Intel 4690 or 4690K?

[Harmzz]

Hey guys I plan on buying the Intel 4690 CPU. However the 4690 is cheaper then the 4690K version.

If I have a stock cooler and not going to overlock my CPU at all. I should just save money and get the non K version right?

 

[ZandaThebigbluePanda]

get the non k if you don't intend to overclock the non-k has some other "behind the scenes" consumer features your not going to notice but they do help

 

[MasterDell]

Or you could buy a Xeon 1231 V3 because it has hyperthreading 😛

 

[Harmzz]

get the non k if you don't intend to overclock the non-k has some other "behind the scenes" consumer features your not going to notice but they do help

Features that will boost FPS/performance? 😛

 

[MasterDell]

get the non k if you don't intend to overclock the non-k has some other "behind the scenes" consumer features your not going to notice but they do help

Features that will boost FPS/performance? 😛

No.

 

[jediTT]

What mobo do you have? Last I checked the 4690k was only $10 or so more than the 4690. If you have already have a suitable board $10 is worth having the ability to overclock if you ever wanted to.

 

[ZandaThebigbluePanda]

get the non k if you don't intend to overclock the non-k has some other "behind the scenes" consumer features your not going to notice but they do help

Features that will boost FPS/performance? 😛

for gaming no, but theses non-k features do help in multi-threaded apps such as a rendering platform, or in photoshop.
I enjoy having my i7 4790k because of the fact that I run a light over clock on it. but when your messing with an i7 your gonna either want GPU('s) to match or know that the I7 WILL help in what you intend to do with it.

for an I5 the performance of a non-overclocked i5 4690k vs a stock clocked i5 4690 is not night and day.
but when your talking a I7 4790k @ stockclocks vs a i7 4790 @ stock clocks the i7 4790 will pull ahead in some cases for it to be seen, and I mean rendering of models, video encoding, ect ect.
But that is superseded alot of the time by even a light overclock.

 

[MasterDell]

Zanda what features are you talking about that the 4790k lacks? The 4790k and the 4790 both have the same instruction sets. Both have the same L2 and L3 cache. The only think different is the clock speeds where the 4790k has a .4GHz higher base, and turbo clock.