i5 6400 vs i5 4690K

[rapadox]

Good morning, I am planning to buy this PC: http://www.hej.sk/stolny-pocitac-hp-envy-750-102nc-p4s55ea-bcm/

Specs:

OS: Windows 10 Home 64
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6400 2,7 GHz
Chipset: Intel H110
RAM: DDR3L 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)
SSD: SATA SSD 128 GB
HDD: SATA 1 TB 7 200 ot./min
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB

Is the i5 6400 faster or at least of same performance as i5 4690K? Will the i5 6400 bottleneck the GTX970 or not?

I know that building own PC is better, but I dont know how to put those parts together and I have no one who can do that for me too.

Thank you.

 

[Karsten75]

In benchmarks the i5-4690K is about 10% faster than the newer i5-6400. I do not think that will impact its performance in any games and it is highly unlikely that it will be the cause of a bottleneck in driving a GTx 970. Depends on the game, but most likely not at all.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

The 6400 has turbo boost and will run faster under load. It will not limit the GTX 970 except in circumstances where almost any CPU would be limiting.

No the 6400 is not as fast as the i5 4690K. The Skylake has about a 10% throughput over a Haswell at the same speed. I run my 4690K at 4.6 Ghz 24/7, so a Skylake would need to run at over 4.0Ghz to match that and none of the locked Skylakes run that fast.

I would want to know what PSU that computer has.

 

[Justkeeplookin]

If you will not build the computer. I HIGHLY advise to get a GOOD PSU. Otherwise, if you get the 4690K, overclocking might be a problem.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

If you will not build the computer. I HIGHLY advise to get a GOOD PSU. Otherwise, if you get the 4690K, overclocking might be a problem.

It needs a GOOD PSU no matter what. This is a high-performance gaming system and needs a high-performance PSU.

 

[Justkeeplookin]

Good Point^

 

[Karsten75]

it's a HP machine. Safe assumption is that it will have a PSU commensurate with the usual HP quality, which is sufficient. HP is not going to put a top-notch PSU in there, but at the same time it will be "good enough". They're not some fly-by-night cheap PC company. They have enough resources to test and quality assure their product lines.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

But does it have the PCI-e connectors for the GTX 970? I'm concerned that the GTX 970 is not 'stock option'

I don't know if the whole system is from HP or it is being provided by a dealer who does the 'upgrade' My Czech is to crappy to tell.

 

[theonerm2]

A good PSU is definitely necessary for that build. I recommend the Seasonic S12II Bronze 620 Watt PSU http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=PSS12II620&c=CJ
But sense you're not building the PC then just let HP deal with it if the PSU catches on fire and burns your house down.

Also to answer your original question the Core i5 4690K is a bit better than the Core i5 6400 and if you overclock the 4690K then it's a whole lot better. But still... Go with the CPU that you can better afford because just to be honest as long as you have at least a recent Core i5 desktop processor and it's a quad core CPU you're going to be fine for gaming.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

A good PSU is definitely necessary for that build. I recommend the Seasonic S12II Bronze 620 Watt PSU http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=PSS12II620&c=CJ
But sense you're not building the PC then just let HP deal with it if the PSU catches on fire and burns your house down.

Also to answer your original question the Core i5 4690K is a bit better than the Core i5 6400 and if you overclock the 4690K then it's a whole lot better. But still... Go with the CPU that you can better afford because just to be honest as long as you have at least a recent Core i5 desktop processor and it's a quad core CPU you're going to be fine for gaming.

I'm sure it will be a good solid PSU. My experiences with HP have been good for decades. The question is whether it is a good high-performance PSU for a powerful gaming system.

 

[theonerm2]

A good PSU is definitely necessary for that build. I recommend the Seasonic S12II Bronze 620 Watt PSU http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=PSS12II620&c=CJ
But sense you're not building the PC then just let HP deal with it if the PSU catches on fire and burns your house down.

Also to answer your original question the Core i5 4690K is a bit better than the Core i5 6400 and if you overclock the 4690K then it's a whole lot better. But still... Go with the CPU that you can better afford because just to be honest as long as you have at least a recent Core i5 desktop processor and it's a quad core CPU you're going to be fine for gaming.

I'm sure it will be a good solid PSU. My experiences with HP have been good for decades. The question is whether it is a good high-performance PSU for a powerful gaming system.

I was kind of joking when I said that it would burn the house down. I should have said that in the post. I'm sure it will be good enough sense they're putting it in there but I still don't think I would like having to use it myself. It's probably just barely good enough and any upgrading to a GPU that uses more power is probably out of the question.