Fx-9370 or i7-4770k

[Asbaat]

Hi, i am planning to play games like bf4 and watch dogs in ultra, what will be the best choice? The 8-cored fx-9370 or the 4-cored i7-4770k.

 

[TryHardVermin]

The intel i7 is better. The i7 is 4 physical cores, but is hyperthreaded for 8 cores. Also if it matters the i7 is more energy efficant.

 

[Traciatim]

Games? The Intel is vastly superior. In fact even the 4670k or 4690k is superior and allows you to save some cash from the i7 to sink more in to your video card performance which generally ends up better for a gaming machine in the long run.

 

[Andrew Buck]

4770K will. BF4 only really utilizes 4 cores, the rest kind of, but not as much. The Core i7 has better single-threaded performance. I had an 8320 at 4.5 GHz (essentially a little better than a 9370) and not with my 4770K, I get over 30% better framerates, and better scaling.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Fx-9370 < Is a thermal nightmare , the only real choice is the 4770k.

I have my 8350 at 5.2 , on big air but that was a lottery chip.

 

[Andrew Buck]

Go with a 4690K i5 and a Z97 board like this: http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=97021&vpn=Z97-A&manufacture=ASUS&promoid=1264

 

[Alec Mowat]

The FX-9370 is an enthusiast chip for overclocking, it's not really for daily use.

 

[Derza10]

Do not get the i7 4770k... they just released an i7-4790k, its 5-10% faster costs the same amount and runs cooler.

 

[Andrew Buck]

Don't get the 4790K for gaming. It is pointless. The 4690K would be the same for $100 less.

 

[thunderdan602]

Lots of good answers here. For a mostly gaming rig, get an Intel Haswell I5 K series. Haswell is the newest available architecture from Intel, is faster at stock than Ivy Bridge, the K series is unlocked, and Intel kills in single threaded apps. The I7 series is an awesome cpu, but you will also pay more for that awesomeness and not see a lot of benefit from its hyper-threading in games. Use the money you save toward a high end GPU. On a side note, as others have mentioned, the I5 4690K is out and available for the same about the same price as the I5 4670K and the 4690 is slightly faster and should be a potentially better overclocker. And unless you get a smoking deal somewhere on an older 4670K, and I don't see any big price reductions on the older Intel Haswell CPU's, get the latest version. Make sure you also get a Z97 chipset motherboard if you decide on the 4690K or 4790K. If you find a smoking deal on 4670K or 4770K, get a Z87 chipset motherboard.

 

[Asbaat]

Thanks a lot! Everyone helped me thanks!