AMD FX 8320 vs. Intel i5 4690K (With R9 280X)

[CM94]

I have narrowed my next upgrade to these two CPU's and have chosen the following CPU and Mobo combo's for each one to compare with:

Intel: CPU: i5 4690K
Mobo: Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard

AMD: CPU: AMD FX 8320
Mobo: Asus M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard


I have a couple of questions about these two options:

(1) i5 4690K is clearly better than AMD 8320, but I'm not sure how much better it is for everday use, engineering software and games when it costs £75 more. Is this increased cost merited?

(2) Will the i5 4690K be more "future-proof" especially for the latest games, e.g. The Witcher, Star Citizen etc?

(3) I currently have 8Gb, 1600MHz DDR3 Komputerbay RAM. Will this bottleneck the system with an i5 4690 Overclocked and R9 280X? Therefore the AMD FX 8320 may be a better fit and cheaper?

Cheer's in advance for any replies!


Other Specs:
PSU: Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze
GPU: HIS R9 280X
RAM: 8Gb (2x4Gb), Komputerbay
Harddrive: Samsung HD103SJ, 1Tb
CPU Heatsink: Coolermaster 212 Evo
Operating System: Windows 7

 

[clutchc]

1) yes, at least for gaming and any apps that don't demand more than 4 cores. Even at that, the much quicker IPC of the Intel processor will offset most of the 8 cores's advantages in heavily threaded apps. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1261?vs=698
2) No processor is future proof. But for gaming there's no comparison. http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-8320/2432vs1983
3) It won't bottleneck either one more or less than the other. Bottleneck usually refers to the CPU not being able to keep up with a gfx card that can rendermore frames faster than the CPU can display them.

 

[CM94]

Sweet cheers for the help Think I'll go for the Intel as it seems quite a lot better for everday stuff, most games and even when compared to highly multi-threaded applications/games isn't too far off AMD, more reliable, saves money on energy and probably easier to upgrade once I have the Z97 Mobo as 5th gen is apparently compatible.

 

[clutchc]

Good choice.

 

[Rakanyshu]

yeah you have a good choice right there. for the ram you can always over clock it to get better speeds.

 

[CM94]

Cheers for the help