i5 4590+SSD vs i7 4790k

[asurada90]

Title says it all. i5 4590 + samsung 840 evo 250gb ssd VS i7 4790k. Which one should i choose when the price is similar.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

The former pairing should be good enough.

 

[airplanegeek]

i5 + SSD unless you are running specific programs that will benefit greatly from an i7

 

[theonerm2]

I would get the 4790K if it were me but I already have an SSD. The biggest difference I see with my SSD is in boot up times. You just have to decide which is more important to you. Faster CPU with more threads or shorter load times.

 

[asurada90]

i5 + SSD unless you are running specific programs that will benefit greatly from an i7

I do mostly gaming, heavy websurfing and occasional Video encoding. Other than that i don't do any proffesional work nor use specific programs(rendering , photoshop etc...). Im more towards i5+ssd but not so sure. Need more input from you guys!

 

[theonerm2]

For video encoding the Core i7 would be very good to have... But sense it's not any professional work you can get by with the Core i5. The SSD will greatly improve your experience with the computer.

 

[asurada90]

I would get the 4790K if it were me but I already have an SSD. The biggest difference I see with my SSD is in boot up times. You just have to decide which is more important to you. Faster CPU with more threads or shorter load times.

So other than the boot up times, what other benefits from having ssd? And i dont know if having more threads is going to make a difference interms of gaming, web surfing and some video encoding.

 

[theonerm2]

The SSD will load anything you put on it faster. The issue here is space though. Most of your programs that will take the longest to load are the biggest ones and because of space constraints you're probably not going to be able to put very many games or other big programs on the SSD. Most people get an SSD for a faster boot time and they put most of their programs on a much larger hard drive. So while the load times will be faster for your smaller programs and for your OS you're probably not going to see much difference after you're already on the desktop and everything has already been loaded.

As far as the Core i7 goes you're not going to see a real world difference compared to the Core i5 except in video encoding. The Core i7 is better than the Core i5 at everything but most of the time you won't be able to see the difference unless you look at benchmark numbers.