Is the i5-4460 any good anymore?

[KR2]

Hello everyone,

About 7 months ago I bought the i5-4460 but only began using it about 1 month ago when I built my computer but I wanted to ask the community something ever since I bought it, is the 4460 any good anymore? Will it be able to run the latest Triple-A games at relatively good settings because I am pairing this with a GTX 1060 and I don't know if the 1060 is way more powerful than the 4460 and so the reason for lower FPS then what I anticipated is the CPU's fault...

I am planning to upgrade in the future to a much more updated setup, I hope that soon enough I will get enough money to buy myself a H110M (Mini ITX) motherboard paired with an i5-6600k and some DDR4 RAM with an after-market cooler. But this will be in a while as it is a £400 upgrade and I have no money left at the moment.

Thanks for all your support!

 

[Dunlop0078]

Yes depending on the game, it will do better in some than others. I would say i5 4460 and a 1060 is a good combo, there should not be much cpu bottlnecking especially if you are only on a 1080p 60hz monitor. A 1060 and 4460 be able to get ultra settings or close to it in any game at 1080p 60fps.

If you feel the 4460 is not enough down the road then upgrade, but I would say its fine for now.

 

[clarkjd]

Hello everyone,

I am planning to upgrade in the future to a much more updated setup, I hope that soon enough I will get enough money to buy myself a H110M (Mini ITX) motherboard paired with an i5-6600k and some DDR4 RAM with an after-market cooler. But this will be in a while as it is a £400 upgrade and I have no money left at the moment.

Thanks for all your support!

Why the 6600K with a MB that won't allow overclocking? If you must use the H110M MB, then I suggest a non-K CPU. If you must get the 6600K, then I suggest getting a Z170 MB to let you use the overclocking ability of the CPU.

 

[synphul]

Agreed, either pair a k series cpu with a z motherboard and use a 3rd party cooler (newer k series cpu's don't come with a cooler) for overclocking or consider a non k with an h170, b150, h110. The 4460 is still an ok processor, it was never really a 'beast' of a cpu due to the lower clock speeds.

Some games perform well provided they have a modern quad core, others are more cpu intensive and clock speed (or lack of) will affect performance. The same holds true for 6th gen i5's, yes the 6400 is a quad core but it's slower than a 6600 or 6600k. The general statement that 'i5's are the sweet spot for gaming' doesn't directly mean 'the cheapest slowest i5 around'. Just things to consider.

How it will work with the 1060 depends on the game and how gpu intensive it is. Some games with lesser quality graphics may not push the 1060 as hard as say witcher 3 with all the eye candy turned up. If considering an upgrade then it might be worth considering something significantly better or it could end up costing a fair amount for a very small increase in performance. In other words going from a 4460 to a 6400 is barely an upgrade that will cost a few hundred pounds. Not really worth it in my opinion since you'll be paying for ram, a new motherboard and the new cpu along with a reinstall of windows for around 5-10% better performance.

If you figure 10% performance increase and say you're currently getting 50fps, that means the improvement would be around 5fps for a whopping 55fps. That's not worth 200-300 pounds or more imho. Moving to an i7 would boost performance a bit in games like bf1 or improve min frame rates in games like witcher 3. It would cost more overall than a newer gen i5 but at the same time at least you'd get a performance bump out of it. For that matter you could consider a 4790k for your current setup, avoid replacing the motherboard, ram and reinstalling windows. Even with a non z motherboard the out of the box speeds are much faster, 4ghz base with up to 4.4ghz turbo. In the end the 4790k would be a better single upgrade over the 6600k, mobo and ram.

 

[KR2]

Thank you all for your support!