Intel Core i7 or a GTX970?

[akibara]

so im planning to build a new pc and i cant decide whether i should get an i7 instead of an i5 and keep the gtx960 4GB in the list or i should get the gtx970 2GB but keep the i5.Im not going to choose both the i7 and the 970 because getting both will costs me out of my budget in my currency.

so tell me what you guys think,should i get the i7 or the gtx970?

sorry if my english is bad and thank you for reading this thread.

 

[ZachyBeat]

If this build is for gaming you will definitely want the i5 + 970. An i7 will give you marginally, at best, better performance than an i5. They have similar single threaded performance and the i5 is only really missing the hyperthreading of the i7. Which two cpus are you looking at? Do you plan to overclock? In the same price range as an i5 4690k you could instead opt for a Xeon E3 1231 V3 which you can expect to get the same performance as a 4790k, just it isn't multiplier overclockable and has no Intel HD graphics. You can give it a small overclock by upping the bus speed very incrementally at a time and if you're lucky get in the neighbourhood of a 10% overclock.

 

[Martin1982]

I5 is plenty if it's just for gaming

 

[soldier5637]

An i7 will go wasted unless youre rendering stuff with say, Adobe. An i5 is more than enough for gaming and the i5 is still even pretty good for rendering. But more so, the GTX 960 4 Gb version is useless. It has a 128 bit bus, it can only transfer something like 2.2 Gb anyways. If you want the 2 Gb version, go ahead but the 4 Gb version is pointless even with Maxwells compression. The 970 is a massive jump in power over any 960.

 

[akibara]

If this build is for gaming you will definitely want the i5 + 970. An i7 will give you marginally, at best, better performance than an i5. They have similar single threaded performance and the i5 is only really missing the hyperthreading of the i7. Which two cpus are you looking at? Do you plan to overclock? In the same price range as an i5 4690k you could instead opt for a Xeon E3 1231 V3 which you can expect to get the same performance as a 4790k, just it isn't multiplier overclockable and has no Intel HD graphics. You can give it a small overclock by upping the bus speed very incrementally at a time and if you're lucky get in the neighbourhood of a 10% overclock.

thank you for replying

yes i am going to game with this build and yes i do plan to overclock somewhere in the future.The two cpus that im currently looking at is the i5-6400 and the i7-6700,though i do video render but not on a daily basis.

 

[akibara]

An i7 will go wasted unless youre rendering stuff with say, Adobe. An i5 is more than enough for gaming and the i5 is still even pretty good for rendering. But more so, the GTX 960 4 Gb version is useless. It has a 128 bit bus, it can only transfer something like 2.2 Gb anyways. If you want the 2 Gb version, go ahead but the 4 Gb version is pointless even with Maxwells compression. The 970 is a massive jump in power over any 960.

thank you for replying,

i will be rendering videos using adobe after effects and vegas pro but not on a daily basis.I mostly play games and sort and edit them using the stated softwares,i will note down your opinion and will ask if i have any more questions.

 

[soldier5637]

An i7 will go wasted unless youre rendering stuff with say, Adobe. An i5 is more than enough for gaming and the i5 is still even pretty good for rendering. But more so, the GTX 960 4 Gb version is useless. It has a 128 bit bus, it can only transfer something like 2.2 Gb anyways. If you want the 2 Gb version, go ahead but the 4 Gb version is pointless even with Maxwells compression. The 970 is a massive jump in power over any 960.

thank you for replying,

i will be rendering videos using adobe after effects and vegas pro but not on a daily basis.I mostly play games and sort and edit them using the stated softwares,i will note down your opinion and will ask if i have any more questions.

The i5 is the superior option if youre going to be playing games most of the time. The i5 will still work great for rendering. I mean, my FX 6300 @4.5 GHz is used for rendering and it does it alright. I know Id regret it now if I had have opted for the 960 and better CPU like I myself did before exchanging it. Rarely does my CPU bottleneck me in comparison to what graphics can. Dont expect to max much out modern day on a 2 Gb buffer of a 960.

 

[ZachyBeat]

If this build is for gaming you will definitely want the i5 + 970. An i7 will give you marginally, at best, better performance than an i5. They have similar single threaded performance and the i5 is only really missing the hyperthreading of the i7. Which two cpus are you looking at? Do you plan to overclock? In the same price range as an i5 4690k you could instead opt for a Xeon E3 1231 V3 which you can expect to get the same performance as a 4790k, just it isn't multiplier overclockable and has no Intel HD graphics. You can give it a small overclock by upping the bus speed very incrementally at a time and if you're lucky get in the neighbourhood of a 10% overclock.

thank you for replying

yes i am going to game with this build and yes i do plan to overclock somewhere in the future.The two cpus that im currently looking at is the i5-6400 and the i7-6700,though i do video render but not on a daily basis.

To be clear I believe whatever CPU you get that you should get the GTX 970. The Xeon E3 1231 V3 will be the same price or $5 more than the i5 4690k but $100 less than the i7 4790k. The Xeon isn't going to give you huge overclocks but I would recommend over the 4690k if you want to do rendering and gaming. I wouldn't even think about the i7 if it would take away the 970.