Hey everyone, some of you may have seen me posting on the forums recently about my upcoming build (2 weeks away), and so far the help has been fantastic. I've just got one last thing to ask the community. I know this has been asked numerous times and I have read all the posts, but I still wonder. First things first I will post the two builds in question:
BUILD #1:
CPU - Intel i5-4690 (275)
MB - Asus H97 Pro (139)
HDD - Seagate 2tb SSHD (129)
SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250Gb (145)
RAM - 16Gb Kit 1600 G-Skill Trident-X (206)
GPU - 4Gb GTX 980 Gigabyte G1 Gaming (789)
PSU - Seasonic G-550 (115)
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro (119)
Case Fans - Corsair 4xSP140 (70)
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212x (45)
Optical Drive - Samsung DVD-RW (18)
Total - 2050
BUILD #2:
CPU - Intel i7-4790k (429) ; I don't want to OC but the non k i7 has a lower clock speed.
MB - ASRock Z97 Extreme4 (179) ; This can be reduced to a H97 board to cut costs slightly.
HDD - Seagate 2tb SSHD (129)
SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250Gb (145)
RAM - 16Gb Kit 1866 G-Skill Ripjaws-X (198) ; If I take a H97 board can get 1600 kit.
GPU - 4Gb GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming (519)
PSU - Seasonic G-550 (115)
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro (119)
Case Fans - Corsair 4xSP140 (70)
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212x (45)
Optical Drive - Samsung DVD-RW (18)
Total - 1966
All prices are updated at time of this post in AUD, and all are the cheapest possible price.
I'll start with the use for the PC. I will be gaming, doing my university work (mathematics & physics programs), and I am interested in possibly streaming gameplay (I have never streamed before, although i'm interested in the idea). I do not want to overclock either, I'm content with everything being stock.
Ok so the question that comes to mind is, i5-4690 with a gtx980 or an i7-4790k with a gtx970? So most of the time people will say the i5 with the 980 because of the in-game fps increase, sure, but surely there will also be an fps increase going from an i5 to i7, albeit not as much as going from an 970 to 980, but something none the less.
So if I had an i5-4690 with a gtx970 as our base build and was getting 'x' fps on it, and decided to upgrade and get an i5-4690 with a gtx980 I would get an increase to 'y' fps, although if I upgraded to an i7-4790k with a gtx970 would I not get an increase to 'z' fps? So to measure the performance increase in % it would not be the difference between 'y' and 'x' but rather 'y' and 'z'. Now considering benchmarks have shown the difference between 970 and 980 is ~12%, it would be lower between these two builds. So would the i7 not be a better choice considering it would give a greater overall benefit to the system as opposed to just in game fps, and also being compatible with newer games and software coming to the market?
Lastly has anyone seen any benchmarks where I can compare a gtx970 with an i7 and a gtx980 with an i5? I have looked and could only find digital foundry, although I don't know how reputable their tests are.
NOTE: I do not want to touch this build for 3-4 years after its made, hence I would prefer it to last that long, that's the main reason for this post. I would prefer to build from ground up every 3-4 years rather than upgrading bits and pieces in between. Also budget is $2000 AUD, build #1 is ok, but I don't want to go higher.
BUILD #1:
CPU - Intel i5-4690 (275)
MB - Asus H97 Pro (139)
HDD - Seagate 2tb SSHD (129)
SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250Gb (145)
RAM - 16Gb Kit 1600 G-Skill Trident-X (206)
GPU - 4Gb GTX 980 Gigabyte G1 Gaming (789)
PSU - Seasonic G-550 (115)
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro (119)
Case Fans - Corsair 4xSP140 (70)
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212x (45)
Optical Drive - Samsung DVD-RW (18)
Total - 2050
BUILD #2:
CPU - Intel i7-4790k (429) ; I don't want to OC but the non k i7 has a lower clock speed.
MB - ASRock Z97 Extreme4 (179) ; This can be reduced to a H97 board to cut costs slightly.
HDD - Seagate 2tb SSHD (129)
SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250Gb (145)
RAM - 16Gb Kit 1866 G-Skill Ripjaws-X (198) ; If I take a H97 board can get 1600 kit.
GPU - 4Gb GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming (519)
PSU - Seasonic G-550 (115)
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro (119)
Case Fans - Corsair 4xSP140 (70)
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212x (45)
Optical Drive - Samsung DVD-RW (18)
Total - 1966
All prices are updated at time of this post in AUD, and all are the cheapest possible price.
I'll start with the use for the PC. I will be gaming, doing my university work (mathematics & physics programs), and I am interested in possibly streaming gameplay (I have never streamed before, although i'm interested in the idea). I do not want to overclock either, I'm content with everything being stock.
Ok so the question that comes to mind is, i5-4690 with a gtx980 or an i7-4790k with a gtx970? So most of the time people will say the i5 with the 980 because of the in-game fps increase, sure, but surely there will also be an fps increase going from an i5 to i7, albeit not as much as going from an 970 to 980, but something none the less.
So if I had an i5-4690 with a gtx970 as our base build and was getting 'x' fps on it, and decided to upgrade and get an i5-4690 with a gtx980 I would get an increase to 'y' fps, although if I upgraded to an i7-4790k with a gtx970 would I not get an increase to 'z' fps? So to measure the performance increase in % it would not be the difference between 'y' and 'x' but rather 'y' and 'z'. Now considering benchmarks have shown the difference between 970 and 980 is ~12%, it would be lower between these two builds. So would the i7 not be a better choice considering it would give a greater overall benefit to the system as opposed to just in game fps, and also being compatible with newer games and software coming to the market?
Lastly has anyone seen any benchmarks where I can compare a gtx970 with an i7 and a gtx980 with an i5? I have looked and could only find digital foundry, although I don't know how reputable their tests are.
NOTE: I do not want to touch this build for 3-4 years after its made, hence I would prefer it to last that long, that's the main reason for this post. I would prefer to build from ground up every 3-4 years rather than upgrading bits and pieces in between. Also budget is $2000 AUD, build #1 is ok, but I don't want to go higher.
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