recently got the GTX 1070 G1 Gaming edition and I was wondering if I should upgrade my cpu to the i7 4790k. I have the i5 4670k (never been overclocked) which i've been told shouldn't bottleneck the GTX 1070. The reason i'm asking this is because I have a Thermaltake Water 3.0 Performer C collecting dust on my cabinet and i'm wondering if I should go through the hassle now and install it or should I get the i7 4790k and install it then? Does the i7 4790k offer benefits worth upgrading to it or just stay with my current cpu and install the water cooler?
 
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There is nothing wrong with the i5 4670k you have as it will run any game you through at it. There are some games the i7 will outperform the i5 but on most titles you are unlikely to notice any difference. If you feel that the i5 is starting to lag then you can overclock it upto 4.5GHz (usually) if your motherboard allows it

In my opinion buying the i7 is a large expense for little gain, unless you are using the PC for some other task that will greatly benefit from the i7.
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No , the 4th generation is considered old now , they updated the 4th gen motherboards to operate the 5th gen Broadwell , and then came the skylake , skylake is the standard now , that's how i get it , 6th gen motherboards all come with solid pci e 3 for 60 fps and above and some have the ddr4 and z170 chipset
 
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There is nothing wrong with the i5 4670k you have as it will run any game you through at it. There are some games the i7 will outperform the i5 but on most titles you are unlikely to notice any difference. If you feel that the i5 is starting to lag then you can overclock it upto 4.5GHz (usually) if your motherboard allows it

In my opinion buying the i7 is a large expense for little gain, unless you are using the PC for some other task that will greatly benefit from the i7.
 
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See the reason i'm not getting these is because I have to upgrade my entire system from my motherboard to my cpu which I currently do not have money for. Plus the current components I have are still considered high end and I don't think its necessary to upgrade them yet. It's even said that the i7 4790k performance is very comparable to the i7 6700k so upgrading a whole system wouldn't be that worth it if there is still a cpu 2 generations ago that is still on par with current generation cpus. I'm just wondering if the performance difference between the cpu I have now and the i7 4790k is worth upgrading to so that I know if I should install my water cooler now or later.

 
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i'm not sure , but the way they developed haswell into broadwell , make it seems like both will be pretty much useless or obsolete if you will after skylake ..
 
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Alright thanks for the useful feedback! I'm just curious though, what are examples of symptoms that my cpu is starting to lag? And what is the usual performance difference between the two gaming wise?

 
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Im running an i7 4790 with a gtx 1070, no issues, yes the i7 4xxx is 2 generations older, it's still top tier and will remain good for gaming for a long time. In most games you wont notice if you have a i7 4790 or i7 6700.

But yes the i7 4790k is a bit better than the i5 4670k, but since you already have the i5 4670k, that cpu should still be good enough for the gtx 1070. if you were coming from a i3 4150 for example then yes the upgrade would be necessary with a gtx 1070, but the i5 4670k shoud still be good enough.

 
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I use MSI Afterburner to monitor my components performance while gaming. A sign that your CPU is starting to bottleneck is when you are gaming your CPU usage is at, or close to 100%.

Going back to Haswell over Skylake, if I were building a new rig then I would go with Skylake because it has a longer shelf life, lower power consumption and modest increase in performance over the Haswell chips. However, these gains are not worth the outlay if you already have a high end Haswell CPU, motherboard and RAM. If you are using your machine for mostly gaming then I would stick with the i5 4670K.

 
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