4790k still worth getting?

[Biernot]

Is the 4790k still worth getting? I found a pretty good deal on it, and i'm planning to pair it with a nh-d15 cooler and an asus z97 deluxe motherboard.
However I see way too many people upgrading to six core processors and I'm scared to find myself upgrading again in a few months.
Thanks.

 

[vrumor]

Way too many people are most likely upgrading to an AMD 6 core, not Intel. The price on Intel 6 cores are insane and absolutely not needed for gaming. If you want to see how Toms Hardware grades CPUs for gaming, they have a stickie on the front page of the site and its there every day, showing their tiers of gaming CPUs.

 

[ak47jar3d]

It depends what you are using it for. For gaming, i5 4690k is the better option unless you plan on doing a high end crossfire or sli (980s/290xs). For content creation and rendering, the i7 5820k would be a bigger option with increase core count and cache without having the huge price tag that the 5930k and 5960x have.

 

[Biernot]

I accidently clicked choose as best answer on mail..
Is the 4790k still worth buying? For how long will it ve viable for gaming/video editing?
2011 processors are indeed too expensive.