I'm going to be building a computer in the next couple of months and I've been planning the parts for a while. It's purpose is primarily gaming and a little bit of video editing. My cpu of choice for the last year or so has been the 4670k. It offers top tier gaming performance at only $200.
However, the Pentium G3258 or Pentium Anniversary Edition came out with the devil's canyon processors and it seems appealing. It is only $75 and offers fairly similar performance in some games.
The performance difference between the new i5 4690k (reworked 4670k) in gaming seems to be anywhere from 0-5 fps in some games such as Battlefield 4, Theif, Tomb Raider, WOW.
This difference is much greater in newer games such as, Metro Last Light (13 fps difference), Grid 2 (24 fps difference), Arma 3 (8 fps).
With a difference in $125 do you think it is worth it to go for a 2 core cpu. It overclocks very well, and it's performance is very good for the price. I know it's hard to future proof, but it seems like having a quad core would help in the future.for gaming performance, but the value right now is hard to pass up. What do you guys think?
The i5-4690k will be a lot, lot faster in video editing.
If you aren't looking to overclock, and have a dedicated GPU, take a look at the Xeon E3-1230v3. This CPU is essentially an i7-4770 with disabled integrated graphics.
If you've read Chris Angelini's review it all comes down to what level of game performance you want. The G3258 does really well in some games; but it won't deliver the high resolution, high detail, high frame rate experience that the PC master race has become accustomed to. For that, an entry level i5 seems to be the minimum.
Those who have a good handle on which games they play or are OK with lower resolutions or 30 fps, might do just fine with a G3258 or i3.
I agree. The E3-1230v3 is an excellent value for the performance that you get, and if your motherboard can manage the bump in FSB rate, you can actually get some overclocking out of it yet. Overclocking is just less stable and typically requires more of an increase of your core voltage, so i wouldn't necessarily recommend pushing it as high as you might if you had multiplier control.
its like having the choice of grabbing 2 Chocolate Cupcakes or 1 Giant Chocolate Cake.
Get the Chocolate Cake. *4690k*
Games are benefiting with more cores depending if the game uses the CPU more or the GPU more.
and Honestly and i mean this in the most least disrespectful way possible. you'd be an idiot to do do at least the tiniest video editing with a Dual Core processor in this day in age
Plus you haven't built your PC yet its best to jump on the latest platform (Z97) since its new. and it has all new goodies like M.2 support and depending on what motherboard you grabbed improved audio.
i think if you are on a tight budget, and are going to overclock, then the Pentium Anniversary seems to be awesome price/performance for games. if it is in your budget, and will be doing video editing, just get the 4690k. and if it is in your budget, and you will be doing a LOT of video editing, might as well get the 4790k.