i5 4690k overkill?

[bukojoe]

Hello, I recently parted ways with my i5 760 and EVGA P55 SLI and replaced it with an i5 4690K and MSI Z97 PC Mate. Im running it with a Palit GTX 560 Ti OC, 4x2gb ddr3 1333, and a 240GB Kingston SSDNow V300. I was running my 760 at 3.6GHz and with the new parts, I don't really seem to notice the difference when using my PC for internet browsing and gaming (BF4 64-man multiplayer, Shadow of Mordor, Assassin's Creed Rogue, and NBA 2K15. I was thinking that my 560 Ti is the culprit and it probably is a bottleneck for the 4690K. However, I'm also thinking if I should swap out my 4690K and motherboard for maybe an i3 or Pentium G3258 and an H87, B85 or H81 Motherboard and then I have enough balance to buy a newer graphics card - im thinking an R9 270 since my 560 Ti is already having a hard time with newer games due to its 1GB memory. I can return the items I bought from the store and exchange them with the other parts with a little greater than or equal combined price. What should I do? As much as possible I only want the price to go up around $20 max. I can also just keep my current parts and drain the remaining life out of my 560 Ti until it is REALLY time to upgrade the GPU.

I come from the Philippines so these prices have been converted from PHP

i5 4690k - $265
+
Z97 PC Mate - $124
= $389

and

Intel G3258 - $74
ECS H87H3-M - $75
Zotac GTX 960 2GB - $245
= $394

where as
Intel i3 4160 - $125
ECS H87H3-M - $75
Powercolor R9 270 OC - $205
= $405

 

[levik406]

i5 4690k, z97 motherboard, and save up for a 900 series graphics card specially for the games you have listed, you would have a very solid gaming build!!!

 

[bukojoe]

Its not overkill at all, you just have a 3 yr old graphics card and you are not used to the cpu yet.
Try not shutting down every program whilst running a game and see what happens. the 4690k is ~ 75% more powerful than an i5 760. In most games you can multi task whilst playing and just windows key out of the game and stream this weeks episode of the Flash and check your email and the machine wont even slow down.With 8 gig of ram you can run several tasks as well as a game.
Going back to an i3 is folly.You wont when you get the hang of the available power with a modern quad core.I have a friend who runs EVE twice on his pc at the same time.

I don't really have the need to multitask as much though. The most I do is browse or check facebook while a game is in the background and I dont do it often too.

 

[levik406]

Best solution is don't downgrade its much better in every way just upgrade your graphics card you will have to with the newer games anyways to make them playable anyways

 

[bukojoe]

Alright I will keep my 4690K and then just upgrade my GPU in the future. Thanks for the help.