Which processor should j buy

Im upgrading my mb and cpu soon was just wandering which way would be the best to go it's either the i7 4970k devils canyon or the i5 4690k devils canyon now I know the i7 is the more powerful chip but am I going to use that extra power to good effect in assetto and other games or would it be a waste of an extra 100 quid. thoughts please

 

i5

 

I live by the motto if you can afford it, buy the very best at the time..

So if you can afford it go i7

 

I5 by far.
If your PC is used primarily for games.

If you do photo or video editing, absolutely I7

 

from a gaming point of view:
thats what intel/nvidia want you to think, its like a flagship tax these days, 30% price hike for 10% performance gain, which will be compeltely moot next generation when the new model 1 below flagship is better than the previous flagship. particularly for cpus, that 10% performance gain is not going to be noticable in any game, just benchmarks, although intels marketing materials would like to make you think otherwise

from an AC point of view, £100 to see your cpu usage percentage lower with 0 performance difference, or £100 to spend on all the awesome DLC... no brainer for me

(ignore the CPU in my signature, I didnt buy it and never would for gaming lol)

 

although i dont disagree with you.. i have just lived with that motto all my life..

i mean i have now a i7-920Do 2.6ghz cpu @ 3.8ghz and it runs most things perfectly.. i still only have 6gb 1600mz ram in! :O

 

The gaming performance between the i5 and the i7 is minimal. Like the others said, Unless you plan on doing any intensive CPU workloads, the i5 is your best bet. Its still a fantastic chip.

 

is the i5 2400 enough for AC?

 

I've got the 4790k and it easily overclocked to 4.7Ghz. I highly recommend it.

 

Nice set up you have there cooknn!

 

Thanks. My boys helped me build it. If you decide to go Devils Canyon I can assist with the UEFI settings (if you go with an Asus mobo). Keep us posted.

 

Thanks cooknn and will do

 

I'm looking at current specs of games, Intel and AMD needs to get their **** together and get something new out soon, cause **** companies like ubisoft, not that I will ever play any of those games, but they suggest a i7 3770 for their game to run What in the hell? So now thinking that maybe once an i7 was an overkill it isn't now. If I were to get a new one I'd still go as high as I can, Using all of the power or not, it won't harm you or your PC for that matter.

 

thats exactly what intel want you to think... the recommending of recent i7s in pc requirements is normally down to marketing/other grubby deals (think of all the intel/amd/nvidia videos that play when you launch a game). just look at the benchmarks, i5 to i7 is not that big a deal, a few mhz, some cache and HT which vary rarely brings much benefit in game performance. Intel marketing obviously tries to suggest otherwise

Take your example of AC unity:

"Still, we did not notice any performance differences between our hexa-core and our simulated quad-core systems. Moreover, enabling Hyper Threading did not bring any additional performance gains on our systems, despite the incredible scaling on those additional threads."
from
http://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/assassins-creed-unity-pc-performance-analysis/

but obviously intel marketing would have you believe 6 cores and hyperthreading will double your fps

£100 extra really isnt worth it imo, considering you can easily squeeze the extra MHz out of the i5 anyway to close the gap

besides £100 would be way better spent on a future gpu upgrade in terms of price/performance or gfx quality

 

Yes, hyperthreading is nothing new or revolutionary. i5 is just fine for gaming.

And I agree with @ears1991 that money could be better spent on something that will have a much larger performance impact, like a GPU.

 

Thanks for the comments guys good to know I'm not gonna lose to much if I go i5 I'm leaning more towards the i7 though. my csw should be sold soon so have some extra cash coming

 

i5 and overclock, save the your money for future GPU/DLC.

 

I would not recommend investing in an overclockable processor and motherboard. For gaming the maximum gain will be a low amount of FPS and the money saved can be invested in something else or later on. For this reason I went for the latest generation i5 4460 which is absolutely more than fine for AC and in combination with a good GPU you will be absolutely fine.

 

Gain will come in the future when your GPU requires more work from the CPU. Your only option on a H board and non K chip will be to upgrade to a 4790k or a new platform, whereas anyone with a K CPU and Z board will just overclock.

Just look at the guys on a 2500K, still going strong even in Ubisoft games that are actually using 8 threads because they can overclock. Definatly more than worth it.

 

Go i5, use money saved for GPU.
Intel is holding back like always(Don't expect huge gains for another 3-5 years,. it won't be on haswell), you aren't going to get much in gaming by going i7 except less money in your wallet.